Category: Suburban News

  • Scientists put PCB risks in perspective

    Expert says PCBs are ‘everywhere,’ even in food BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Are you at risk?With 11 sites now confirmed to have received concrete from the former Ford Motor Co. plant tainted with low levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, many residents are worried about whether they and their families’ health might…

  • It’s official. Waterfront site is now Buchanan Park

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – After years of waiting and months of discussion, the borough’s waterfront park finally has a name. The River Road park, where the borough’s boat ramp is located, is now officially called Ken Buchanan Park, a name first proposed some 14 years ago after the…

  • Several officers promoted following three retirements

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Four township police officers have been promoted to round out the ranks after three recent retirements. The retiring officers, Lt. Dennis Crowley, Detective Sgt. David Kanig and Sgt. Kevin Hayes, each completed more than 25 years of service with the Old Bridge Police…

  • Science fair

    PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Cheesequake School kindergarten student Patrick Clarke, 5, checks out the structure of a shark as he tours the school’s science fair. Cheesequake School fourth-grader Sahar Akbarzai explains her science experiment at the school’s fair March 16. Her hypothesis was that plants grow taller and faster when exposed to hip-hop music…

  • Squad awarded $94K grant

    SAYREVILLE – The Morgan First Aid Squad will be able to replace its oldest vehicle thanks to a new state grant. The $94,147 grant was presented to the squad last week by state Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, who is a resident of Sayreville, during a ceremony at the squad’s building on Route 35. “My role…

  • More voices sought on boro committees

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – The borough is breaking new ground in an attempt to bring more citizens into the political process. The Borough Council is the first governing body in Middlesex County to adopt an open appointments ordinance recommended by the Citizens’ Campaign, which is part of the…

  • County buys Medical Examiner’s building

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer FILE PHOTO The new Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office opened on Livingston Avenue last summer. NORTH BRUNSWICK – On March 16, Middlesex County completed its purchase of the 17,990-square-foot facility on Livingston Avenue that houses the new Medical Examiner’s Office, according to a press release from…

  • Improvements planned at routes 18, 516, 527

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A $29 million project to improve Route 18’s intersection with routes 527 and 516 is slated for a spring 2008 start. The state Department of Transportation last week held a public information session on the proposal at the Old Bridge Public Library, and…

  • Woman, 83, dies after car is rear-ended

    OLD BRIDGE – An 83-year-old township woman was killed Tuesday after the vehicle she was in was struck from behind. Anisa Khatoon was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at 2 p.m., about two hours after a pickup truck rear-ended the Toyota in which she was a passenger. The Toyota…