Category: Suburban News

  • Towns will be sprayed for gypsy moth problem

    Insects could destroy up to 45,000 acres of trees in N.J. in ’08 BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer While environmental destruction can often be attributed to human beings, smaller culprits are doing their part to wreak havoc, and they are multiplying quickly. “The devastation caused by gypsy moth caterpillars in 2007 was apparent last summer,…

  • Mayor says rec. director ‘thinks he’s autonomous’

    Says Ust should report to administrator like other dept. heads BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – Mayor Kennedy O’Brien cited concerns this week with anomalies in the borough’s corporate structure and chain of command, specifically with regard to the director of recreation, Gerald Ust. During Monday’s meeting, the same night he raised concerns about…

  • O.B. man gets aiding charge

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Police have identified and arrested an Old Bridge man in connection with the theft of a woman’s purse from the A&P parking lot on Route 18. The purse was stolen on Jan. 28 at 10:11 p.m., when a 33-year-old Monroe resident was placing groceries in her vehicle. A silver conversion van stopped…

  • Ranking system to help determine road projects

    Council members, public can help decide what roads are done BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – While it has been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, good planning is what will help township officials to pave roads that need it most. Business Administrator Mike Jacobs presented the benefits…

  • Court upholds board’s denial of Wawa plan

    OLD BRIDGE – A state appellate court has agreed with the township’s denial of Wawa’s plan to build a convenience store and gas station on Route 516. Wawa applied to the Zoning Board of Adjustment in October 2004 for site plan approval to construct a 5,748-square-foot convenience store and gas station with six multi-product fuel…

  • Dressing up

    JEFF GRANIT staff Trish Chambers, a resident of Barnegat, showcases the slip under the dress women would wear at the time of the Underground Railroad during her presentation at the Old Bridge Public Library. The event was the first of two recognizing Black History Month at the library. The second, “Freedom Stairway,” with an award-winning…

  • Corzine will visit E.B. to discuss toll hike plan

    Boisterous crowd pans proposal at Marlboro stop BY REBECCA MORTON and VINCENT TODARO Staff Writers EASTBRUNSWICK- Gov. JonCorzine is scheduled to hold a “town hall”meeting in the township Sunday, and will discuss his controversial proposal to raise tolls. Corzine ismaking stops in all 21 counties in New Jersey to explain his “Financial Restructuring and Debt…

  • Man’s death being investigated

    OLD BRIDGE – The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the township police department are conducting a joint investigation into the death of Mark Allan Fiore of the Laurence Harbor section. Fiore, who was 43, died on Jan. 30 at 104 Shoreland Circle in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge. Authorities did not release details…

  • Player of the Year

    JESSICA SMITH Old Bridge High School senior Amber Zimmerlink, recently named the Middlesex County Player of the Year in field hockey, is recognized by township Councilwoman Lucille Panos at the Jan. 28 council meeting. Zimmerlink, who has signed a letter of intent to play lacrosse at Iona College, New Rochelle, N.Y., will have earned 12…