Category: Suburban News

  • Street signs recognize those lost in combat

    Signs being posted on streets named for each veteran BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Local veterans killed in combat going back to World War I have streets named after them in the borough. And now, their sacrifices will be further recognized with signs printed in their memory on each…

  • Developer withdraws from Nat’l Lead plan

    LNR says economics of the project proved unfeasible BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Sayreville’s redeveloper for the 400-acre National Lead property has withdrawn from the project. LNR Northeastern Invest-ments Inc., which the borough selected earlier this year for the $1.7 billion waterfront redevelopment, confirmed yesterday that it is “not currently pursuing…

  • Comedy club gets OK for former theater site

    Cinema 9 will be renovated for dining, live comedy BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — The owner of a local sports bar is one step closer to opening a comedy club in the former Cinema 9 building. The Planning Board voted unanimously Sept. 20 to approve the site plan proposed…

  • County, Rutgers team up for ‘bio-blitz’ at preserve

    OLD BRIDGE – Scientists, students and other residents will join forces Sunday to find and identify as many plant and animal species as possible in the first bioinventory of the John A. Phillips Preserve, located off Route 18. Participants will help identify birds, plants, fungi and other organisms to build a species list of the…

  • Concert will honor life, values of Daniel Pearl

    Noted jazz pianist Cliff Korman to perform Oct. 10 with quartet BRUCE TUCKER Learning about the upcoming Daniel Pearl World Music Days from Temple B’nai Shalom Cantor Marnie Camhi (second from left) and Daniel Pearl Education Center committee member Rebecca Brenowitz (r) are Emily Kestlinger and Matt Brenner. EAST BRUNSWICK – The community is invited…

  • Officials say builder should devise new plan

    Redmond: A third of Woodhaven land could not be built on today BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer “They wouldn’t lose the parcel, because they own it, but they’d lose the ability to build on a third to a half of it.” – Larry Redmond Old Bridge Planning Board OLD BRIDGE –…

  • The political education of James E. McGreevey

    Former governor and mayor discusses raw side of politics in book BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Former Gov. and Woodbridge Mayor James E. McGreevey receives a warm welcome as he makes his way through the crowd gathered at the Woodbridge Community Center to get an autographed…

  • Studio brings fusion of dance styles to stage

    Tala Shruti dancers perform modern dance, ballet, Bharatanatyam BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent Ballerinas Laura Vendetta and Christine Bragg from the Tala Shruti School of Dance rehearse a show called “The Dance of Destiny: Mime, Myth and Modernism” with Bharatanatyam dancers in Woodbridge. Classical Indian dance will be merged with modern…

  • Cultural festival

    Above: Radhike Patel, 11, of Piscataway, performs during the India Cultural Association of Central New Jersey’s 25th anniversary celebration, held recently in Sayreville’s Kennedy Park. Below: Members of the ICA dance group practice alongside the lake prior to their final performance at the festival. PHOTOSBYSEAN DWYER