Category: Suburban News

  • County jail visits to be done via video screens

    Freeholders say change will save funds spent for officers to monitor BY MEGHAN ROBERTS Staff Writer BY MEGHAN ROBERTSStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The county prison is changing the way visitations are conducted, but it comes at the expense of inmates’ face-to-face time with their friends and relatives. The Board of Chosen Freeholders is seeking…

  • Faire play

    Above, pirate captain Miles Hanson, 2, of Red Bank, duels with a new sword, while (at right) Dennis Daniels, dressed as a knight, and his son, Lucas, 5, of Aberdeen, get medieval during the Renaissance Faire, which closed the Old Bridge Public Library’s “Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds” program Saturday. Below, dragon hatchling Charlize Duffet,…

  • Couple’s baby story filmed for TLC show

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer JOHN DUNPHY The Herndon family will be featured in an upcoming episode of “A Baby Story” on TLC, which documents the pregnancy of Maureen Herndon with Daniel, her youngest of three children. Pictured (from l-r): Ashley, 4; mother Maureen, 32; Daniel, 3 months; father Robert, 34;…

  • Workers pull teenager from window during fire

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE –– A fire in a Bridgepointe townhouse last Friday left three people injured. The Harbor Bay Circle house caught fire while only one of its residents, a 15-year-old boy, was home. Three men employed by a Brooklyn, N.Y., hardwood flooring company were also at…

  • New location likely for controversial tower plan

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — After two years of fighting a proposal to construct a cell tower near their homes, residents may finally be able to relax. An application from Omnipoint that was first heard before the Zoning Board of Adjustment in August 2003 would have placed a…

  • New YMCA group working with O.B.

    Talks progressing to bring rec. facility to Mannino Park BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The township is taking steps toward an agreement with a new YMCA organization. After losing the Community YMCA of Red Bank as a partner in bringing a recreational center to a 12-acre section of…

  • Wish-granters look to call Monroe home

    Castle-like building expected to be part of ballpark complex BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer An artist’s rendering of the proposed Make-A-Wish headquarters. Described as the first of its kind on the East Coast, a castle-like facility that would house the Make-A-Wish Foundation is being proposed for Route 33. The nonprofit organization…

  • Not always the dog days for roadside vendor

    Cheese, chili and onions are added to a hot dog at Bear’s on Bordentown Avenue. What would you like on your hot dog?Chili? Cheese? Maybe a little mustard and relish. You can have it just about any way you like at Break Time or Tom’s Hot Dogs, both on Main Street in Sayreville, at Bear’s…

  • Retired officer joins GOP slate for council

    Ronald Green takes Bella BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — A retired borough police officer has stepped into this fall’s race for two Borough Council seats. Ronald Green, a current member of the Sayreville Planning Board, has been selected to run on the Republican ticket alongside incumbent Frank Makransky, the…