Category: Suburban News

  • Ensemble’s ‘Nutcracker’ to christen new theater

    No. Brunswick native guests in role of Sugar Plum Fairy BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The holiday season will come alive on stage next week when the New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble brings “The Nutcracker” to East Brunswick. North Brunswick native Jessica Batten, seen in a previous “Nutcracker” performance, returns to the New Jersey Dance Theatre…

  • Background check bill clears Senate

    Bill would expand criminal checks of school employees BY LAUREN MORTENSON Staff Writer The New Jersey Senate unanimously passed a bill last week that will revise the current background check requirements for all school employees who come in contact with students. Sponsored by Sens. Loretta Weinberg, Barbara Buono and Shirley K. Turner, bill S- 110…

  • Van hits girl, 9

    SAYREVILLE — A 9-year-old borough girl was injured when she was struck by a car on a residential street last week. Police said the girl was crossing Creamer Drive in Sayreville to get from her mother’s vehicle to a school bus when a motorist in a Ford van struck her at 8:11 a.m. Nov. 19.…

  • Tavern owner settles with boro; will move

    Johnny G’s to relocate after two years of disputes with town BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Abar that has served drinks on a narrow residential street for 75 years will move next year as part of a legal settlement with Sayreville. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Members of the Order of the Arrows dance team gather around a…

  • Local ‘heroes’

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Theresa Packard from Lowe’s of Old Bridge and Michael DiDonato secure crossbeams on the new canopy roof they and others from the home improvement store built Saturday at the Birchwood senior apartment complex on Mimi Road in Old Bridge. Below: As part of the Lowe’s Heroes program, about 20 volunteers…

  • Board OKs Alfieri’s housing, retail plans

    Officials require commercial development before homes BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer If developer Michael Alfieri wants to build housing in Old Bridge’s Laurence Harbor section, he will have to include commercial development in order to minimize the development’s impact on local taxpayers. That was the message the Old Bridge Planning Board sent to the Edison-based…

  • Homes on Nike Missile Base to be demolished

    Property may become parking option for commuters BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent OLD BRIDGE — One-time military homes on the former Nike Missile Base at Route 9 and Jake Brown Road are expected to soon be demolished. On Nov. 17, the Township Council approved a contract for a company to perform demolition work on about a…

  • War veteran brothers now park namesake

    South River monument honors Leo and Matthew Cannon BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A monument at the newly named Cannon Brothers Park honors the memory of two brothers who served in three wars and once resided where the park is located. SOUTH RIVER — The first two borough residents to graduate from the U.S. Naval…

  • Helping kids motivates this marathon man

    Orthodontist from South Amboy raises total of $26,000 for Team for Kids BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Josh Epstein doesn’t suffer the loneliness of the long-distance runner.As a member of Team for Kids. Epstein is never running alone. Orthodontist Josh Epstein (right) is seen on mile 23 of the recent New York City Marathon with…