Category: Suburban News

  • Boro: Thumbs down on land sale near bridge

    Developer interested in county property off the South River BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Borough officials are opposing the potential sale of Middlesex County-owned property near the South River-Sayreville Bridge to a private developer. A buyer recently expressed interest in purchasing the 2.19-acre site located between Washington Road and…

  • Four proposals under review for Nat’l Lead

    Council again rejects mayor’s attempt to be SERA commissioner BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer “I think that Icertainly have enoughexperience.” – Kennedy O’Brien mayor SAYREVILLE – Borough officials are reviewing proposals from four potential redevelopers of the 400-acre National Lead site. As commissioners on the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA) began…

  • Worker, 45, dies in fall from Driscoll Bridge

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – A 45-year-old construction worker died Saturday morning when he fell while working on the Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge. Thomas W. Oset, of Manville, Somerset County, was carrying 2-by-4 planks that were 12 feet in length when the boards that formed a temporary walkway broke,…

  • Change at mill reduces risk of deadly release

    Plant listed as potential terror target is storing less chlorine BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer “I think it’s an excellent change. It’s very important to the community and the surrounding communities.” – Mayor Barry Zagnit SPOTSWOOD – The Schweitzer Mauduit paper mill, once considered a prime terrorism target, has reduced its…

  • Officials: No progress on bringing ballpark

    Marketplace idea lost momentum; Rt. 33 panel stopped meeting BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer MONROE – Despite township officials’ efforts to cover all bases in planning for a ballpark complex on Route 33, bringing the project to fruition has proven to be a whole other ballgame. “At some point, it just…

  • Academy commuters vent over bus issues

    Riders complain that full buses pass by and no options are available BY ERIN O. STATTEL Correspondent BY ERIN O. STATTELCorrespondent The commuters are restless and unhappy. Last week they let someone know that. State Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) held a forum on Aug. 1 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan, in…

  • August: Act III begins

    Have you ever dreamed of glorious spring and summer flowering bulbs, a garden awash in color and unique shapes? Now is the time to look at your bulb catalogs and devise a planting strategy, which offers the most varied show imaginable, with a minimal effort on your part. Order your bulbs by mid-September to arrive…

  • O.B. ushers in start of work at Mannino

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Township officials have stepped up to the plate on two Little League fields and other components of a pentaplex at Peter A. Mannino Park, Route 516. An Aug. 6 groundbreaking ceremony marked the beginning of phase one of the park development project, which…

  • Cut-a-thon

    JEFF GRANIT staff Johnny Sapata, 3, of South River, sits patiently as Lisa Dill cuts his hair at Hair Together on Bordentown Avenue, Parlin, during Monday’s cut-a-thon. The salon donated all funds from the day’s cuts to Couture for Cancer, which donates custom-made human hair replacement systems to cancer patients worldwide.