Category: Suburban News

  • Local creates reality TV program about animals

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff At left — Sharon Scubelek (l-r), Jody Caizza and Bonnie Rutkowski prepare for the filming of a proposed reality TV show called “Head to Tail,” which is about finding homeless animals a place to live. Above, Alekea, an animal featured in the…

  • Breakfast Club makes case on parking issues

    Zoning Board hearings to continue in October BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer The Breakfast Club began hearings last week in its quest to offer valet parking and alleviate long-standing parking concerns around the ’80s-themed establishment. The Old Bridge Zoning Board of Adjustment heard the first testimony in the matter last Thursday.…

  • Historian seeks items for two exhibitions

    Displays will focus on State Home for Boys, Forsgate dairy farm BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Sometimes, the ideas are just handed to you. That’s how Jamesburg Historian Tom Bodall got the inspiration for one of the historical association’s future displays, “State Home Memories.” “Just out of the blue one day,…

  • New independent living facility gets final ‘OK’

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — After years of planning, the Chuck Costello Independent Living Center is about to become a reality. The facility, which received final approval from the Zoning Board of Adjustment last Thursday, will be built on Route 18, near Ferry Road and adjacent to both…

  • Setting the stage

    PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, Nicole Scavone (l-r), Derek Mazukiewicz and Lily St. Regis rehearse a scene from “Annie” Tuesday at Spotswood High School. The St. Genesius Players will perform the show July 15, 16, 22 and 23 and 8 p.m., and July 17 and 24 at 3 p.m. Below, Samantha Satnick, as Annie, and…

  • Wawa presents plan for store, gas islands

    Board asked to give neighbors a break in Texas Road area BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer A Wawa convenience store complete with gas pumps could be coming to the corner of Texas and Old Bridge-Englishtown roads. Wawa began presenting its application to the Planning Board Tuesday night. According to Jonathan M.…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Tony Misiano, 33, shows some of his moves during Sayreville’s Fourth of July festivities in Kennedy Park Saturday.

  • Freeholder candidates look ahead at issues

    GOP challengers will seek to unseat longtime members BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Two longtime Middlesex County freeholders will be challenged this fall by a pair of Republicans from Helmetta and Edison. Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel, who has been on the county board since 1978, and Camille Fernicola, a freeholder…

  • Officials’ salaries range from zilch to $75,000

    Members of local governing bodies share views on compensation From Brick Township to Edison, salary packages for local elected officials are as varied as their geographical locations. Though some towns offer their mayors and governing-body members what may be considered generous compensation, and others offer little more than a title, most officials contacted by Greater…