Category: Suburban News

  • Blood supply falling short of demand

    State may notbe able to import70,000 pints this year BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer State may not be able to import 70,000 pints this year BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer The supply of blood for the region is getting dangerously low, according to the president of the New York Blood Center, New York City.…

  • Phillips: Use profits for property tax relief

    Officials differ on howtown should use fundsfrom land sales BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Phillips: Use profits for property tax relief Officials differ on how town should use funds from land sales BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — As he prepares to present his first budget as mayor, Jim Phillips is hoping…

  • Students, teachers look forward to new school

    Elementary school will easeovercrowded conditionsin Sayreville BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Elementary school will ease overcrowded conditions in Sayreville BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff (Clockwise from top right) Abraham Gonzalez, 8, catches the beachball before John Kelleher, 9, can hit it back over the net during the USA Beachball Toss game at Eisenhower…

  • ‘Healing’ period sought for soccer altercation

    Committee rules men could return to soccer league in spring BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer ‘Healing’ period sought for soccer altercation BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The question remains as to when the members of the borough’s soccer association will finally put aside their differences. In the months since a disciplinary committee was forced…

  • Vet recalls D-Day with sadness, pride

    Sayreville man says he was lucky to come home; his friend wasn BY LORI ELKINS SOLOMONCorrespondent Vet recalls D-Day with sadness, pride JEFF GRANIT staff Donald Patterson served as a coxswain for the U.S. Navy during several major missions and invasions, including D-Day. Sayreville man says he was lucky to come home; his friend wasn’t BY LORI ELKINS SOLOMON…

  • Sayreville welcomes patrolman back home

    Man spent past yearproviding humanitarian assistance in Iraq BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Man spent past year providing humanitarian assistance in Iraq BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Robert Bruce, a Sayreville patrolman who recently returned from military service in Iraq, holds a plaque from the PBA for service to his country. Last week,…

  • Maher vows that wages will be paid to workers

    Day laborers stageprotest due to lackof payment from firm BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Day laborers stage protest due to lack of payment from firm BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer A certified check to belatedly pay the salaries of 10 day laborers who worked for the landscaping company now managed by a township councilman…

  • Accident claims life of Freehold man, 79

    BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Accident claims life of Freehold man, 79 BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — An elderly Freehold Township man died Friday evening after the vehicle he was driving collided with another at Marlboro Road and Southwood Drive. John P. Larkin, 79, of Broadgate Court, was pronounced dead at…

  • Big Ed’s back open after propane leak

    BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Big Ed’s back open after propane leak BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Big Ed’s Barbecue was quickly back in business last week despite a propane gas leak in its parking lot that forced the restaurant to stay closed for a day. The leak began at about…