Category: Suburban News

  • Library’s reading club for teens begins July 6

    Old Bridge Public Library, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, will begin its summer reading club for teens, “Creature Feature,” July 6 at 6:30 p.m. with the “Canned Film Festival” featuring films by local teens. Super Contest Day will be July 6, with a drawing contest for children entering grades one through six next fall. Students submit…

  • County will help O.B. pay Cedar Ridge debt

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The two-year-old question of just how the township will afford $9 million taken out to purchase a nearly 200-acre tract has finally been answered. The money will be reimbursed by Middlesex County. The county Board of Chosen Freeholders voted last week to approve…

  • Council OKs license for Breakfast Club

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The Township Council on Tuesday renewed the liquor license for the Breakfast Club, a Route 516 establishment that has been the subject of controversy since it opened in 2003. Last year the council “reluctantly approved” the club’s license, requiring that its owner, Michael…

  • Club’s liquor license OK’d despite stabbings

    Sayreville officials say criminal activity is unusual at Club Abyss BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Borough officials agreed to renew the liquor license for Club Abyss three weeks after a stabbing that led to a review by local officials and law enforcement. The Borough Council on Monday voted unanimously…

  • Community shaken over shooting death

    Boy, 12, is killed by gunshot while playing at friend’s BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Summer got off to a tragic start in the township Monday when a 12-year-old boy died as the result of a gunshot wound to the head. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that…

  • Incumbent steps out of Boro Council race

    Marion Marks takes place of John Melillo on Republican ticket BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Republican Councilman John Melillo has dropped out of the race for a new term this November. Melillo, the only GOP member of the Borough Council, had previously signed on to seek a third term,…

  • Krome shooter gets 45-year prison term

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – An 18-year-old Union County man was sentenced to 45 years in prison last week for the August 2004 shooting death of a patron at the former borough nightclub Krome. Donte Williams, of Rahway, was convicted of aggravated manslaughter in the death of Che Broadus,…

  • Fundraisers

    June 29 + Used Inkjet and Laser Computer Cartridge Collection, sponsored by the Spotswood High School Band. Drop-off boxes located at all Spotswood schools; Spotswood Public Library, Spotswood Post Office and Kearny Bank, all Main Street; KrisKell Creations Hair Salon, Summerhill Road. Proceeds benefit the band. (732) 723-0101. June 29 & 30 + Collection to…

  • July Fourth means fireworks, parade, fun in Milltown

    BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDIStaff Writer MILLTOWN – The borough Fourth of July Committee has coordinated a packed schedule of events for the nation’s 230th birthday next week. “This has been a tradition in Milltown,” said Randy Farkas, the committee’s chairman, noting that local history books have the borough holding large-scale Independence…