Category: Suburban News

  • Town honors officers for work on threats

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Three members of the township’s police force received formal recognition Monday for their work concerning the recent string of bomb threats in township schools. Certificates citing “excellent detective work in the schools” were presented to detectives Rich Tulko and Glenn Smalley, and a…

  • Crossroads talk returns as tempers flare in O.B.

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A debate that raged throughout 2004 over the proposed development of the 500-acre Crossroads tract was rekindled Monday night. Discussion of the Crossroads project was sparked by a resolution in front of the Township Council to support the township’s possible acquisition of the…

  • ‘Barnum’ brings color, cheer, music to OBHS

    BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff OBHS junior Vickie Marino (l) and freshman Brittney Worth perform with their fellow dancers in a rehearsal for “Barnum.” The circus comes to town this weekend at Old Bridge High School.Students will perform “Barnum,” the musical that chronicles the life of Phineas Taylor…

  • Large-scale office plan opposed by labor union

    Zoning Board, council are told traffic will be too much for Old Bridge BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer A plan to build office buildings and residences near Garden State Parkway’s Exit 120 in Old Bridge has drawn the concern of a labor union based in Newark. The Esplande at Metropark South…

  • Dodge this

    PHOTOS BY SEAN DWYER Katie Mennona, Jamesburg, carries ammunition to her teammates during the inaugural dodgeball tournament Friday at Old Bridge High School’s west campus. Proceeds benefited the high school’s Senior Athletes Banquet. Below, Frank Lonigro (right) and Joe Cilea prepare to eliminate their last opponent.

  • Italian-Americans focus of new heritage program

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A new program is being brought into township classrooms to combat prejudice and highlight the achievements of Italian-Americans. The program, which was initiated by the New Jersey Italian and Italian-American Heritage Commission, formed by ex-governor James McGreevey, will start at the middle and…

  • Boat works business is a family operation

    Since 1946, generations of Lockwoods worked on Sayreville BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff The Lockwood family, which operates a shop at its Route 35 site, was known to sell rowboats in Sayreville in the mid 1920s in a time of Prohibition and the Great Depression. SAYREVILLE…

  • Therapy dog honored for lifetime of service

    COURTESY OF CHRISTINE MCNULTY Velvet, a 10-year-old Labrador retriever, spreads some holiday cheer last December at the New Jersey State Home for Veterans in Menlo Park, just one month after cancer surgery to remove her hind leg. She was inducted into the New Jersey Animal Hall of Fame on Sunday. ‘Velvet’ still doing good deeds,…

  • Firefighters support new McDonald House

    The latest Ronald McDonald House, being built adjacent to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, will benefit from a $6,000 grant from the Middlesex County Firefighter’s Association. The funds will help the house offer support to families of seriously ill children, providing a place to stay at times of stress and difficulty. The…