Category: Suburban News

  • Tamarack Hollow land to be preserved

    County, town buy properties slated for 56-home development BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Fought by residents, denied by East Brunswick and ultimately approved in court, the Tamarack Hollow development will never be built after all. Township officials and Middlesex County will purchase the roughly 230 acres located on four separate parcels…

  • Adding some green

    CHRIS KELLY staff Billy Piller, 15, of Old Bridge, digs a hole for a tree sapling Saturday at the John A. Phillips Preserve near Maple Street and Route 18, Old Bridge. Volunteers worked with the Middlesex County Parks and Recreation Department to plant nearly 300 trees and shrubs in the park as part of a…

  • Dozen builders express interest in Nat’l Lead

    SERA starts over by seeking redevelopers’ credentials first BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer The redevelopment of the National Lead property suffered a major setback when Sayreville’s chosen builder withdrew its commitment last year. But the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency has begun to look at other developers, and 12 such entities have…

  • Prodigal Foundation plans annual scholarship dinner

    Prodigal Foundation Inc. will hold its seventh annual scholarship dinner for high school seniors affected by cancer at Colonia Country Club on April 26. Prodigal Foundation reaches out to enhance the quality of life of children who have been adversely affected by cancer. Its missions and goals include establishing scholarships for high school seniors who…

  • Police dept. promotes four officers to sergeant

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer JESSICA SMITH The newly promoted Old Bridge police sergeants, (from left) Carmen Spitale Jr., Donald Fritz Jr., Thomas Noble and Scott Gumprecht are pictured with Police Chief Thomas Collow at Monday’s Township Council meeting. OLD BRIDGE – Four township police officers were promoted to the rank…

  • Fund-raisers

    April 13 + Adult Tricky Tray, sponsored by Our Lady of Victories Church, doors open at 5 p.m., event begins at 7:30 p.m., in the church’s Monsignor Dalton Hall, Main Street, Sayreville. Open to individuals age 18 and above. Tickets, available in advance only for $8 each at the parish office, include admission, two sheets…

  • Voters will have say on avg. $122 tax hike

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Voters will decide on a school budget that calls for a tax hike of $122 on the average borough home assessed at $143,000. Superintendent of Schools Frank Alfano gave a presentation on the $68 million budget during the Board of Education’s meeting Tuesday, noting…

  • The rising

    Workers erect a new bronze crucifix at the Saint Stanislaus Kostka cemetery on Pulaski Avenue, Sayreville, on Good Friday last week. The statue’s predecessor was shattered last year amid a series of damage to and thefts of religious symbols in the area. Four local teenagers were charged in the events.

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT staff Jorrel Persaud, a U.S. Army soldier who recently returned home from Iraq, talks to the media at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division, where he met the nurses who sent him care packages while he served overseas.