Category: Suburban News

  • Signs of learning

    JEFF GRANIT staff Children’s author Ed Myers signs his book, “Forri the Baker,” for Autumn, 6, and Drake DeMarco, 3, during a visit to the Virgil Grissom Elementary School in Old Bridge Tuesday.

  • Natural gas provider seeks compressor site

    Four area locations eyed as options for new Transco facility BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer A natural gas company showed options to the public this week for locating a new compressor facility in Old Bridge or Sayreville. Representatives from Williams, a Tulsa, Okla.-based energy company that operates the Transco natural gas…

  • Use of consultant firms by township questioned

    Officials disagree about engineer services in wake of suspensions BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Following the indictments of two engineering officials, some Township Council members are raising concerns about paying consultants to fill work gaps in the engineering office. The consultants who are now filling in the blanks…

  • Age-restricted housing OK’d at Towne Lake

    Luxury apartments will be built in three buildings off Main St. BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — Some 200 luxury apartments have been approved in the form of an adult community that will become part of the Towne Lake developments. Heritage at Towne Lake, a component of the Kaplan Cos.’…

  • Bunny love

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Camryn Morante, 5, of Cliffwood Beach, gets a hug from the Easter Bunny during a visit to Geick Park in Old Bridge Saturday.

  • It’s time to throw out the holiday leftovers

    Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Cleaning comes in at 93 on a scale of 1-100 of my favorite things to do. Right in between flogging mice and hanging Sheetrock. Therefore, I like to start off my spring cleaning much the same way each year — by putting it off to the fall. I have…

  • Proposed cuts to CDBG program draw criticism

    BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer Budget cuts proposed at the federal level are threatening community development funds across the nation and hitting close to home in Middlesex County. The Bush administration has proposed the consolidation of some 18 federal grant programs, including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, into a…

  • New ordinance to stop clear-cutting in O.B.

    Law would allow tree inventory, preservation of large trees BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — An ordinance that would prevent clear-cutting in Old Bridge on the part of developers is being drafted by township officials, based on similar laws in effect in other towns in the area. “I wanted…

  • Race includes mix of familiar and new faces

    Field includes three with board experience, three making first bid BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A field of six that includes two incumbents is seeking three available seats on the Board of Education in the April 19 school election. Incumbent and longtime board member Gail Kubicke said she…