Category: Suburban News

  • YMCA starts programs at new Tices Lane site

    Child-care center is dedicated in honor of Sen. Barbara Buono BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Wendy Vidal entertains one of the participants of the Raritan Valley YMCA’s child-care program Tuesday in the infant/toddler room of the Tices Lane facility. EAST BRUNSWICK – Visitors won’t need the Village People…

  • Election results

    East Brunswick Budget Yes2,133 No2,297 Three three-year terms: Vicki Becker* 2,679 Dr. Susan Karp* 2,608 Meredith Shaw*2,286 Jack Levitt1,985 One two-year unexpired term: Gene Ryan1,827 Terence Blackwell Jr. 1,009 Helmetta Budget: Yes23 No190 One three-year term: Joann Carroll*120 Jamesburg Budget: Yes171 No63 Three three-year terms: Ann Toth* 176 James Eldridge* 165 Ted Somers (write-in)41 Darren…

  • Teen remains hospitalized after family is struck by car

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A family of four was struck by a sport-utility vehicle backing out of a parking space after Easter Mass Sunday at Our Lady of Victories Church. A 13-year-old girl sustained severe internal injuries, including a broken femur, Sayreville Police Detective Ken Kelly said. Doctors were considering surgery for…

  • Teen escapes as flames destroy Old Bridge home

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A David Drive home had to be demolished last week after a fire broke out while a teenage boy was home alone. According to Old Bridge Police Lt. Robert Weiss, the fire was reported at 11:45 a.m. last Thursday. When police arrived at…

  • Local women raising Parkinson’s awareness

    Sayreville residents Rose McTiernan (l) and Claire Salamon accept a proclamation from Mayor Kennedy O’Brien during the April 10 meeting of the Borough Council. SAYREVILLE – A proclamation from Mayor Kennedy O’Brien declaring April Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month brought special meaning to two borough residents in particular. Rose McTiernan and Claire Salamon, both living with…

  • Retiree benefits expanded due to state court ruling

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Paid health benefits for certain township retirees will change as a result of an ordinance approved Monday by the Township Council. Due to a court ruling in Fair Lawn, Bergen County, the state now mandates that benefits for municipal retirees be equal. “We’re…

  • Parlin resident awarded Korean Defense Medal

    Richard Wisenfelder Jr. of the Parlin section of Sayreville recently received the Korean Defense Service Medal for honored service to his country while on active duty in the DMZ (demilitarized zone) in Korea in 1985. Wisenfelder, a graduate of Sayreville War Memorial High School, enlisted in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps while still a…

  • Making shade

    JEFF GRANIT staff Sayreville Conservation Corps members Thomas Kemble (l) and Conrad Symber place soil around a newly planted tree being held by program director Michael Salais at the Julian Capik Nature Preserve last Thursday. Corps members planted numerous trees donated by the borough Shade Tree Commission.

  • O.B. police investigating weekend car vandalism

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Police are investigating a rash of five cases of criminal mischief that took place in residential neighborhoods over the weekend. Each instance is believed to have occurred late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, according to police reports. At 9:01 a.m. Sunday, an…