Category: Suburban News

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Cheyenne Rodriguez, 7, and fellow Girl Scouts work on a garden outside M. Scott Carpenter School in Old Bridge last week. Scouts who attend the school are holding a ceremony today to dedicate the garden to school Principal John R. Phillips, the faculty, students and families at the school.

  • Steel mill will give tour to concerned residents

    Ameristeel also will arrange for testing at nearby properties BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Residents concerned about emissions from the Gerdau Ameristeel mill will be able to tour the facility this weekend. More than 20 residents attended Monday’s meeting of the Sayreville Environmental Commission to learn more about the plant’s response…

  • Historical group seeks names, items of value

    MICHAEL ACKER Sayreville Historical Society President Carol Kadi stands beside historical items that date back to the first and second world wars in the museum at 425 Main St. The objects were donated by local veterans of the wars or their family members, Kadi said. Society builds database of those who have contributed to Sayreville…

  • County seeks high school, college students for corps

    Middlesex County teenagers interested in working to improve and preserve area parks this summer can apply now for positions with the Middlesex County Youth Conservation Corps. The corps, which was established last year by county officials, uses youth employment to work on the more than 6,000 acres of county-owned open space. Its mission is “to…

  • Task force to look at nightclub violence

    Council forms group to evaluate clubs¿ operations, security BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Thomas V. Pollando SAYREVILLE – A task force is being formed to look at ways of cracking down on the continuing incidents of violence and criminal activity at borough nightclubs. Council President Thomas V. Pollando announced plans for…

  • Town, firm working on golf course lease

    Lambertson house, to be near the 8th hole, may be used for storage BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – With lease negotiations well under way, the township is one step closer to teeing off at the proposed municipal golf course. For several years, township officials have been planning for…

  • ‘Make the World a Better Place’

    Some 53 Girl Scouts who attend M. Scott Carpenter School in Old Bridge planted flowers and a dogwood tree, all donated by various businesses, in a new garden outside the school. The program was titled “Make the World a Better Place.” PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Cliff Hughes, of the Route 516 company Grounds Keeper,…

  • Middlesex bird population an example of diversity

    Report: county is home to 308 species of birds, some rare, endangered BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer COURTESY OF THE EDISON WETLANDS ASSOCIATION A new report by the Edison Wetlands Association shows that Middlesex County has 308 different species of birds. It turns out, the human population isn’t the only thing…

  • Locks of Love

    Mary Ellen Redmond, 9, a fourth-grader at Raymond Voorhees School in Old Bridge, recently cut 12 inches of her hair, which she’d been growing out since the age of 3, for donation to Locks of Love. The youngster, who is a travel soccer player and Junior Girl Scout, wanted her hair to be used to…