Category: Suburban News

  • Town groups plan day of fun, with a message

    Event at Friendly’s to raise awareness about alcohol, drugs BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLDBRIDGE- Acollaborative effort on the part of community groups will bring a day of family fun and substance abuse education to Friendly’s restaurant on Saturday. The Old Bridge Municipal Alliance for the Prevention of Substance Abuse (MAPSA), the township police department’s…

  • Police investigate latest in series of car break-ins

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Police are investigating a motor vehicle break-in that occurred while the car owner was inside a Route 9 business recently. The theft reported in the parking lot of the Madison Variety Store Discount, located on Route 9 between Route 516 and Throckmorton Lane, at 5:38 p.m. May…

  • On the catwalk

    Top to bottom: Aimee Campo takes part in the “Eye Candy” fashion show presented by students enrolled in Old Bridge High School’s Clothing and Design II classesMay 14. The students showed styles they created in pajamas, sportswear, evening wear and casual wear. One segment featured dresses made from recycled trash bags, plastic wrap, newspapers and…

  • Council looks for ways to lower 13-cent hike

    Pensions, fuel costs drive municipal budget increases BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer “This is a work in progress. We are looking at every option we have.” – Paula Siarkiewicz Councilwoman SAYREVILLE – Borough officials are scrutinizing this year’s average tax increase proposal of $183, as they hope for state aid relief for taxpayers. The tax…

  • Authories: Alleged drug ring took in $1M a week

    Old Bridge, So. River residents among seven suspects arrested BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer The investigation of an international narcotics distribution and money-laundering network based in Manalapan has resulted in multiple arrests, including residents of Middlesex County. KATHY BARATTA Federal authorities are alleging that this home at the corner of Taylors Mills and Tennent roads…

  • New playground celebrated with school’s 50th birthday

    Arleth PTO raised $46,000 for K-3 school’s first-ever playground BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer MICHAEL ACKER Patricia Esposito, 7, (l,) and Bridget Markwood, 8, (r), twirl their hula-hoops at the Emma L. Arleth School’s 50th anniversary celebration May 22. SAYREVILLE- Several hundred people gathered last week for the groundbreaking on a playground at a school…

  • ATV rider, 30, killed in crash

    OLD BRIDGE- Atownship man driving an all-terrain vehicle on Cheesequake Road last week was killed after his ATV struck a vehicle in the oncoming lane of travel. Marc Reeves, 30, died at about 9:30 p.m. May 26, Memorial Day, about 12 hours after the crash, Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Nicholas Sewitch confirmed. Reeves had been…

  • Supporters hope more will ‘Join Zak’s Pack’

    Old Bridge man, 23, undergoes treatment for testicular cancer BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent OLDBRIDGE- Township resident Zak Nimberger and members of his family were stunned when he was recently diagnosed with cancer. The onset of the disease was insidious. When the 23-year-old Rutgers University student began experiencing back pain inDecember, the condition was attributed…

  • Safety concerns spur call for crossing guard

    Students crossing mid-block to get to high school at issue BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – School officials are looking to station crossing guards at a busy county road to help students who drive to Sayreville War Memorial High School. Students who drive to school initially dealt with the loss of parking at the…