Category: Suburban News

  • OBHS has record number of college-bound graduates

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – An overwhelming number of the township’s high school graduates have decided to give it the old college try. According to Superintendent of Schools Simon Bosco, 91 percent of graduating students are going on to either two- or four-year colleges. The students earned more…

  • Residents raise safety concerns with road opening

    Ad hoc committee will look at options for traffic control BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A resolution promising traffic control devices on Prests Mill Road was not fulfilled by the time of the road’s opening Monday, leaving some nearby residents concerned. The area of the road that borders…

  • E.B. man arrested in Sayreville murder

    Police: Suspect had over ounce of cocaine on night of shooting BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer Police charged an East Brunswick man Monday in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man in Sayreville June 28. Telik K. Pittman, 24, of Lois Street, was charged with the murder of Marquis Maing, who…

  • Matawan to host second SharkFest on Saturday

    BY JOHN SUTTON Correspondent BY JOHN SUTTONCorrespondent Richard Fernicola, author of “Twelve Days of Terror,” will sign books and lead guided bus tours of the 1916 Matawan shark attack sites at 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. at Saturday’s SharkFest. MATAWAN – When the word shark was mentioned in Matawan during the summer of 1916, it…

  • Officials ‘won’t rest’ until complex is safe

    Boro, owner agree on extra police patrols, more weekend security BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer “I believe it’s normal teenage boy kind of stuff. They basically hang out there.” – Kennedy O’Brien Mayor SAYREVILLE – Though one suspect has been charged in the June 28 murder at Winding Woods, at least…

  • Friendly competition

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff Above: Melissa Velez, of Monroe, shows her hula-hoop skills during the second annual Community Friendship Games July 11 at Bicentennial Park in East Brunswick. The day of games saw youngsters from Monroe, Old Bridge and East Brunswick competing against one another. At left, David Haber, 12, of Old Bridge,competes in…

  • Solid lead materials found at edge of bay

    Contamination was also found at nearby creek in April BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Unusually high levels of lead were found along parts of the seawall at the Laurence Harbor beachfront in Old Bridge. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) found exposed lead in the seawall parallel to Bayview Drive…

  • Boro, complex owner clash on security issue

    Council tells owner of Winding Woods to boost security BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Sayreville officials met last week with the owner of the Winding Woods apartment complex in response to a recent homicide there and a petition by residents for added security. The meeting Friday morning was intended to be…

  • Autopsy shows drowning likely cause of man’s death

    OLD BRIDGE – Authorities investigating the death of a 62-year-old Sayreville man whose body was found in the surf at the Laurence Harbor beach July 1 believe that the man drowned. Preliminary findings of an autopsy performed on Thomas J. Newsome indicate that “his death was consistent with a drowning,” according to a press release…