Category: Suburban News

  • Victory Circle project could conclude this fall

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Construction at the old Victory Circle in Sayreville is designed to eliminate bottleneck traffic. SAYREVILLE — Drivers who enter and exit the borough via routes 9 and 35 near the Raritan River may be noticing something new. There is now a traffic signal…

  • ‘To air or not to air’ is question at town hall

    Some residents, board members say meetings deserve to be heard BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — For months, residents have urged the Township Council to televise municipal meetings that are not currently taped and aired. Planning and Zoning board meetings, along with council agenda and redevelopment agency meetings, should…

  • Hiring of architect prompts some debate

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — An architect has been named to design the additions and renovations at Sayreville War Memorial High School. John Schnitzer, of the firm Rivardo, Schnitzer, Capazzi Architects, Cliffside Park, was approved by the Board of Education to begin designing plans related to a $47 million…

  • Some officials question steps taken on YMCA

    Split Town Council sends Mannino Park proposal to Planning Board BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Members of the Township Council have expressed frustration over the pace of planning for a YMCA at Mannino Park. Certain members of the council during their May 16 meeting said they believe the…

  • GOP candidates differ over local developments

    Disagree whether town center, other projects are relevant to campaign BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Amy Handlin The three Republican candidates running in the 13th District Assembly primary don’t see eye to eye on three local development projects. Monmouth County Freeholder Amy Handlin, who is seeking her first term, announced her…

  • Drama alums reunite for show 10 years later

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Call it a high school reunion. Only one where the entire community is invited to watch it take place … on stage. The original cast members of the 1995 East Brunswick High School production of “Bye Bye Birdie” are preparing to once again…

  • Landscapes in morning are focus of exhibition

    Local photographer captures peaceful scenes around New Jersey BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer “Horse Farm” For photographer Neil Larsen, morning brings inspiration.“I’m really a morning person,” he said. “I just love it.” Larsen, 70, wakes up when most of Old Bridge is still asleep — as early as 4 a.m. It…

  • Fun times

    PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, second-degree black belt Colleen Rowan, 13, paints 2-year-old sister Anna’s face at Child Safety Day Saturday. The program was sponsored by ATA Black Belt Academy and others businesses at Sayrebrook Towne Center, Sayreville. Below, Sayreville Patrolman Charles Blazas fingerprints 3-year-old Timothy Riascos, of Woodbridge. At right, Jahamar Moodie (l-r), Rita…

  • Phony Web page spurs anger in Assembly race

    Dem. campaign worker says material was posted by accident BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer Dem. campaign worker says material was posted by accident BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer A Democratic campaign worker and New Jersey publisher has been caught Web-handed. A Web site that posed as the campaign home page of Republican 13th District…