Category: Suburban News

  • Event will aid efforts of man battling ALS

    Patrick O’Brien, 32, son of Sayreville mayor, documents his struggle BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — While fighting for his life against Lou Gehrig’s disease, Patrick O’Brien is documenting what time remains for him in the interests of helping others. “My son is dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease,” Mayor Kennedy O’Brien told the Suburban.…

  • Dems pledge to improve efficiency, education

    Incumbents Pulomena, Polos say they’re proud of their accomplishments BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer John Pulomena Constituents, then county, then party. That is the order of priority the current Middlesex County Democratic Freeholders say they have taken when handling their position. Incumbents H. James Polos and John Pulomena are hoping to…

  • Woodhaven denied

    Residential homes, retail plan were first proposed 20 years ago BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – After years of testimony and contention, the township this week denied plans for Woodhaven components that called for 3,000-plus residential homes and over a million square feet of retail space. The township Planning…

  • Boro talks with NL, potential redevelopers

    SERA weighs idea of seeking new proposals for 400 acres on river BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer A month after Sayreville’s chosen builder dropped out of the National Lead redevelopment project, officials are considering asking for new proposals. The borough is also reaching out to the other redevelopers that sought the…

  • GOP: We’ll be board’s ‘badly needed conscience’

    Geoffrey Champion, Andrew Tidd seek freeholder seats BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Andrew Tidd The Republican candidates for Middlesex County Freeholder are looking to restore a system of checks and balances to the board with their election Tuesday. Candidates Geoffrey Champion and Andrew Tidd say the first focus of their campaign…

  • Sayreville Borough Council

    Stanley Drwal*(D) Drwal, 52, who has a wife, Helga, is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, and is a math and physics teacher at Cardinal McCarrick High School, South Amboy. He was born and raised in Sayreville. Drwal has a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.,…

  • Musicians will rock for a cause Saturday

    South River benefit features Spook Handy, seven other artists BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER – Local musicians will perform this weekend for a developmentally disabled man who recently underwent costly surgery. Annette Cunnius, of Sayreville, organized the event to assist her older brother, Daniel, 48, who was born and…

  • Residents call curbing policy unfair, unsafe

    Township program only replaces curbs, doesn’t build them new BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – To curb or not to curb. That is the question spawning an ongoing conflict among officials and residents as a months-old dispute about the parameters of a township curbing program went into overtime during…

  • Group wants 365 reasons to like NJ

    EAST BRUNSWICK – You may prefer the miles of white sandy beaches along the Jersey Shore or the mountainous region in the northwestern part of the state. Maybe you like the quaint eateries in the central part of the state. There may be another reason you enjoy calling New Jersey home. That reason could make…