Category: Suburban News

  • In the Service

    Marine Corps Pfc. Fredric Kengetter Jr., of Old Bridge recently completed the Electrical Equipment Repair Specialist Course at Corps Engineer School, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. During classroom instruction and practical application, he received training on the operation, maintenance and repair of field power-generating equipment. He also studied electrical theory, operating principles of alternating…

  • Filmmakers set out on movie venture as team

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Say hello to “The Big Goodbye.”Two local filmmakers are betting their new film, “Chapter 23: The Big Goodbye,” will prove to be their big break into cinema. David Kaiserman, of Holmdel, and Kevin Keiser, of Hazlet, both in Monmouth County, recently held open cast and crew…

  • Council aims to prevent ‘side-stepping’ of zoning

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Township Council is considering changes to the township’s zoning laws with regard to businesses and parking requirements. The zone change discussed by the council Monday night would affect all future businesses with respect to parking regulations, and any existing business that comes…

  • NJT steps up security after London attacks

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer New York cops can now arrest train passengers in New Jersey.Acting Gov. Richard Codey has given New York police officers full enforcement powers, including the right to arrest, on trains between New York and New Jersey. Issued in reaction to the terrorist attacks in…

  • Fire safety training

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Conrad Symber and Joe Pizzillo (l), teens employed this summer with the Sayreville Conservation Corps, check out the interior features of a New Jersey State Forestry truck used in combating fires.

  • Firefighter still active after 56 years of service

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Ron Petersen, 73, holds a proclamation he recently received from Congressman Rush Holt for his 52 years of regular service with the Reliable Fire Co. in South River. A portrait of himself when he was fire chief in 1963 and his son, Ronald,…

  • SERA hopes businesses will join redevelopment

    Waterfront land could be added to former Nat’l Lead property BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer Sayreville officials are hoping several area businesses will jump on the redevelopment bandwagon. The Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA) approved a resolution last week urging the expansion of the borough’s waterfront redevelopment area along the Raritan River. The resolution is…

  • Shelter a haven for homeless cats and dogs

    Volunteers have found homes for more than 900 animals over the years BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer JAY BODAS Robin Zukowski, co-founder of Angel PAWS, shares a tender moment with one of her shelter’s animals. WOODBRIDGE — The Tester family of Wanaque knew they had found their pet when they saw…

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT staff Jordan Freindlich, 15, (r) of Aberdeen, tries to keep his balance while jousting with Daniel Gomez, 13, of Old Bridge, during a kickoff event for the Old Bridge Public Library’s teen summer program last week.