Category: Suburban News

  • 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…

  • Stretch

    SCOTT PILLING staff Students at the Dance Stop Dance Education Center in Sayreville rehearse their moves for the upcoming AIDS benefit performance. The benefit will be held at the Strand Theater in Lakewood at 7 p.m. April 22.

  • Congregation looking to move from South River

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Almost 90 years ago, a building on Whitehead Avenue in South River became a religious hub, and began to draw worshippers from East Brunswick, Sayreville and Old Bridge to the borough. Now, more than 50 years after moving the traditional, unaffiliated Jewish synagogue that is Congregation…

  • How sweet it is

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Old Bridge Girl Scouts stand with the cakes, pies and other treats they made for Saturday’s bake-off at the township’s Civic Center.

  • Ex-Old Bridge official will serve prison term

    Barry C. Bowers is last of three to be sentenced in corruption probe BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer A former Old Bridge township engineering inspector was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for accepting favors from a developer. The last of three former Old Bridge officials to be sentenced in…

  • Half-century fighting fires … and counting

    CHRIS KELLY staff Danny J. DiPoalo, active with the Sayreville Fire Department for 50 years, is wrapping his Board of Education service after more than 40 years. Sayreville’s DiPoalo will be recognized for golden anniversary BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Between being a firefighter and school board member, Danny J. DiPoalo has logged in some…