Category: Suburban News

  • Theater camp celebrates 10 years of star-making

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Stardust Productions is celebrating 10 years of teaching theater and music to local children. Claire Kraft, a seventh-grade history teacher and one of the organizers of the theater camp, said it has been a huge success over the past decade, with many participants moving…

  • Boy, 12, dies after being struck by car

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A 12-year-old township boy died Monday after being hit by a pickup truck on Laurence Parkway. The boy, Wen J. Zheng, was crossing Laurence Parkway with his grandmother, Rui Wang, near Lisa Pizza, off Route 35, when he was struck by the vehicle…

  • Residents fear cancer cluster in Sayreville

    State to investigate concerns of a high number of illnesses BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Residents of a section of Sayreville are raising concerns about what they believe is a cancer cluster in the area. Many of the concerned citizens approached the mayor and Borough Council Tuesday night during a meeting…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Dominick Torre (l) of VFW Post 6761 and Tony Paccione of VFW Post 9468 take part in a wreath-laying ceremony Friday in recognition of Memorial Day at the Old Bridge municipal complex. Local veterans also took part in a parade Monday in the Laurence Harbor section.

  • President Bush visits Middlesex County

    JEFF GRANIT staff President George W. Bush spoke at a fundraiser for the New Jersey Republican State Committee on Wednesday, May 30, at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison. The president helped raise about $675,000 for Republican candidates for this year’s state Assembly and Senate races.President George W. Bush came to Edison…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Eddy Strek of American Legion Post 211 says hello to Cody O’Neill, 9, during the Arleth Elementary School’s third-grade chorus show honoring the nation’s veterans May 24 in Sayreville.

  • Resident seeks $10K after fighting tickets

    ‘No trespassing’ sign on preserved open space at heart of legal battle BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A sign posted by the township sparked a legal battle between several police officers and one resident, who says she lost about $10,000 in the process. “For me to defend myself,…

  • Fund-raisers

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Jesse Davi, of Middletown, leads the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Corps, which served as wreath-bearers during the East Brunswick Memorial Day observance Sunday at the municipal complex. June 1 + Ladies Night Out Dinner and Gift Auction, sponsored by the St. Anne’s Guild of Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, 6 p.m., at…

  • Greene calls for Maher to step down from council

    Dems say Republican councilman’s complaint is politically motivated BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Close to four months after filing an ethics complaint against Councilman Dennis Maher for what he says was conflict of interest, Councilman Richard Greene is now calling for Maher’s resignation. “Councilman Maher’s arrogance and indifference…