Category: Suburban News

  • Asian heritage festival returns to Manalapan

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – The second annual Asian Heritage Festival will be held May 5 from 1-5 p.m. at Manalapan High School, Church Lane, off Tennent Road. Presented by the Manalapan Arts Council (MAC) under the auspices of the Manalapan Recreation Department, the festival will celebrate all Asian…

  • Up in flames

    RYAN D. FENSTERMAKER An office building on Old Matawan Road in Old Bridge was ravaged by a fire around 3 p.m. April 25, creating plumes of smoke seen for miles and clogging traffic on nearby Route 18. Reports indicate the fire may have been started by a discarded cigarette butt in a smoking area adjacent…

  • Cty. makes Tamarack Hollow purchase official

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Middlesex County officials have taken the necessary actions to preserve the 232 acres that were previously proposed for the Tamarack Hollow housing development. The county Board of Chosen Freeholders entered into a contract April 19 to purchase the land for the county’s open space program. Developer Matzel & Mumford had approval to…

  • Firms make pitches for Nat’l Lead project

    Proposals call for housing, retail, offices, sports, rail and a ferry BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer “It’s very good for the town.”- Dennis GrobelnySERA commissioner A dozen firms seeking to redevelop the former National Lead site presented their concepts to Sayreville officials this week, all agreeing the riverside location that straddles…

  • Photo

    SCOTT PILLING staff Erin Handy, 6, readies the ground for a tree planting at Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge Saturday. Brownie Troop 729, which is working toward badges in ecology and planting, took part in the park’s Arbor Day activities.

  • Town looks at ways to diversify OBPD

    Squad’s 104 officers include two women, one African American BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer In an effort to create more diversity on the police force, officials are looking to make changes to Old Bridge’s police hiring ordinance. Proposed changes include allowing for the chief of police to recruit officers from other…

  • Newspaper group boasts banner year for awards

    Latest tally is 28 awards in state press contest Greater Media Newspapers photographer Jeff Granit won a second place for his portrait “Protegee.” It was an exceptionally good year for Greater Media Newspapers, when the New Jersey Press Association awarded the group 28 awards for writing, photography, advertising and circulation excellence in its Better Newspaper…

  • Standing oration

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN In portraying Frederick Douglass Sunday during a performance at Sayreville War Memorial High School, Fred Morsell conveyed the abolitionist leader’s message that, with education, anything can be accomplished. Douglass, one of the most prominent figures in African American history, lived from 1818 to 1895. The program was sponsored by the borough’s Human Relations…

  • Green thumb

    CHRIS KELLY staff John Chen, of Edison, loosens up the roots of a shrub before planting it during an April 14 reforestation effort by volunteers at the John A. Phillips Preserve, Old Bridge.