Category: Suburban News

  • CDs of Starland show to aid hurricane victims

    Collective Soul to perform tomorrow in Sayreville BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer STEVEN M. BARON Collective Soul will sell copies of the concert it performs in Sayreville tomorrow with proceeds benefiting musicians affected by the recent hurricanes. SAYREVILLE — While their fans wear T-shirts adorned with the phrase “Got Soul?,” the…

  • Retired Army colonel thanks Salk students

    Old Bridge resident wounded in Iraq pays emotional visit BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent CHRIS KELLY staff Retired U.S. Army Col. John McLean looks to his wife, Mary Ellen, while the Jonas Salk Middle School band and chorus perform “God Bless America” Nov. 4. McLean recently returned from Iraq, where he…

  • Neptune ready to build power conversion plant

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — On July 15, 2007, they plan to throw the switch. That’s the date Mayor Kennedy O’Brien offered for when Neptune Regional Transmission System (RTS) plans to bring its electric converter station online near River Road. The mayor, with other local officials and representatives of…

  • Planting seeds

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above, Guillermo Cabrera, 3, of Old Bridge, gets a red apple painted on his cheek at the annual Apple Festival held Sunday at the Old Bridge municipal complex. The event, with numerous featured guests and exhibits, was sponsored by the Madison Township Historical Society. At right, Caesar Cabrera, 6, of Old…

  • Residents, town seek solution to trespassing

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — For residents of The Arbors, the long walk is over. Residents of the development, adjacent to the township’s municipal complex, approached the Township Council Monday night for the second time asking for answers to problems with safety and trespassing. And they got them.…

  • Program in need of foster families

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer In a season of giving, there may be no better way to give than to foster a child. Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen, is currently seeking foster homes or emergency respite families for the more than 500 children displaced throughout Middlesex County. “It is a very…

  • Friends hoping masses cozy up to new pillow

    Pair from Old Bridge ready to market their invention BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Rick Arnao watches as John Moore demonstrates how his invention, the CozyMe Pillow, helps babies during “tummy time.” OLD BRIDGE –– Though both have jobs that keep them on the move, John Moore and…

  • Musicians come together for Cash tribute concert

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Jeffrey Gaines ‘The man in black” has not been forgotten.Far from it, as evidenced by the 50-plus musicians who will gather Sunday to perform the music of Johnny Cash at a Route 35 club in South Amboy. New Jersey-based country/roots performer Michael Patrick is organizing “Johnny…

  • Voters keep Wisniewski,Vas in 19th

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Residents of New Jersey’s 19th Legislative District have decided to stay the course. Incumbent Democrats John Wisniewski and Joseph Vas were re-elected Nov. 8 to their seats on the state Assembly. The pair defeated Republican opponents Reyes Ortega and David Longenhagen by a wide margin. Wisniewski…