Category: Suburban News

  • Candidates suggest changes to FACE project

    Scramble to raise funds, get messages out with short time left in race BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer In the wake of the failed Fair and Clean Election (FACE) Pilot Program, candidates are now scrambling to make up for lost time. One candidate says she has a remedy to…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Preschool student Kayce Seper, 4, introduces herself to Old Bridge High School students during the Knights ’n Tykes preschool orientation, hosted by the school’s Child Development II class Monday.

  • Teen dies after stabbing at Sayreville apartment

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — The apparent burglary of a borough apartment last weekend resulted in the death of a local teenager and the arrest of another suspect. A resident of the Winding Woods apartments returned home during the alleged burglary Saturday afternoon and wound up stabbing one of…

  • Coach Borden returns to football team

    EBHS coach rescinds resignation, will adhere to prayer guidelines BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Ten days after his resignation as coach drew national attention and ongoing debate on the separation of church and state, Marcus Borden returned to the football field on Monday. Borden rescinded his resignation earlier…

  • Pounding pavement

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff More than 150 people took to the streets of Sayreville Saturday as part of the third annual “Hit the Bricks” 5K run. All proceeds from the event went to the Sayreville Brain Injured Children Fund. At right, Jeremy Stratton, of Parlin, crosses the finish line as the first-place finisher.

  • Knights ’n Tykes

    PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, Isabella Disimile, 3, talks to Old Bridge High School sophomore Danielle Contegiacomo during the Knights ’n Tykes preschool orientation hosted by the school’s Child Development II class Monday. At right, Kelly Huff, 3, meets student Danielle Lepore during orientation. The high school class holds the preschool program every year.

  • Colorful cattle

    JEFF GRANIT staff As part of a violence-awareness program, Stephanie Fulwiler, 7, and her second-grade classmates color in cows that were characters in a puppet show, sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women, at Southwood School, Old Bridge.

  • Permit-only parking in place near OBHS

    Residents say student parking on their streets presents safety issues BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Old Bridge High school students, take note.Parking in the Highpointe Drive area, where many students have been parking since the school year began, is now off limits. Reacting to complaints about student parking from residents of…

  • Benefit to aid family of late football star

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer When Salvatore “Sal” Petruzzi died tragically last month at the age of 23, he left a legacy as a loving, caring person, a high school football standout, and a great father. Sadly, Petruzzi also left behind a loving fiancée and two young children. Now, the friends…