Category: Suburban News

  • Project an annual gift to those in need

    4-H teens brighten holidays for many with day of free shopping BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent The Middlesex County 4-H cabin in East Brunswick was transformed into the North Pole last weekend. DANIEL HULSHIZER staff Katie Lepri, of Monroe, sorts merchandise for Project Gift Saturday at the Middlesex County 4-H cabin on Cranbury Road, East…

  • Happy holidays

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN From left to right: Santa and Mrs. Claus wave to residents at Sayreville’s “Parade of Lights” Sunday evening. The procession began at Outlook Avenue and Washington Road and ended at borough hall on Main Street near MacArthur Avenue. The Taylor family anticipates the arrival of Santa Claus on their street on…

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    DANIEL HULSHIZER staff Saxophonist Steve Ryden (l), of Milltown, and trumpeter Stan Harrison, of South Plainfield, perform with a jazz band during the Mid-Twentieth Century Christmas celebration Saturday at the Thomas Warne Museum in Old Bridge. The event inaugurated the museum’s growing 20th-century collection.

  • Cleaned-up landfill site may be added to park

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Township officials are working toward a land purchase that would result in the expansion of Cheesequake State Park. The council voted Dec. 10 to apply for a grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that would defray costs of an environmental investigation required on the…

  • Fight poverty, join AmeriCorps VISTA

    Anew public service campaign has been launched to enlist New Jersey residents in joining Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), the Ameri- Corps program that fights poverty. The campaign draws attention to the 37 million Americans who live in poverty and to the changing face of poverty, which today is often hidden and found within…

  • Exxon Mobil to seek LNG facility off Jersey coast

    COA opposes offshore gas terminal BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Rendering of the proposed Safe Harbor Energy facility SEA BRIGHT – After Exxon Mobil Corp. announced plans to seek regulatory approval for a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal off the coast of New Jersey Dec. 11, state officials and local activists are speaking…

  • Family works to bring all a brighter holiday

    Visitors invited to walk display of lights, animation BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Top to bottom: To say the Apruzzi property on Central Avenue in Old Bridge is festive would be a mild understatement. The property is lit up with intricate displays that even extend onto a neighbor’s property. Santa…

  • Holiday spirit

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN The sign on the front of a borough truck sends Christmas wishes to all residents at Sayreville’s “Parade of Lights” Dec. 9.

  • Farmers’ feed-the-needy effort survives setback

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – A local farm may be able to give food to New Jersey’s poor after all. Recent state cutbacks threatened to end a program whereby farms throughout the state give 1.5 million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to 6,000 needy New Jerseyans each year. The program, New…