Category: Suburban News

  • Planners OK site plan of long-sought YMCA

    Rec. facility’s construction expected to start in spring BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The Planning Board formally approved an application by the YMCA of Western Monmouth County to build a 30,760-square-foot facility on 12 acres of Mannino Park at its Sept. 12 meeting. The final major site plan…

  • Awards program honors Greater Women of Central N.J.

    Donna Cardillo Greater Media Newspapers, CentraState team to honor women of achievement BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Women have traditionally been honored for their roles as wives and mothers. On Sept. 12, however, a group of women were recognized for their outstanding achievements, their contribution to their communities, and their influence on the lives…

  • Boro seeks volunteers to help victims of abuse

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Sayreville SAYREVILLE – Police are seeking volunteers for the borough’s Domestic Violence Response Team. Sgt. Sean O’Donnell is liaison officer for the response team, along with Patrolman Charles Blazas. The team, which formed in 1998, has 12 members. “We are existing and it’s fine, but more…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Ballerina Anjali Verner, 13, performs with other students from Bodies in Motion Dance Center Sunday during Sayreville Day festivities in Kennedy Park.

  • Kingston in the lead after latest recount

    BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – An ongoing battle between Kevin Kingston and Eleanor Walker over who will wrest a commissioner’s seat in Fire District 2 entered what some hope will be its final round after Kingston won a recount by two votes. Kingston last week was declared the…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Former Gov. James E. McGreevey receives a warm greeting Tuesday as he makes his way through a crowd at the Woodbridge Community Center. McGreevey spoke to the hometown crowd and signed copies of his new book, “The Confession.”

  • Gaining yardage

    SCOTT PILLING staff Joe Corrao, of the Old Bridge Ram’s Mighty Mites squad, gains some extra yardage for his Pop Warner team Sept. 3 against Allentown.

  • New county work force to improve O.B. park

    Old Bridge Members of the newly formed Middlesex County Conservation Corps will take to Old Bridge’s John A. Phillips Preserve on Saturdays this fall, cleaning up trash and removing invasive plant species. The corps, which includes a paid staff of high school and college students along with adult volunteers, is being administered by the Middlesex…

  • Festival show

    SEAN DWYER Kelly Falk, 8, of Sayreville, sings during the talent show portion of the Raritan Bay Seafood Festival at Waterfront Park, Sayreville, Sept. 10.