Category: Suburban News

  • Golf course advertising now subject of lawsuit

    Litigator says township caused him to lose $300K BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A former resident is suing the township after purchasing, developing and then selling a property under circumstances he considered subpar. Kyle Hingher filed a lawsuit Sept. 2 against the township on charges including false advertising after he bought land…

  • Salons pitch in to help mom battling cancer

    Uninsured woman, 29, denied treatment BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Two area salons are going to bat for a good cause. The Art of Hair Salon of Old Bridge will come up against Vito Mazza Salon Spa and Hair Restoration of Woodbridge in a charity softball game Oct. 6, with the shared aim of raising…

  • Budget compromise arrives on sixth try

    Council adopts tab; agrees to consider attorney changes BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer An hour into Saturday’s Sayreville Borough Council meeting, it appeared as if the 2008 municipal budget would fail to be approved, for the sixth time since early August. Mayor Kennedy O’Brien had his calendar out and was trying to figure out a…

  • Playgroup’s message: go play and go green

    Two area moms start playgroup with a twist BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SCOTT FRIEDMAN Kathleen Dolphin of Milltown (l) watches her son Zachery, 18 months, play as greenKidsPlay! co-owners Allison Myron and Patty Crowdell (r) look on during a Sept. 8 open house at the 4-H center on Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK…

  • Local filmmaker will show work at festival

    Joe Valenti grew up in Brick Township BY ZACH LEVINE Correspondent Joe Valenti may not be a household name just yet, but that could soon change if he has anything to say about it. The Brick Township native and current resident of Cliffwood Beach has two films set to premiere at the Reel Jersey Film…

  • County breaks ground on Old Bridge facility

    OLD BRIDGE — The first shovels went into the ground last week for Middlesex County’s new long-term care facility during a ceremony at the site on Marlboro Road. During the Sept. 17 ceremony, members of the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, along with Old Bridge Mayor Jim Phillips, Township Council members and other dignitaries…

  • On a role

    MICHAEL ACKER Cast members with the Main Street Theatre Co.’s Kidsworks act out a scene from “Cinderella,” which will be presented at noon and 3 p.m. Sept. 20, and 3 p.m. Sept. 21 at the theater, located at 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased by calling 732-553-1153 or visiting www.smstc.org.

  • Walkathon marks 25 years of services for disabled adults

    On the face of it, the Spectrum for Living Walkathon would seem like just another walk in the park. But when men, women and children gather in Johnson Park, Piscataway, at 9 a.m. on Sept. 21 for the 3-mile fundraiser, every step they take will enable more than 1,000 of the area’s developmentally disabled adults…

  • Sayreville man admits to running steroid lab

    SAYREVILLE — A borough man pleaded guilty last week to operating a steroid manufacturing operation out of his home, and to the illegal possession of two firearms, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. Alfred Scarpa, 35, admitted to U.S. District Judge William H. Walls in Newark that he sold anabolic steroids, which he manufactured and…