Category: Suburban News

  • School board ready to usher in new era

    Kevin Ciak will serve as board prez; three new members sworn in BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer JOHN DUNPHY Phyllis Batko (l-r), Michael J. Macagnone and Pasquale “Pat” Lembo were sworn in during Tuesday’s Board of Education reorganization in Sayreville. SAYREVILLE — A new president on the Board of Education hoped…

  • Wood recycling center fire contained in 2 days

    BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — South Old Bridge Fire Chief Bob Verney wasn’t surprised on April 19 when the department got a call for a fire at a Pleasant Valley Road site. This was the third time in recent years that a fire had erupted at the former…

  • Catching of black bear a community effort

    BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer JOHN DUNPHY Sayreville police sergeants James Michko and Ray Szkodny tend to the black bear after it was tranquilized and brought down from a tree Monday. SAYREVILLE — Call it a bear-raising adventure. A black bear that appeared in residential areas and even came near a…

  • Town welcomes opening of senior housing facility

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer LAUREN MATTHEW State Sen. Joseph Kyrillos Jr. speaks at the dedication of Maher Manor in Old Bridge last week. 7OLD BRIDGE — Years of planning and effort paid off last week when township officials celebrated the opening of the Maher Manor age-restricted housing complex. The Old…

  • Greater Media Newspapers wins 29 NJPA awards for ’04

    Greater Media Newspapers has won 26 editorial, photography and advertising awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2004. The group tally included 12 awards for outstanding photography, nine awards for classified advertising, one award for retail advertising, and four awards for reporting. Photographer Jeff Granit won three first-place awards in the…

  • Board keeps current leaders for 2005-06

    Teamwork is focus as board gears up for numerous challenges BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Board of Education re-elected its president Tuesday and bid farewell to a longtime school official who wrapped up her term on the board. Annette Hopman will again serve as president as the…

  • Makransky, Grobelny among ’05 candidates

    Four candidates talk about the fall election and borough issues BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — The borough’s two main political parties will each have an incumbent on their ticket for two seats becoming available on the Borough Council later this year. Republican incumbent Frank Makransky, the current council president,…

  • Residents, board grapple over land encroachment

    Residents forced to remove improvements from school property BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — Several residents who live near the new Upper Elementary School (UES) are being sued by the Board of Education (BOE) for overstepping their bounds. Literally. The suit, filed last month by board attorney Wilentz, Goldman and…

  • Revived Ethics Board to look at complaints

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Several years of inactivity came to an end last week when the township’s Ethics Board reconvened and chose a chairman. John Muir, a resident and previous board member, was selected by the board to serve as chairman during the April 13 meeting. John…