Category: Suburban News

  • Acting out

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff From top to bottom: Douglas Brautigam, of East Brunswick, and Angela Corrigan- Susy rehearse a scene from the thriller “Wait Until Dark,” which will be staged by the Sayreville Main Street Theatre Company at 8 p.m. Sept. 28, 29, Oct. 5, 6, 12 and 13, and at 2 p.m. Oct.…

  • Feds arrest boro resident in drug bust

    Steroids, guns recovered from borough home BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – Federal authorities arrested a borough resident on drug and weapons charges last week. Special agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the FBI obtained a court-authorized search warrant for the Rhode Street home of 34-year-old resident Alfred Scarpa. There, they seized…

  • Board rejects increase in Crossway Creek units

    Developer proposed housing increase due to market conditions BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Adeveloper’s proposal to increase the number of housing units in his Sayreville-approved plan has been denied. The Planning Board voted Sept. 5 against PRC Group’s proposed amendment to the Crossway Creek Redevelopment Plan. The existing plan allows a community of 83 upscale…

  • Starland to raise funds for children with cancer

    Tickets sold to three months of shows benefit Valerie Fund SAYREVILLE – The Starland Ballroom will kick off a major charity drive next week. Concert-goers planning to see bands like Blue October, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Henry Rollins, Bad Religion, the Misfits and others slated to play through the end of the year, will be…

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    ANDREW MILLER staff St. Stan’s students Emma Denby (l-r), 10, Bridget LaPlante, 12, Rachel Erla, 7, and Alexa Coto, 8, laugh off some of the scares during a haunted hayride Friday on the grounds of the Sayreville school. The event kicked off the annual St. Stan’s Oktoberfest. Festivities continued the following day.

  • YMCA board approval means project can begin

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The long-awaited YMCA will soon become a reality. The Western Monmouth YMCA board of directors voted unanimously Monday to move forward with the project, which will be built on 12 acres of Peter A. Mannino Park, Route 516. “The YMCA brings so much more to the community…

  • Adopt a Pet

    Sarah Name Breed domestic shorthair Color tabby & white female Sex young kitten Age Description sweet; medium sized; up to date with vaccines; FeLV/FIV negative Old Bridge Animal Shelter 1 Old Bridge Plaza off Route 516, near municipal complex (732) 721-5600, ext. 6300 www.oldbridgeanimalshelter.petfinder.org Hours: Mon. – Fri. 10 a.m. to noon & 2 –…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Parlin resident Tony Tafuni walks his poodles, Daisy (at left) and Pooch, at the annual Sayreville Day festival Sunday.

  • Developer sought for ex-Robert E. Lee site

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Sto usher in a new day for a long-abandoned site alongside the Raritan Bay. COURTESY OF SAYREVILLE ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY The Robert E. Lee Inn, between Route 35 and the Raritan Bay, which burned down in the 1980s, is being advertised as the potential location of a restaurant or banquet…