Category: Suburban News

  • ‘Babes in Toyland’

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above, the Sayreville Main Street Players rehearse a scene from “Babes in Toyland” last week at the Theatre at Garden Friends, Bordentown Avenue. Shows began last weekend and continue Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Below, John Wycoff (c), Frank Norek (l) and Tom Schulman…

  • Dozens sick as E. coli outbreak hits county

    Public health officials said yesterday that 26 people, most of them children, are believed to have contracted the E. coli bacterial infection in Middlesex County. Those people have either been hospitalized or otherwise sought medical attention in the county, and 24 tested positive for E. coli; two are pending lab results. The suspected source is…

  • Community honors two war heroes

    SCOTT PILLING staff Rich Kosmoski of the Sayreville Veterans Alliance presents Stella Chitren with flowers and a plaque Saturday in memory of her son, Vincent, a Vietnam War veteran. One veteran was killed in Korea; one from Agent Orange exposure BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Two men who died for their country from separate causes…

  • Project’s completion signals safer future

    Collaborative effort between boro, businesses yields traffic light BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer PHOTOS BY STEVEN M. BARON A car sits at the stop sign where Westminster Boulevard meets Ernston Road in Sayreville, near Old Bridge’s border. The traffic light recently installed at the intersection is the result of a collaborative…

  • Local police add patrols in crackdown on DWI

    The Old Bridge and Sayreville police departments are increasing their efforts to stop drunken drivers during the holiday season. The two police forces are taking part in the “You Drink and Drive, You Lose” year-end crackdown program sponsored by the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety. The program runs from earlier this week through Jan.…

  • Settlement could finally decide election outcome

    Voters give depositions over ballots from fire runoff election BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer The battle for a Old Bridge fire commissioner’s post in District 2 that was up for election some 10 months ago remains unresolved. Last week, a handful of voters gave depositions in court regarding their absentee ballots,…

  • To build new or fix up is the question for park

    Council mulls options for local park building used for summer camp BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The fate of a building used for summer camp programs at Veterans Park is being decided as officials debate whether refurbishment or rebuilding is the better option. At a meeting Monday, Township…

  • Chabad House plans first permanent home

    Facility would provide space for synagogue, activities, classes, shop BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer MONROE – Saying it would be “the nicest building in Monroe,” Rabbi Yehuda Spritzer has big plans indeed for the proposed Chabad Community Center. Planned for a 3.5-acre site on Applegarth Road across from a commuter park-and-ride,…

  • Quote of the week:

    “More important than the cost is the safety of the people.” – Thomas Pollando Sayreville Boro Council Page 3