Category: Suburban News

  • Junkologist survives cancer, shipwreck and competition

    Second Hand Lil’s owner Hughes, 77, not the retiring type BY TAMMY McKILLIP Correspondent BY TAMMY McKILLIP Correspondent PHOTOSBYTAMMY McKILLIP Lilliana Hughes says her willingness to bargain with customers has been one key to her store’s longevity. KEYPORT – Like so many of the antique and castaway things she surrounds herself with, 77-year-old borough resident…

  • For the Record

    The long-term care center proposed in Old Bridge by Middlesex County officials would be for nursing and rehabilitative care, not for tuberculosis patients as was stated in a Jan. 11 story. Also, the county is pursuing a new Academy for Medical Science and Information Technology in Woodbridge, not at Middlesex County College.

  • Woman, 68, dies with 3 teens in crash

    Old Bridge resident remembered for her love of children BY JESSICA SMITH and CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writers BY JESSICA SMITHand CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writers JEFF GRANIT staff A Freehold Borough High School student pays respects in front of a sign for Ruth MacArthur, 68, of Laurence Harbor, who was killed in an accident the…

  • Health care, housing facilities pop up on 18

    Newly proposed care center would be latest addition BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer David B. Crabiel OLD BRIDGE – A plan by Middlesex County officials to bring a new long-term care center to the township by 2009 will add to what’s become a cluster of health-care and specialized housing facilities on…

  • ‘Pretty girl’ provokes emotional responses

    Milltown native’s 16th novel is published by MTV Books BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Laura Wiess MILLTOWN – – Laura Wiess has imaginary friends. They tell her their stories, they keep her up nights, and they have helped to build her career. One of the most recent to come calling was…

  • Mayor, council at odds over appointments

    Dems irked by O’Brien’s decision to not reappoint borough attorney BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – In his first meeting with a Borough Council devoid of fellow Republicans, Mayor Kennedy O’Brien made numerous appointments, but ruffled the Democrats’ feathers with one he chose not to make. The mayor kept many…

  • PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above, Sarah Eilers, 15, (l-r) Max Kellermueller, 11, and Michael Bunis, 13, finish the fringes of a fleece blanket for Project Linus at the Old Bridge Public Library Monday. The blankets will be given to traumatized or ill youngsters in hospitals, shelters or other institutions. At right, a participant cuts…

  • Board denies plan for 207 homes … again

    Builder expected to again take legal action against town BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Dozens of Sayreville residents listen last week as Fulton’s Landing attorney Thomas Carroll addresses the Planning Board at Borough Hall. Sayreville residents applauded the Planning Board last week as it voted against a developer’s plan to build…

  • Local mayors say they’ll officiate civil unions

    Officials must choose: Do straight and gay ceremonies, or do none BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer FILE PHOTO South Brunswick Mayor Frank Gambatese has said he will delegate officiation of civil unions to the deputy mayor, an arrangement one expert says may not be legal under the new law. Middlesex County…