Category: Suburban News

  • Arrests made after alleged club stabbing

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — An altercation at a borough nightclub ended with two stabbings early Sunday morning. Security at Club Abyss, Route 35, notified police around 2 a.m. about the incident and held Jerry L. Dorsey Jr., 20, of Lakewood, until police arrived, after witnesses reported that a…

  • Woodhaven Plaza calls for retail on 27 acres

    Board concerned about steep slopes, buffer around Texas Rd. site BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Planning Board got its first taste of the Woodhaven development’s commercial component at its first meeting of the new year last week. Woodhaven Plaza will encompass 118,050 square feet of retail space…

  • Three new cops keep OBPD at full strength

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Top, new police officer Nicholas Schulmeister (center) and his family wait with Capt. Robert Bonfante for Schulmeister to be officially sworn in. Middle, Police Capt. Robert Bonfante (r) introduces new police officer Curt Halas (center) to those present at Monday night’s Township Council meeting as Halas’…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Adam “Wild Bill” Randall practices some skateboard tricks at Kennedy Skate Park in Sayreville Tuesday.

  • Council prez. post goes to Gillespie for 2 years

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Despite the re-election of all six incumbents on the Township Council last fall, the governing body’s leadership was restructured this week. The council chose a new president and made numerous appointments to Old Bridge’s various boards and agencies during its annual reorganization meeting…

  • Local couple opens in-line skate shop on Main Street

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Michael Brewer works on a skate Tuesday at the Second Home In-Line Skate Shop, which his family recently opened on Main Street. SAYREVILLE –– In-line skaters have a new home in the area, a second home to be exact. Second Home In-line Skate…

  • State gives thumbs up to Monroe land swap

    Opposing groups expected to appeal decision in lawsuit BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer More than two years after voters in Monroe approved the construction of a new high school, a state agency OK’d the controversial land swap that will allow it to be built in Thompson Park. The State House Commission…

  • Police pick up robbery suspects on Route 18

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Three New Brunswick men have been arrested in robberies and assaults outside the Mid-State Mall, Route 18. Police responded to the shopping center shortly after 9 p.m. Jan. 3 when a man called to say he had been robbed at knifepoint, and though they could not initially find the caller, officers found…

  • Songwriter takes on seriously funny tone

    Jacobsen to perform at Indigo Coffee House in Aberdeen on Jan. 27 BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer David W. Jacobsen ABERDEEN — During the scope of human existence, one way of thinking has held steadfast: No matter what you do, the world is going to get you in the end. David…