Category: Suburban News

  • Couple’s love knows no distance or time

    Husband returns to wife in U.S. after nearly a decade away BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Ermin Ahmemulic and Jennifer Liuzza pose for a picture after finally being reunited this summer at JFK Airport in New York. When Jennifer Liuzza and Ermin Ahmemulic met in Old Bridge back in 1997, they were not expecting a…

  • Old Bridge paves way for county care facility

    Some oppose nursing home because it will not yield tax revenue BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — As officials move closer to helping make a county nursing home a reality in the township, the debate over its merits wages on. The Township Council voted last week to adopt an ordinance that adds a…

  • Smile

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Sebastian Torres, 5, of Bayonne, turns the tables on a newspaper photographer while enjoying the day with his father Enrique at Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge Saturday.

  • O’Reilly in Olympic spotlight once again

    Hometown watches proudly as soccer great competes in Beijing BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Olympic gold medalist Heather O’Reilly is once again going for the gold. A member of the U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team, the 23-year-old East Brunswick native has garnered the support and admiration of many throughout the town as she heads into…

  • Final cleanup in works at two Superfund sites

    EPA discloses plans for Horseshoe Road, Atlantic Resources BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to finish its cleanup at two Superfund sites in Sayreville, both located on the south shore of the Raritan River. At the Horseshoe Road site, the third and final phase…

  • The long hot summer

    While you dig the hole to find a home for your latest native plant, you can run the risk of adding another crick to your lower back. Watch how you handle your tools, be aware of your stance when digging, lift properly, and don’t even attempt to move a 100-pound boulder without assistance. And once…

  • County names winners in art contest for seniors

    The works of 17 artists from Middlesex County will compete at the state level after placing first in various categories in the 2008 Middlesex County Senior Citizen Art Contest. Some 111 professional and nonprofessional artists over the age of 60 entered the county contest, which included submissions in 10 different media from oil and acrylic…

  • Builder brings green ethos to retail plans

    Monroe board OKs 60,000-square-foot plaza on Applegarth Road BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer A rendering shows the proposed layout of the Village at Millstone River, as presented to the Monroe Township Zoning Board of Adjustment. MONROE — Todd Ochsner is not the type of developer to pave paradise and put up a parking lot. The…

  • It’s ‘thyme’ to smell the roses, and basil, and licorice root

    Herb garden at Davidson Mill Pond Park hosts workshops BY SUSANNE MORELLI Staff Writer SUSANNE MORELLI The “Circle of Thyme” herb garden at the Davidson Mill Pond Park on Riva Avenue SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, part of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, has updated its “Circle of Thyme”…