Category: Suburban News

  • Victory Bridge completion heralded

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer It’s the end of one road and the beginning of another. State Assemblyman John Wisniew-ski (D-19) and Department of Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere held a formal ceremony last week marking the completion of the Victory Bridge and Victory Circle projects on Route 35 in Sayreville and…

  • Mayor hopes township will score Jets facility

    NFL team considering Crossroads for practice fields, headquarters BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer The New York Jets are at a Crossroads.And on Tuesday, they came to the Old Bridge property of the same name in their search for a new practice site, having outgrown their current facility at Hofstra University, Hempstead,…

  • Sayreville Borough Council

    At stake: Two three-year terms on six-member Borough Council Ron Green Ron Green Republican Green, 64, is retired as a lieutenant with the Sayreville Police Department, where he served for 35 years. He has lived in the borough for 54 years. Green, who attended Rutgers University, is currently serving his first terms on both the…

  • National Lead potential mulled on tour of site

    Proposals for future of 400 acres due to SERA by Nov. 18 BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Sayreville officials gave Greater Media Newspapers an exclusive tour of the National Lead property along the Raritan River Tuesday. Since the former paint manufacturing plant’s closure in 1982, the over 400-acre parcel has lain…

  • Students get life lesson as honor unit in D.C.

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The ROTC walked for remembrance, freedom and for honor. Old Bridge High School’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) walked Oct. 21-23 in the fourth annual Reserve Officers’ Association U.S. Freedom Walk, held in Washington, D.C. The walk, a noncompetitive military…

  • Two Assembly seats up for grabs in District 13

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Mike Dasaro The race for Assembly in District 13 is a hot one.Incumbent Samuel Thomspon and running mate Amy Handlin emerged from a contentious three-way primary over Assemblyman Joseph Azzolina for the right to run on the Republican ticket against Democrats Mike Dasaro and…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Sandburg Middle School student Anthony Terranova, 13, does a boxing drill with Lapell Crank, Old Bridge, of Just About Boxing, at one of the stations during the school’s “Wellness Day” at Holmdel Park Tuesday. Sandburg students will participate in a total of three wellness days this year to engage in activities meant…

  • Accident results in minor injuries

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A 17-year-old girl drove her car off the road and onto the sidewalk of Rock Hill Road last Thursday, striking four children. Two of the children were not hurt in the accident, while two received only minor injuries, police said. The girl, who…

  • Middlesex County Freeholders

    At stake: Two three-year terms as Middlesex County freeholders Candidates were asked to list the top three issues facing the county and their solutions. At stake: Two three-year terms as Candidates were asked to list the top three issues facing the county and their solutions. Jay Boxwell Jay Boxwell Republican Boxwell, a South Plainfield native…