Category: Suburban News

  • Safety Fair to offer lifesaving training to county families

    Fair to be held Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Ocean Township High School Children throughout the county are faced with dangers in their communities every day, Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno said. To help families be proactive in keeping their children safe, Guadagno and the Sheriff’s Office are joining forces with Greater Media Newspapers for…

  • Celebrating Sayreville

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Sisters Maggie and Taylor Bara, ages 13 and 10, respectively, sing “For Good” from the Broadway musical “Wicked” during Sayreville Day held Sunday at Kennedy Park. Below: Sammia Abdin, 5, of Sayreville, makes her way across a rope bridge at the event. The bridge was constructed by Boy Scout Troop…

  • Legal bills argument blocks budget again

    Council fails to pass budget for fifth time since early August BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer A special budget meeting on Friday and a regular Borough Council meeting on Monday did nothing to rectify Sayreville’s municipal budget crisis. Republican Councilwoman Paula Siarkiewicz started the special budget meeting Friday evening by asking that a cap of…

  • Sayreville man jumps to his death

    BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A 52-year-old borough man leaped to his death from the Victory Bridge at 6:52 a.m. Sept. 7. Witnesses told police that John Zientek parked his car on the northbound side of the bridge, got out and jumped. Police found his body on the shoreline, though they did not…

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    JESSICA SMITH Old Bridge Mayor Jim Phillips bids farewell to former Township Assistant Business Administrator Joe Criscuolo, who left to fill the position of township manager in Aberdeen. The mayor and council honored Criscuolo with a proclamation in appreciation of his service to the town.

  • Man critical after accident; gets DWI charge

    EAST BRUNSWICK — An early morning accident Monday resulted in serious injuries to a New York man and forced police to close Route 18 north during the morning rush. Police suspect that Alexander Rivera, 32, of Staten Island, ran a red light at West Ferris Street and Route 18. As he drove his 2003 Honda…

  • Teenager charged in boro murder to be tried as adult

    BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — An Elkton, Md., resident who was 17 years old at the time he was alleged to have killed an Old Bridge man in the parking lot of the Winding Wood Apartments last year, will be tried as an adult. Travis Myers, now 18, is one of two suspects…

  • New Sandburg principal a familiar face in O.B.

    Popovich to focus on academics, unity at middle school BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A retired veteran of the school system has returned to fill the role of interim principal at Carl Sandburg Middle School. Kenneth Popovich, who retired from his post as principal of Jonas Salk Middle School in 2006, will…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Anna Lyons, 13, and Elizabeth Halsey, 10, of Sayreville, check out the fish they hoped to win as prizes at Sayreville Day, held Sunday at Kennedy Park.