Category: Suburban News

  • Fund-raisers

    Nov. 9 + Card Party, sponsored by St. Thomas the Apostle HSA, doors open at 6:45 p.m., raffles at 8 p.m., at the school, Route 18 south, Old Bridge. Admission is $15; includes four prize-table tickets, door-prize entry, dessert, coffee. Additional raffle tickets available. Participants may bring their own food. Must be age 18 or…

  • Ongoing Rt. 9 project is hoped to ease traffic

    Shoulder lanes for buses being added along 4.2-mile stretch BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A $6 million state-funded project to install sidewalks and bus lane shoulders on Route 9 is expected to ease traffic conditions during peak hours, but has thus far contributed to delays. Construction on the…

  • Incumbents retain seats on freeholders board

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer H. James Polos The incumbent Democrats who were re-elected to the position of Middlesex County freeholder will seek to expand green initiatives and continue cooperative purchasing and shared services throughout the 25 towns in the region. “We want to help towns … maintain the cost of…

  • Dems win both seats on Sayreville council

    Drwal, Makowski win allows party to control all six seats BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer A sweep in Tuesday’s election has given local Democrats complete control of the Sayreville Borough Council. The leading vote-getter was newcomer Kathy Makowski, who received 4,844 votes, followed by her Democratic running mate, incumbent Stanley Drwal,…

  • Debate continues over townhomes, office plan

    Experts: No major impact on traffic from this project BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer A sketch provided by the developer shows townhomes to the right, and an office and retail building on the left. OLD BRIDGE – An application to build 16 age-restricted townhomes and a two-story office and retail building…

  • Time capsule to include 200 years of vet artifacts

    Rotarian Club will hold dedication event tomorrow morning BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A time capsule filled with veterans’ memorabilia will be buried at the municipal complex next to the veterans monument in a special ceremony of the Old Bridge/Sayreville Rotarians Club tomorrow. The capsule, a 3-foot-long, 18-inch-wide…

  • Bone stretcher

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Kayla Falkenburg (l) and Bianca Kuzma (r) pull the bones of Lindsay Melmotte, all 6 years old, during Friday’s Fall Festival at Sayreville’s Wilson School.

  • Council bans left turns at Rt. 34, Spring Hill

    BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A township ordinance now prohibits left turns at the intersection of Route 34 and Spring Hill Road. The Township Council approved the amended ordinance in an 8-1 vote Oct. 23, with the lone dissension coming from Councilman Dennis Maher. Maher was unavailable for…

  • Photo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Voorhees Elementary School fourth-graders Alexis Siminson and Evan Graulau carry a bag full of recyclables during the annual Project Pick It Up event Oct. 19. The fourth and fifth grades cleaned up the school yard and the wooded pathway area between Voorhees and Salk Middle School.