Category: Suburban News

  • Appeals court upholds ’95 murder conviction

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Astate appeals court on Jan. 26 upheld the second conviction of a 41-yearold man who murdered a South River business owner in July 1995. In 2006 after his second trial, Michael S. Behn, formerly of Middlesex and Piscataway, was sentenced to consecutive life sentences, with 30 years before parole eligibility…

  • Six more weeks …

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Milltown Mel saw his shadow Monday morning, Groundhog Day, thus predicting six more weeks of winter. Jerry Guthlein, holding the groundhog in front of the other Groundhog Wranglers, is raising Mel and plans to have Punxsutawney-like festivities at his North Main Street home each year.

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Alexah Listash, 7, a second-grader at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Old Bridge, tries to find another student under the parachute during one of the games held as part of a fundraiser Jan. 30 for Jump for Heart. See photos, page 10.

  • Hearing set on plan for worship ctr., residences

    Religious group makes case for location near racetrack BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Aspiritual group looking to make its home in Old Bridge will soon continue testimony before the Zoning Board of Adjustment for an application that has thus far been three years in the making. “It’s been a long haul,” said David Himelman, the…

  • A groundbreaking journey in Middlesex

    Scott excited to take service to next level as freeholder BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer For Millie Scott, attending the inauguration of President Barack Obama was the thrill of a lifetime. Millie Scott It held special significance for Scott, who recently became the first African American to serve on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Marcus Munyiri, a first-grader at St. Stanislaus Kostka School in Sayreville, reaches for the bowling pin before kindergartner Kasia Jedruchniewicz can get to it during Capture the Pin, one of Tuesday’s Gym Day events. More photos, page 21.

  • GOP says boro official must vacate his seat

    SERA Commissioner D’Addio says he’ll take Sayreville to court BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Acommissioner on the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency is challenging the Borough Council’s call for his resignation from the agency. SERA Commissioner Michael D’Addio, a Democrat who is also chairman of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, was told recently that he would…

  • Builder seeks stimulus funds for N.L. project

    O’Neill discusses plans for former Nat’l Lead site BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer MICHAEL ACKER J. Brian O’Neill Jr. (center) looks over a three-dimensional model of the proposed development that his firm, O’Neill Properties, proposed for the former National Lead site in Sayreville. Richard F. Heaney, executive vice president, O’Neill Properties, stands behind O’Neill at…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Fifth-graders Eryn Handy (l) and Brittney Key practice defensive drills during a Sayreville Athletic Association girls’ basketball clinic Jan. 15 at Truman School.