Category: Suburban News

  • Child braved smoke, flames to save family

    Jamesburg officials recognize lifesaving efforts of girl, 11, BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDIStaff Writer CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Desiree Rittman and her daughter, Allie Wilson, 11, sit outside their Jamesburg ranch Tuesday. The Borough Council recently commended Allie for saving her mother and their home from a grease fire in March. JAMESBURG – Desiree…

  • Fundraisers

    July 21 + Oldies Dance, sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council No. 4815, 8 p.m., at the council home, 61 Pine St., Old Bridge. Dancing to the music of the ’50s and ’60s. Soda, cake, coffee, tea. Dances held on the third Friday of every month. Singles welcome. Admission is $8 per person. Call Tony…

  • Game winners

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Old Bridge summer recreation campers (front, l-r) Christian Vidal, Robert Emslie and Matt Plotkin, all 12, and Ashlyn Rowe, 11, and their teammates hold the trophy after winning the first-ever Community Friendship Games Monday in Thompson Park, Monroe. Some 50 campers from Old Bridge competed against similar numbers of recreation participants from…

  • Candidates agree to Web debate

    The Hall Institute of Public Policy-New Jersey has launched an initiative to encourage and increase citizen participation in the electoral process. An online “virtual debate” between New Jersey’s candidates for the U.S. Senate began on July 4 on the Hall Institute Internet Web site at www.hallnj.org. The virtual debate – the first of its type…

  • Crabiel calls for tax reform via convention

    Seeks system in which property taxes are paid based on one’s ability BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDIStaff Writer David Crabiel The county’s top elected official is asking state leaders to act immediately on property tax reform by convening a constitutional tax convention. Middlesex County Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel last week proposed…

  • Photo

    SCOTT PILLING staff Volunteers Bryan Reid (l-r), Mike Donato and Eric Alvarez, from Lowe’s of Old Bridge, work on building a new patio at the Birchwood Senior Housing Complex, Mimi Road. The team spent Saturday building two new patios, improving landscaping and adding new furniture.

  • Historians have a new home in old farmhouse

    BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent PHOTOS BYTOM SPERDUTO Above: East Brunswick Historical Society President Estelle Goldsmith discusses township and national history Sunday at the society’s permanent home on Milltown Road. At right: A painting on display at the museum shows the L.J. Smith farmhouse on a snowy day before the adjacent…

  • Concerns raised about Parlin drinking water

    Labor, environmental agencies say chemical may pose human risk BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Levels of a potential carcinogen reported to have been found in Parlin’s drinking water has the community concerned and Sayreville officials calling for further investigation. The chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which is produced by DuPont, was found in tests taken at…

  • Swimmer’s body found after search of South River

    Apparent drowning is second this summer in local waterways BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer PHOTOSBYSTEVEN M. BARON Above: Emergency responders from South River, Perth Amboy and East Brunswick were among those searching for the body of Benjamin Martinez Santos, 30, who disappeared Sunday while swimming in the South River Monday. The…