Category: Suburban News

  • Town invests in computer software to save on paper

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Taxpayers and trees will have township officials to thank. Township Council agenda packets will soon be distributed through an Internetbased system, eliminating the expense and environmental impact of using paper. “It was, in part, to try to save some trees, and to save money and time,” Council…

  • Plan calls for ‘signature’ building up to 13 stories

    Would include hotel, conference center visible from Raritan bridges BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – A developer was recently designated to build an eight- to 13- story building at the entrance to the former National Lead property. The Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA) unanimously approved a resolution Oct. 29 designating Surrey Equities, LLC, as…

  • Dog will accompany student in high school

    Golden retriever will signal for help in event of seizure BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Katlin Miller, a junior at Spotswood High School, with her new service dog, Greta, who was trained and given to the family by Canine Assistants to assist in the event that Katlin has an epileptic seizure. SPOTSWOOD – A borough…

  • Field of six vies for freeholder seats

    The following candidates are running for three seats on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders on Nov. 6 Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina Age: 77 Residence: Fords, Woodbridge Occupation: Retired bar and restaurant owner Position: Freeholder since 1990; deputy director since 1994; chairman of the Department of Parks and…

  • Sayreville

    At stake: Four-year mayoral term and two three-year council terms Where they stand: Daniel E. Buchanan* (D) Seeking council term Buchanan, 30, has a wife, Michelle, and a daughter, Kayla, 2. He is a life-long resident of Sayreville. Buchanan is a graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in administration of justice, and Middlesex County…

  • Pop’s will never be on the market for builders

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – Barbara Byrne Schauer knows her parents would be proud. The farm they owned going back to the 1920s will remain as such, and can never be developed. Its inclusion into the state Farmland Preservation Program was celebrated Monday morning during a press conference attended by family members along…

  • Spooky Sayreville

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN staff 12-year-old Jaysen Low, of Sayreville, barely mumbled about his headache at the Sayreville Halloween parade Oct. 25. Seven-year-old Robbie Steiner, of Sayreville, was ready to pound the mat as a sumo wrestler at the parade.

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Sydney Gelpke, 8, of Sayreville, portrays a spaghetti and meatballs dinner, a costume that won her the prize in the “most original” category during the borough’s Halloween parade on Main Street Oct. 25.

  • Steel mill to host info session

    SAYREVILLE – Gerdau Ameristeel will hold a community information session at its steel mill on North Crossman Road from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 8. The mill is inviting residents to visit at anytime during those hours, and learn about what the mill is doing to improve its operations in light of concerns that neighbors…