Category: Suburban News

  • Lack of OBHS parking creates town dilemma

    Trespassing, vandalism to cars among complaints presented to O.B. council BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — With the new single high school campus has come a new problem: inadequate parking for students. Students who were not lucky enough to win a parking permit in the school’s lottery have taken…

  • For the Record

    PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff At top, Daniel Williams, a second-grader at Old Bridge’s Carpenter School, places an American flag in front of the school’s memorial for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Below, Connor Romano holds a flag as students reflect during the Sept. 9 ceremony. The students’ identities were incorrect in last…

  • Minor injuries reported in bus, truck collision

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A collision on a Route 9 north access road last week caused several injuries and traffic problems, according to police. At 6:30 a.m. Sept. 14, a truck owned by Jake’s Hardwood Flooring was merging onto the access road from Route 516. At the…

  • DuPont looks to give Sayreville 120 acres

    Land near nature preserve would be kept mostly as open space BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — This land is your land. That’s what local officials are hoping will be the case with land owned by DuPont, which has offered nearly 120 acres to the borough for use as open…

  • Gravity shmavity

    CHRIS KELLY staff Martial arts student Catie Crespo, of Old Bridge, performs a backflip and breaks a board during a demonstration Sunday at Marlboro Day.

  • Board talks roadwork with Woodhaven reps

    Hearings continue on plans for 763 homes off Texas Road BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Planning Board continued hearings last week on plans to bring 113 single-family homes, 292 townhouses and 358 multifamily homes to property near Texas Road. Testimony at the Sept. 13 meeting centered around…

  • Police seek suspect in fireplace poker robbery

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Police are seeking information regarding a man accused of robbing a township resident Saturday by threatening the victim with a fireplace poker. At 2:38 p.m., police said, a suspect identified as Kenneth Kilpatrick, 19, approached a person he knew outside a convenience store…

  • Little saints

    PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Top photo, Isaac Mercado, a kindergartner at St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge, and his mother place crayons in a backpack that will go to a child affected by Hurricane Katrina. Above, fourth-graders Lexa Granat and Erin Schneider fill backpacks with school supplies Monday. Below, kindergartner Liam Hack and his mother,…

  • Resident seeks testing of Melrose air quality

    Boro officials are asked for help amid environmental concerns BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Charles Lukie, of Oak Street in Sayreville, shows the dying leaves of a tree in his front yard yesterday. He has expressed concern that a nearby sewage treatment plant could be having an impact on the health…