Category: Suburban News

  • Santa’s little helpers

    PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Above, students in Sayreville’s Before and After School Care (BASC) program recently collected an overwhelming number of unopened toys to donate to the pediatric ward at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Below, (from left) Tyler Jones, Jordan Raccula, Isaiah Caldwell, Kyle Zera, Kaitlyn Coughlin and Megan Coughlin…

  • Permits for hunting issued in Sayreville

    Officials able to forgo lottery for hunt at Capik nature preserve BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — Forty-five hunting permits were issued in the borough without the need for a lottery. The permits were issued for the Julian L. Capik Nature Preserve at a time when borough officials are cracking…

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    PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Karen and Rob Aperawic (above) with their 2-year-old son, Cristian. At right is a Little Drummer Boy decoration outside the Cori Street home in the Parlin section of Sayreville.

  • New Kiwanis branch gives to Camp ROBIN

    OLD BRIDGE — Members of the Kiwanis Club of Old Bridge presented a check for $1,000 to Camp ROBIN during Monday’s Township Council meeting. The local Kiwanis Club branch was founded in 2003 with the purpose of raising money for charity, specifically those charities that work to help children. The $1,000 contribution marks the largest…

  • Man charged with assault, eluding after police chase

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A police chase along Route 18 into East Brunswick ended with the arrest of a Pace Street resident early Sunday morning. Old Bridge police heard on the police scanner about 12:30 a.m. that Colts Neck police were in pursuit of a red Dodge…

  • The key to a teen’s heart is a $5 bill

    Lori C linch Are We There Yet? Although my children have been known to make me crazy, I kind of like having them around. Suffice it to say, I’d never stoop to a level where I’d offer them cash compensation to leave the house. I’m like a referee at a boxing match — they give…

  • Holidays a bright time of year for local family

    Neither money nor sleep can get in the way of the Aperawics BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer The North Star will guide your way.From the vantage point of Johnson Lane in Sayreville, when the sun has gone down onlookers can indeed see a bright star, shining not from the sky but…

  • Students at Sandburg get down to business

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer JOHN E. SZPARA Students Sharon Tsinker (from left) and Candice Liao discuss their product with a parent during Tuesday night’s trade show. OLD BRIDGE — Middle school students got a taste of the business world Monday night, courtesy of community members and creative curriculum. Carl Sandburg…

  • Soldier’s unit spreads cheer with donations

    SAYREVILLE — The family of a borough man stationed in Iraq has sought to do all they can to make his experience a little bit easier. At first, members of U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Francis Bal’s family started raising money for night-vision goggles for his unit’s routine after-dark patrols in Samarra. When the military came…