Category: Suburban News

  • Walking for a cause

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Second-graders Anabella Cacciato, Nicole O’Gormon and Jason Gianotto walk around Truman School in Sayreville Monday during the walkathon to raise funds for Autism Speaks.

  • Sayreville horses given shelter from the storm

    Drwal: Facility was planned from get-go despite mayor’s order BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer A divisive issue over the sheltering of horses during severe weather has been resolved with the construction of a run-in shelter at Sayreville’s riding stables. Just who gets the credit for that has not. The shelter was recently built at the…

  • Pay-to-play law goes before council Monday

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Developers will be included in the town’s new ban on pay-to-play if the Borough Council votes to approve it next week. The reform comes at a time when the borough is in the process of selecting a new redeveloper for the $1.7 billion National…

  • Craft fair

    Above, Sara Zammit (l-r), 10, and Caroline Blodi, 12, check out some of the items for sale during Saturday’s craft fair at St. Thomas the Apostle School, Route 18, Old Bridge. The event was sponsored by the St. Thomas HSA. Below, the bake sale portion of the craft fair had no shortage of customers.

  • A dedication

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Memorial Elementary School Principal Martha Simon watches Student Council member Eric Clemente hang a plaque in honor of retired paraprofessionals during a garden dedication outside the school Oct. 4.

  • “A Meeting of the Macabre”

    Edgar Allan Poe, played by Tom Worsdale, of Jackson, and Abraham “Bram” Stoker, aka Farmingdale’s James Dyne, describe their lives, inspirations and disappointments to an audience at the Old Bridge Public Library during Monday night’s program, “A Meeting of the Macabre.”

  • Former client’s request spurs cut-a-thon event

    Hair and nail salons team up to raise money for cancer society BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Isabel Feiteira, who recently opened Belisa Beauty Salon on Old Matawan Road in Old Bridge, works on a client Tuesday. She is planning a cut-a-thon for Oct. 29 in conjunction with…

  • Poetry

    CHRIS KELLY staff Tom Worsdale, as Edgar Allan Poe, passionately discusses the events of the late poet and author’s life during Monday night’s “A Meeting of the Macabre” at the Old Bridge Public Library.

  • Builder’s bankruptcy raises questions in O.B.

    BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Kara Homes, the developer of two township communities, has left creditors and clients in a quandary as to whether the builder will meet its contractual obligations. The East Brunswick-based builder with projects all over New Jersey but most notably in Monmouth and Ocean…