Category: Suburban News

  • Arrests for underage drinking continue

    Local legislator wants arts center to run more family-friendly events BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer In light of the recent ban on alcohol in all PNC Bank Arts center parking lots, state Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (RMonmouth/ Middlesex) has called on a Senate committee to review operations at the 17,500-seat venue in an effort to make…

  • Beatles songs inspire original production

    Music of Fab Four at heart of show coming to Sayreville stage BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Eleanor Rigby, Prudence, Sgt. Pepper and their pals will soon be coming to town. No, it is not the result of consuming psychedelic drugs. It is “A Day in the Life,” an original musical whose story is told…

  • Pop Warner community rallies around local family

    Mayor’s Trophy Game to benefit family of boy with cystic fibrosis BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer FILE PHOTO Anthony Silvestri is pictured in April playing with a toy train at home in Cliffwood Beach. OLD BRIDGE – Win or lose, the Raritan Bay Cougars can consider Sunday’s game a victory. The annual Mayor’s Trophy event…

  • Fundraisers

    Aug. 30-Sept. 8 • Book Sale, sponsored by the Spotswood Public Library, during regular hours, at the library, 548 Main St. Hardcover books, paperbacks, children’s books, audiocassettes, VHS videos. Paperbacks, 50 cents each or three for $1; hardcovers, 75 cents and up; VHS videos, $1. “All-You- Can-Carry for $5,” last two days of the event,…

  • Mill explains efforts to protect environment

    Gerdau Ameristeel holds info. session in light of concerns BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer MICHAEL ACKER The Gerdau Ameristeel plant is funding two sets of tests on samples of material taken from nearby residential properties. SAYREVILLE – A steel mill that is the focus of emissions-related allegations last week gave residents the chance to ask…

  • Fire caused by lightning

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – A lightning bolt led to a structure fire in the borough last week. The detached single-car garage of a residence on Coolidge Avenue was struck by lightening at 4:24 p.m. Aug. 17. Multiple fire units responded to extinguish flames in the garage of the…

  • Mayor’s Trophy Game

    CHRIS KELLY staff The Sayreville Leprechauns’ Keith Scott tries to evade the Morgan-Parlin Panthers’ Sustyn Pearce during the Mayor’s Trophy Game Sunday at South Amboy Waterfront Park. The various teams with the two Pop Warner clubs played throughout the day.

  • Belford couple survives plane crash in Old Bridge

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A couple flying home from a vacation survived a plane crash at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park on Sunday. Brian Compton, 56, and his wife, Antoinette Rinella, 55, both of Belford, arrived in the area of Old Bridge Airport from their vacation in…

  • State open-space funding question will go to voters

    Environmental groups will lobby hard for GSPT renewal in months ahead BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer New Jersey voters will determine in November whether to issue $200 million in bonds to fund the state’s Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT) for one more year. Civic groups applauded the bill’s passage, but said…