Category: Suburban News

  • July opening expected for O.B. YMCA

    Recreational center being built at Mannino Park BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer There is a variety of recreational opportunities in the township, from ice skating to football games. ERIC SUCAR staff Students at Our Lady of Victories School, Sayreville, pack items collected for the U.S. Marine Corps’ “Marine Angel” program. The school adopted Carlos “Speedy”…

  • Rotary club ‘does so much, says so little’

    O.B. officials thank group for helping community BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer ‘Service above self” is their motto. Whenever a need presents itself in their communities, they act collectively as a silent driving force to bring forth positive ends. The Old Bridge-Sayreville Rotary club has been making a difference for nearly five decades. Its original…

  • Police arrest teen suspect in stabbing at apartments

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A teenager who was recently jumped by a large group of people at a local apartment complex stabbed one of his alleged assailants, according to police. Police arrested Jerrell Hayes, 19, of Sayreville, charging him with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for…

  • Old Bridge farmer one of the last of his kind

    John Hauser earns state ‘Grower of the Year’ honor BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer FILE PHOTO John Hauser of Old Bridge sells lettuce to Diane Rusbarsky in Freehold last summer. The town held a weekly farm market for area farmers to sell fresh produce. OLD BRIDGE — Whether you live in the township or elsewhere…

  • Smile…

    Imaan Ali of Parlin learns the proper techniques for brushing her teeth from the tooth fairy, otherwise known as Doris Arevalo of Edison, while Middlesex County College President Joann La Perla-Morales looks on during Give Kids a Smile Day on Feb. 6. The annual event offers free dental care and dental education to area children,…

  • Friday’s Jump Rope for Heart

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Left to right: second-grade students at Madison Park Elementary School in Old Bridge select their ropes during Friday’s Jump Rope for Heart fundraising event. See more photos at www.gmnews.com. Victor Estrella (l) and Paul Strashnov, students at Madison Park Elementary School in Old Bridge, race each other.

  • Juvenile charged with assault, resisting arrest

    Police make arrests after responding to apartment BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Police responded to a report of a disturbance at an apartment complex on a recent Saturday night and made two arrests, one due to allegedly violent behavior toward the officers. Several residents called the police around 11:30 p.m. Feb. 7 about…

  • Beware…

    ED WEISS Michele Wroblewski of Old Bridge, as Little Red Riding Hood, is wary of what Humphrey, The Big Bad Wolf, played by Rory Chalcraft of South River, tells her in the Main Street Theatre Company’s children’s production of “Little Red And The Hood.” The show, which tells its young audiences not to judge people…

  • Three get drug charges

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Authorities arrested three suspects in a recent drug bust at a Route 9 apartment complex. The arrests, made at an apartment where two of the defendants live, were the result of an investigation by the Sayreville Police Departmentwith the assistance of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Police executed…