Category: Suburban News

  • Nominees sought for SRHS Wall of Fame

    South River High School (SRHS) is once again seeking nominations for selection to the South River High School Wall of Fame. The purpose of the wall is to identify and recognize the superior achievement and performance of former SRHS students within various fields of endeavor. These individuals and the recognition of their achievements will serve…

  • ‘Dial M for Murder’

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff Frank Norek (above, l-r), Liz Mahon, Greg Louis and Martin Brilliant rehearse a scene from “Dial M for Murder” Tuesday at the Theater at Garden Friends, Bordentown Avenue. The Sayreville Main Street Theater Co. will present the mystery April 21 and 28 at 8 p.m.; April 22 and 29 at…

  • Wartime baseball had its share of characters

    Dick Metzgar Reporter at Large Dick Metzgar Reporter at Large I have some fond and indelible memories of major league baseball during the war years in the early 1940s. By 1941, at the age of 9, baseball was already playing a major role in my life, and it has continued to do so to this…

  • Sayreville board bids farewell to 3 veterans

    Cox, Rittenhouse, DiPoalo did not seek re-election this year BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer The Sayreville Board of Education Tuesday said farewell to three longtime members whose departures represent a continuing period of change on the nine-member panel. The meeting was the last for Danny J. DiPoalo, Al Cox and Arthur…

  • Photo

    SCOTT PILLING staff Bianca Siriday, 16, rehearses her moves with fellow students at the Dance Stop Education Center in Sayreville in preparation for an AIDS benefit performance. The event will be held at the Strand Theater, Fourth Street and Clifton Avenue in Lakewood, at 7 p.m. April 22.

  • Future of Lambertson farmhouse in question

    House dating to early 1800s stands on site of future golf course BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer The possible demolition of a historic farmhouse on land slated for an Old Bridge golf course has local officials and historians concerned. The Lambertson homestead, built in the 1820s and 1880s, stands on property…

  • Construction under way for Shoppes at Old Bridge

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Ohio-based Stanbery Development broke ground yesterday on a new shopping center at Route 9 and Texas Road. The Shoppes at Old Bridge, approved by the township Planning Board last May, will include 99,756 square feet of retail space and 20,288 square feet of…

  • Melillo, Green share GOP ticket for council

    Seats belonging to Melillo, Drwal up for grabs in Nov. BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Both incumbents whose Borough Council seats expire this year will seek re-election. The borough’s Republican Committee announced last week that John Melillo, now the only Republican on the formerly GOP-dominated council, will seek a…

  • On Campus

    Elyse Hajdusek, daughter of Gail and Stephen Hajdusek of the Parlin section of Sayreville, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Kean University, Union, where she is majoring in early childhood education. She is a 2002 graduate of Sayreville War Memorial High School. Jason Urbanski, son of Desiree Parsell of Sayreville…