Category: Suburban News

  • Police look into break-ins

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Police are looking into four car break-ins reported last Friday and Saturday in the area of the Bridgepointe development. “We believe these cases are connected and we are investigating,” said Old Bridge Police Lt. Robert Weiss. A Honda Civic was broken into at…

  • Community honors late Panthers coach

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer The stone monument in honor of the late Sayreville coach Greg Wasnak was unveiled Saturday during a ceremony at the entrance to the Morgan-Parlin Panther football and cheerleading field. SAYREVILLE — To his friends, Gregory Wasnak was a winner, no matter what the scoreboard said. The…

  • More abandoned cars pulled from boro pond

    Audi, two pickups latest to be recovered by EBPD divers BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Clockwise from above: Sayreville police officer Russell Anderson looks into the interior of a pickup truck recovered from “Acapulco Lake” in Sayreville Friday. East Brunswick police officer Michael Knoll. East Brunswick police divers (r-l) Frank LoSacco,…

  • Stars and stripes

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Carpenter School second-grader Daniel Williams, 7, holds an American flag as students reflect on the events and victims of Sept. 11, 2001, during a ceremony Friday at the Old Bridge school’s memorial.

  • Vendors sought for 10th annual O.B. Day

    Vendors are sought for the 10th anniversary celebration of Old Bridge Day set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 1 at the municipal complex, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The event will feature live entertainment beginning at 11 a.m. on the main stage. Mushmouth, who will provide a rock ’n’ roll revue, will…

  • Crews nearly finished with beach restoration

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Work to restore an eroded sand dune at Waterfront Park is nearing completion. Construction on the beach, designed to correct a serious erosion problem that threatened homes in the Paul Beach section, has left part of the Laurence Harbor shoreline vacant of sunbathers…

  • South Amboy man, 27, injured in motorcycle crash

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — A motorcycle rider remained in critical condition this week following a motor vehicle accident on Washington Road Sunday night. Cris Rosenvinge Jr., 27, of Madison Street in South Amboy, was found by police lying on the sidewalk near the Dwarkadhish Temple on Washington Road…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Connor Romano, a second-grader at Old Bridge’s Carpenter School, places a flag in front of the school’s memorial for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The school held a rededication ceremony on Friday.

  • Freeholder candidates file ethics complaint

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Two freeholder candidates have filed a complaint alleging that their opponents, Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel and Freeholder Camille Fernicola, violated an ethics code they enacted several years ago. Republicans Andrew Tidd and Jay Boxwell Jr., who are running against the incumbent Democrats in the Nov.…