Category: Suburban News

  • Quick-hit burglar suspects steal from businesses

    BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Two successful burglaries and a bungled attempt at a third at the Town Square mall on Matawan Road resulted in the combined loss of over $2,600 in cash Monday. Dunkin’ Donuts and Bagel Mania were both forcibly entered during the early morning hours,…

  • Housing for disabled could open this fall

    BY KRISTIN BOYD Correspondent BY KRISTIN BOYDCorrespondent MICHAEL ACKER Work is ongoing to complete the Chuck Costello Housing Complex, pictured here in July. The Old Bridge facility will provide affordable housing to independently disabled residents of Middlesex County. OLD BRIDGE – Construction of the Chuck Costello Housing Complex is a month ahead of schedule due…

  • For the Record

    Due to misinformation provided to the Suburban, an Aug. 3 story titled “Two arrested after gas station hold-up” incorrectly named Lighting for Less as the location where police found suspects Steven Pietro, 21, and Victor Joseph Limongello, 33, both of Matawan. The suspects were actually located in a storage area of the Marketplace shopping center,…

  • Dems deny mayor’s position on SERA

    Mayor describes council move as posturing for ’07 election BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Kennedy O’Brien After years of guiding Sayreville’s redevelopment agency, Mayor Kennedy O’Brien this week found himself unable to renew his own status as a member. Democrats on the Borough Council on Monday blocked the Republican mayor’s reappointment…

  • Photo

    SCOTT PILLING staff Students in the Summer Enrichment Program at Samsel Upper Elementary School in Sayreville perform “You’re a Grand Ol’ Flag” during the Aug. 2 New Jersey Heroes event. See story, page 41.

  • An inside look

    SCOTT PILLING staff Steve Florek, of Old Bridge, checks out the inner workings of a 1967 Pontiac GTO during a classic car show July 26 at Spotswood High School. The next summer car show, sponsored by the Spotswood Drug and Alcohol Alliance and the Cruisin’ Knights, is set for Aug. 23.

  • Residents fear plan will bring flooding

    Townhouse/office plan has Whispering Pines residents concerned BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer A stormwater management plan devised to ease concerns about a proposed townhouse development on Route 516 in Old Bridge has instead raised a storm of controversy. The plan, introduced amid worries of potential drainage problems if the townhomes are…

  • Corzine calls for cap on property tax increases

    Outlines proposals for reform in address to state Legislature BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer TRENTON – Gov. Jon Corzine compared the state’s property tax system to “the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” on July 28, saying increases for homeowners need to be capped at 4 percent per year. Speaking…

  • Teens find expression through modern dance

    Dance group molds classical styles with jazz and hip-hop BY KRISTIN BOYD Correspondent BY KRISTIN BOYDCorrespondent Above: Nick Ruiz, 17, and Tara Chencinski, 18, rehearse an original routine at the Old Bridge School of Dance, Route 34. At right: Kareem Belk, 16, of New Brunswick, and Ruiz perform a synchronized jump. Members of the dance…