Category: Suburban News

  • Residents warned to be alert after woman, 80, is scammed

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — An Athens Avenue resident was the victim of a scam that resulted in the theft of cash and jewelry last week. At least two people were involved in scamming the elderly woman, police said, with one suspect keeping her busy and the other…

  • SERA will take boro to court over new law

    Council approves ordinance to add two of its members to agency BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer The Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency is expected to challenge legislation that enables the Borough Council to add two of its members to the agency. SERA Attorney Christopher Hanlon, of Freehold, told the Suburban the agency…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Courtney Coley, 12, takes advantage of a day off from school Monday at Geick Park in Old Bridge.

  • County testing farm eyed for preservation

    Old Bridge mayor hopeful construction will not go forward BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer They don’t suspect there are any poison apples, but Middlesex County officials will be testing the Cottrell Farm for arsenic and other contaminants. The Old Bridge farm, along with two adjacent parcels of land, is being tested…

  • Woodhaven conditions of approval being listed

    Builder BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Planning Board may soon vote on a proposal to bring 763 new homes to property near Texas Road. After holding numerous hearings on Woodhaven Village Section II, the board agreed last week to prepare a list of conditions of approval, and…

  • What is …

    Carpenter Elementary School fourth-grader Noelle Mazureck raises her hand to answer a question during the school’s annual Jeopardy tournament. Fellow students Daniel Sech and Kelsey Iannotta are her competitors. Below, students await their turn to play during the tournament last Friday in Old Bridge. PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff

  • Drwal announces he’s joining the Democrats

    Sayreville council will have five Dems, one Republican BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — Now it’s five to one. Borough Councilman Stanley Drwal announced yesterday he is joining the Democratic Party, tightening the party’s control of the Borough Council. “I have always considered myself a man of action,” Drwal said…

  • Snow day

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Joe D’Amore pulls his son, Joey, 5, in a sled along Route 516 in Old Bridge Monday. District schools were closed due to the weekend’s heavy snowfall.

  • Series of car break-ins seen in Rt. 9 parking lots

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Police are investigating more than a dozen recent car break-ins and thefts that have taken place in parking lots along Route 9. Some 13 car break-ins occurred Feb. 4, with one incident on record from Feb. 8. The Feb. 4 break-ins were reported…