Category: Suburban News

  • Remembering a hero

    Family and friends mourn the loss of Coleman Bean, 25 BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Coleman Bean was a lot of things to a lot of people. He was a son, a brother, a soldier, and to seemingly everyone who knew him, a good friend. He was someone they could count on to be there,…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Setting up for the Raritan Bay Seafood Festival on Sunday, Arnold Goldberg arranges sale items such as Spider-Man and SpongeBob SquarePants balloons. Sayreville and South Amboy sponsored the festival, held at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park.

  • Dems, GOP remain in budget deadlock

    Council does agree, however, to reduce their own salaries BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer The Sayreville Borough Council is running out of time to adopt a budget for a year that has less than four months remaining on its calendar. At a meeting Monday night, officials again failed to reach an agreement regarding the 2008…

  • Split council OKs $600K for stadium

    Some felt builder’s money was designated for Woodhaven BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The third time was the charm Monday night for those who supported Old Bridge’s contribution of funding for Lombardi Stadium renovations. But opponents of the move said the issue should have been left alone after being voted down twice before by the…

  • Banks robbed in O.B., Sayreville

    Old Bridge police released this photograph of an unknown suspect robbing the Commerce Bank on Route 9 Sept. 1. Police in Old Bridge and Sayreville are investigating two bank robberies that occurred in the respective towns in the course of three days. In Old Bridge, an unidentified man robbed the Commerce Bank at Route 9…

  • Local towns pay tribute to those lost on Sept. 11

    Services tonight, Saturday in O.B., Monroe, Sayreville BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer On the seventh anniversary of the 9/11, local towns are showing that they have not forgotten the victims who perished in the terrorist attacks. Communities are coming together once again to memorialize and honor those who lost their lives. “I’ve long searched for…

  • Councilman recalls surreal’ day on 9/11

    Plane struck tower shortly after he arrived at his 14th-floor office BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Michael Trenga is thankful each and everyday that he is alive to tell his story seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “That day is as vivid as yesterday … it was so surreal,” said…

  • Those with Big Hearts to walk for little ones

    BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent OLD BRIDGE — Local residents are invited to enjoy the boardwalk in Spring Lake while helping children with heart defects Sunday. Big Hearts to Little Hearts is sponsoring a three-mile walkathon to raise money for research and care for pediatric cardiac patients. The walk begins at 10. Those who cannot…

  • Boro embarks on water tower repainting work

    BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The water tank on Raritan Street near Washington Road is undergoing a repainting for the first time in over 20 years. The Borough Council authorized a $1.1 million bond for the project at its Aug. 18 meeting. “It’s not just a repainting,” said Jay Cornell, borough engineer. “They…