Category: Suburban News

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Huyen Chau, 14, gets a surprise washdown Saturday when she and others with the Sayreville War Memorial High School band held a car wash fund-raiser.

  • Residents against cell tower: No gaps here

    O.B. group tells zoners 130-foot pole near their homes not needed BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Residents against cell tower: No gaps here BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer Several Old Bridge residents living near Amboy Road who say their cell phones work just fine in and around their homes are questioning a proposal to…

  • Legislators seek changes in liquor license appeals

    BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Legislators seek changes in liquor license appeals BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A change in state legislation could make it easier for residents to bring testimony against what officials refer to as "nuisance bars." If the proposed legislation becomes law, testimony given in municipal courts will hold up in…

  • Local man may be reign­ing ‘Birdhouse King’

    BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer On quiet Christie Street in Edison sits a house enveloped by trees. Look a little closer and one can see that on a lot of the trees, most of them in fact, birdhouses hang. There are also bird feeders, bird baths and, of course, birds. One…

  • Big face lift planned for Capik park land

    Volunteers removetrash as boroughseeks grant money BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Volunteers remove trash as borough seeks grant money BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Sayreville officials and members of the local youth corps have been working to improve the Julian L. Capik Nature Preserve. Activities such as hiking, biking and fishing in the…

  • Chain saws silent, but residents’ anger grows

    Sayreville officials joinmove to replace trees cut down by JCP&L crews BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Sayreville officials join move to replace trees cut down by JCP&L crews BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — While the sound of chain saws has quieted in the yards of residents affected by recent JCP&L tree cuttings, the turbulence…

  • Food bank to receive $5K through grants

    BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Food bank to receive $5K through grants BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The township’s food bank will benefit from a $5,000 federal grant, up from an expected $2,000. The extra $3,000 in aid will come from a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which will also bring…

  • Center for blind running low on funding

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Edna Doucha, Red Bank, who is legally blind, plays some music at the New Jersey Blind Citizens Association day camp recently. The New Jersey Blind Citizens Association is looking for some help. The association’s center in Leonardo is looking for between…

  • Mom, daughter donate hair to Locks of Love

    Mom, daughter donate hair to Locks of Love Voorhees School nurse Denise Bruzzi Dempsey and daughter Mary Jane show the many inches of hair they had cut to benefit the Locks of Love organization. OLD BRIDGE — As the new nurse at Voorhees School five years ago, Denise Bruzzi Dempsey couldn’t help but notice just…