Category: Suburban News

  • 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…

  • First responders to share soldiers’ high-tech tools

    Fort BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Above, Fort Monmouth Fire Chief John Erichsen describes the functions of a prototype sensor pack that firefighter John Rizzitello is wearing during a CERDECdemonstration at the fort Aug. 1. At left, Rizzitello and firefighter Tommy Wieczerzak describe the device to a reporter. FORT…

  • Singin’ and swingin’

    Above, Karina Gonzalez and Cindy Aulisio (r), members of Lip Service, perform at the Laurence Harbor waterfront during the annual Salt Water Day festival Saturday. Below, Frank Matak swings his 7-month-old granddaughter, Gianna, during an afternoon visit to Salt Water Day. Events featured musical entertainment, children’s attractions and fireworks. PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff

  • Rutgers student’s death still under investigation

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Police don’t suspect any foul play in the death of a 20-year-old Rutgers University student found dead in an off-campus house last week. “It doesn’t appear suspicious, but we won’t know until the autopsy results are forwarded to us,” Sgt. Richard…

  • Police charge teller in robbery of bank

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer SOUTH RIVER — A bank teller who told police she was assaulted by a man during a robbery of the PNC Bank on Main Street last month now stands accused of staging the events. Police last week arrested Theresa Martinez, a 19-year-old borough woman who worked…

  • Heat was main concern at concert fest in O.B.

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Despite intense heat and traffic on area roadways, there were few complaints Sunday as the Vans Warped Tour brought thousands to Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Temperatures reached 95 degrees and the heat index hit 105, but that did not stop about 24,000…

  • Task force would deal with flooding issues

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer County officials are proposing a regional task force that would oversee efforts to prevent future flooding and to obtain aid for victims of the recent floods. The committee, expected to be called the South Middlesex County Flood Control Commission, could be formed as early as next…