Category: Suburban News

  • Worker, 48, dies in machinery accident

    Plainfield resident was longtime employee of Sabert Corp. BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – A machine operator died in an apparent accident while working at a borough factory last week. Gonzalo Mera, 48, of Plainfield, an employee of Sabert Corp., died around 7:50 p.m. April 9 after suffering a traumatic blow to his head…

  • Cars broken into in Melrose

    SAYREVILLE – Police are investigating six recent incidents of theft from motor vehicles in the borough’s Melrose section. All of the vehicles burglarized had been left unlocked by their owners while parked in their respective driveways. Therefore, no forced entry was involved. Four of the thefts occurred on Thomas Avenue; the others on Oak Street…

  • Police: Man, 19, robbed, hit with gun at motel

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – A 19-year-old Lakewood man was the victim of an armed robbery at a Route 35 motel recently, according to a police report. The robbery took place at the Gallery Holiday Motel, located on the northbound side of the highway, at 3:53 a.m. Saturday, police said. At least two…

  • Police: Man arrested with knife at OBHS

    OLD BRIDGE – Police arrested a 19- year-old man accused of showing up at Old Bridge High School with a knife. Gregory Landix, 19, of Old Bridge, was charged with possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon with an unlawful purpose, possession of a weapon at a school, aggravated assault with a weapon, and…

  • Fundraising dinner-dance to benefit Cooper Fund

    The Chris Cooper Scholarship Fund will hold a Coop’s Jukebox Dinner and Dance, featuring music of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, from 7 p.m. to midnight on May 2 at Palms Plaza Caterers, Park Plaza, Route 34, Old Bridge. Highlights will include dinner, dancing, raffles and a scavenger hunt. There will be an open bar.…

  • Elks dance to feature food, karaoke contest

    South Amboy Elks Lodge No. 784 will hold a Spring Fling Dance on April 25 at the lodge, Washington Street. Cost is $25 per person and includes food, beer, wine, soda and music. There will be a karaoke contest. Prizes will be awarded. Proceeds will benefit Elks youth activities. For tickets, exact time andmore information,…

  • Martial arts family helps police with free training

    Certified instructors offer quarterly seminars at Black Belt academies BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Al ocal family is using its knowledge of martial arts to give back to the police who protect their communities. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Jack McInerney (center) demonstrates a detaining technique with Marlboro police officers Allan Bilinski (left) and Javier…

  • Newspaper group takes home 30 awards in NJPA contest

    Greater Media Newspapers received 30 awards from the New Jersey Press Association for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2007. Eric Sucar, “Reindeer,” Independent first place, Feature BobWaitt, advertising director for Greater Media Newspapers, said the Classified Department, and Production Department, which designs many of the ads, are…

  • Families honor couple’s memory, one year later

    Parents support bill, start scholarship fund in memory of victims BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Expressions of affection usually found in high school yearbooks are scrawled across two crosses that mark the East Brunswick site where Jon Mustafa, 18, and Lesley Carness, 16, died on April 8, 2007: ERIC SUCAR staff Terry Carness (left) and…