Category: Suburban News

  • Farmer’s Market to run on Saturdays in J’burg

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG – Fresh produce, good neighbors and hopefully a revitalized business district are just some of the things that a summer Farmer’s Market is hoped to bring. Elliott Stroul, president of the Jamesburg Revitalization Coalition, said that while having the market is a new idea for the borough, it’s been…

  • Check it out

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff David Wallace, 15, a sophomore at Old Bridge High School, gets a look at the bottom of a military Hummer last week when the U.S. Army brought the vehicle to the school’s auto classes.

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    JESSICA SMITH Superintendent of Schools Simon Bosco (l) and Board of Education President Vincent D’Onofrio (center) congratulate Joel Goodman, a physics teacher at Old Bridge High School who received the Governor’s Teacher of the Year award May 20.

  • Officials explain need to increase class sizes

    Parents upset about increasing numbers at 5 elem. schools BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Parents are expressing their displeasure with projected increased class sizes for Old Bridge elementary schools next year.W hile Superintendent of Schools Simon Bosco acknowledged their concerns during the Board of Education’s May 20 meeting, he held firm to his stance that…

  • Business uses could be OK on Washington Rd.

    Planning Board recommends council create overlay zone BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Residents of Washington Road in Sayreville could have the opportunity to develop their properties into small businesses if a new zoning ordinance is approved. MICHAEL ACKER Residential properties on Washington Road stand across the street from an optometrist’s office and a funeral home.…

  • Seniors get in the game throughout Middlesex

    Offices on aging say Wii can help keep users active and healthy BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Afitness pilot programlaunched at area senior centers has its participants saying, “Wii want to play.” PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Clockwise from top: Monroe Township Council President Gerry Tamburro lines up a putt on the Wii gaming system at…

  • O.B. school community thanks longtime educator

    DeSimone to retire after nearly 40 years as teacher, principal BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent CHRIS KELLY staff Retiring PrincipalMike DeSimone enjoys conversation during an English-style tea party thrown for him in Peggy Bender’s class at the McDivitt School in Old Bridge May 19. OLD BRIDGE – Richard Nixon was president, Woodstock was the year’s…

  • Evacuations follow accident involving alleged drunken driver

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – Three apartment buildings in BrooklawnGardenswere evacuated last week after a vehicle being driven by a Parlin man struck an electrical box. The driver, TadeuszKowalski, 53, of Parlin, was charged with driving while intoxicated in the incident, which took place on SolookDrive at 7:32 p.m.May 19, according to police.…

  • Six alumni make up first OBHS Wall of Fame group

    OLD BRIDGE – The school district is set to honor six people as the first class of inductees into the Old Bridge High School Wall of Fame. The inaugural group will be introduced at a ceremony scheduled for 7 p.m. June 5, in the auditorium at Old Bridge High School. The event will coincide with…