Category: Suburban News

  • Family-friendly comedian will entertain at library

    Comedian Buddy Fitzpatrick will perform his family-friendly act at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Admission is free of charge. All are welcome to attend. Fitzpatrick is a regular in New York comedy clubs and on Comedy Central. He has appeared in “The Sopranos” and in the…

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    John Stellingwerf, 4, of Old Bridge, and Denise Walsh, of Sayreville, look on as Barbara Keegan, director of the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center, holds a cat named Sterling during the center’s “Kitten Shower” Saturday. See story, page 8. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • School board proposes full-day kindergarten

    Voters will be asked to support $33M construction plan BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The decision of whether to fund a full-day kindergarten program in Old Bridge will be in the hands of residents in December, when a referendum is slated to gauge their support. “I’m a firm believer in the education of our children,”…

  • Board pleased with final LaMer plans

    Last two phases will add 478 town homes, garden apartments BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The final sections of Sayreville’s LaMer housing development have earned the unanimous approval of borough officials. The two phases, known as sections five and six, will add 296 and 182 housing units, respectively, to the sprawling development off Ernston Road,…

  • O.B. won’t fix sliding house problem

    Officials: Unfair to use tax dollars on seven homes BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer While Old Bridge officials say they do not want to see Boulevard West homeowners on the downward slide, they will not take on the task of placing them on solid ground. Above: Joe Denney, of Boulevard West in Old Bridge, uses…

  • Team seeks help buying a functioning scoreboard

    BY KRISTIN TANGEL Correspondent Members of the Old Bridge High School field hockey team pose for a picture in front of a clean limousine during their car wash to raise funds for a new scoreboard. Stephanie Bechtold (sixth from left) is coordinating the effort as her Girl Scout Gold Award project. OLD BRIDGE – Stephanie…

  • Kittens have showers too

    BY KRISTIN TANGEL Correspondent ERIC SUCAR staff John Stellingwerf, 4, of Old Bridge, says hello to a 10-week-old kitten named Mojito during Saturday’s “Kitten Shower” at the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center. SAYREVILLE – The Sayreville Pet Adoption Center held a Kitten Shower on Saturday to showcase the many cats and kittens available for adoption. “It…

  • Hercules will fight board’s vote in court

    Manufacturer in process of merging with Ashland Inc. BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – Hercules Inc. is suing the borough for denying the company’s request to subdivide its 542-acre property. Hercules, which wants to sell part of its land upon subdividing it, is seeking to have the Planning Board’s decision overturned in court. Attorney…

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    A Canada goose floats by on a hot summer day