Category: Suburban News

  • Board prepares for possible budget cuts

    ‘Everything is on the table,’ board president says BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The impact that the recession will have on Sayreville schools remains unclear, but officials are bracing for the possibility that the state may decrease its aid. Emidio D’Andrea, school business administrator, said it is too soon to know what the average school…

  • Man, 26, killed crossing Rt. 9

    OLD BRIDGE — A 26-year-old man was killed recently after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Route 9 on foot. Luis Alberto Nava Viego, who police said might have been residing in Freehold Borough or in the Stratford Apartments on Route 9 in Old Bridge, was reportedly crossing the highway near Fairway Lane when…

  • Board has concern about size of proposed billboard

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Outdoor Media Systems has applied for a use variance from the Zoning Board of Adjustment to construct an outdoor advertising sign on Old Matawan Road. The township does not allow outdoor advertising when it is not on a specific business site. On Feb. 19, board members voiced…

  • Bridges of Peace get help from Bon Jovi

    Bridges of Peace members Karen Bailey Bebert (l-r) and Police Sgt. Robert Bruce, also a U.S. Army sergeant, are pictured with Jon Bon Jovi’s brother Matt Bongiovi and Diane Eleftheriades and Marianne Riscoe during last week’s Bon Jovi show at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville. SAYREVILLE — Jon Bon Jovi did more than entertain some of his…

  • Students get a special ‘thank you’ from big Mac

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Right: Kindergarten teacher Vivian Deibert gets some hugs from her students at the Sacred Heart School in South Amboy after she volunteered for the Ronald McDonald show in the auditorium Feb. 26. Students celebrated with a visit from Ronald McDonald (above) after collecting soda can tabs…

  • Game over: Board victorious over coach

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer After four years of legal wrangling and national attention, East Brunswick High School football coach Marcus Borden’s fight to participate in team prayer has apparently come to an end. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Borden’s petition to hear the case, leaving the legal victory in the hands of…

  • PTSA fashion show

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Old Bridge High School sophomore Jacqueline Testino and senior Eric Mahler step out in style during the PTSA fashion show “Starry, Starry Knights” Feb. 22 at the school auditorium. They were misidentified in last week’s Suburban.

  • Rocky Horror Show

    Middlesex County College will present Richard O’Brien’s “Rocky Horror Show” at 8 p.m. March 6 and at 8 p.m. and midnight March 7. The show is about an engaged couple whose car breaks down on the way to visit their former science teacher. They take refuge at an old castle inhabited by some very wild…

  • Health check

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Top right: The New Jersey Devils mascot greets a group of students in third, fourth and fifth grades at Southwood Elementary School in Old Bridge Feb. 24. The hockey team’s mascot and former Devils player Bruce Driver came to the school to discuss the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, and…