Category: Suburban News

  • Police investigate fatalaccident on Route 9

    OLD BRIDGE – A township woman was killed after her car was rear-ended on Route 9 on Jan. 25. Maureen Donnelly, 44, was driving north on Route 9 with her 69-year-old mother, Josephine Quale, when their minivan was struck from behind by a Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by Manalapan resident Christopher Thorne, 39. Donnelly…

  • Panos: Contract award part of ‘political game’

    Concerns hold up storm sewer project BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Lucille Panos OLD BRIDGE – – A plan to thwart flooding in one section of town has been put on hold due to concerns from a councilwoman who feels the town is awarding too much money to the same engineering…

  • All-day kindergarten recommended in O.B.

    Officials tout benefits of program despite its expense BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Old Bridge school officials are considering bringing full-day kindergarten to the district and could hold a referendum on the matter as early as this fall. The full-day program was discussed in detail Tuesday at a meeting of the…

  • Mr. Big

    PHOTOS BY MICHAEL ACKER Employees at ShopRite in Sayreville took up a collection last week to buy a 12.5-pound lobster that was delivered to the store for sale. The store, which usually sells lobsters weighing a couple of pounds, expects to turn the large crustacean over to an aquarium or return it to the ocean.…

  • Start of commuter lot construction hailed

    Will bring 300 spaces, most designated for Sayreville residents only BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer A $1.6 million project to bring some much-needed commuter parking to Sayreville is officially under way. Officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday at the future site of the commuter lot on Raritan Street, and Defino Contracting…

  • Code official cited his own boss for violation

    Boro’s case against employee open to public at defendant’s request BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – A borough employee will get his wish to have his own disciplinary hearing open to the public. Borough Labor Attorney Robert J. Merryman told the Suburban that the borough has agreed to open the…

  • Park and ride

    MICHAEL ACKER Borough Councilman Dennis Grobelny speaks of the new park-and-ride facility being constructed on Raritan Street behind Dunkin’ Donuts at a press conference Tuesday. Sitting down to the left of Grobelny are borough Councilman Daniel Buchanan (left) and council President Thomas Pollando (right).

  • Supplies low, demand high at food bank, soup kitchens

    NEW BRUNSWICK – Officials from Middlesex County’s emergency food network have issued a plea for food donations to help meet increasing demand from the county’s neediest residents. A serious shortage of supplies is being felt at the food bank and at the more than 60 food pantries and soup kitchens throughout the county that belong…

  • Boy, 11, dances his way to TV sets nationwide

    Ballroom dancer has won numerous contests, scholarships BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Austin Joson OLD BRIDGE – Austin Joson has danced his way into the heart of the nation, and he’s hoping to make it to the top of the world. After starting to dance only two years ago, the 11-year-old…