• Man fatally injured in industrial accident

    SAYREVILLE — A 34-year-old man died in a fatal industrial accident in Sayreville on Feb. 17. Sayreville police identified the deceased as Michael McQuade, of Clementon, who was an employee of Hydro Marine Construction, Hainesport. McQuade sustained fatal injuries at a construction site in the canal under the Morgan Bridge between Old Bridge and Sayreville.…

  • Scout to provide tap lessons for youngsters

    Sayreville/South Amboy Girl Scout Katie Fasulo will offer tap-dance lessons for students in grades 3-5 (beginner-intermediate skill level) at 1 p.m. on eight Sundays beginning March 3 at the South Amboy YMCA, 200 John T. O’Leary Blvd. The program is part of Fasulo’s journey to her Girl Scout Gold Award. Cost for the eight-week session…

  • St. Patrick’s Day parade will march on in South Amboy

    Parade will begin on South Pine Avenue on March 9 BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — One sign that the community may be healing from Hurricane Sandy is that the St. Patrick’s Day parade, an annual day of celebration in the city, will go on as planned. Betty Sturgis, parade committee chairwoman, said it…

  • Ode to spring

    Out with the cold; time to prepare for the perennial rite of spring BY GOTTI KELLEY Correspondent Visitors to the annual New Jersey Flower & Garden Show at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, Edison, look over display gardens on Feb. 14. ERIC SUCAR staff pring is quietly approaching, but this season does not…

  • Buddy Ball basketball game set for March 2

    The East Brunswick Fast Break Basketball Association will hold a Buddy Ball basketball game at 2 p.m. March 2 at Churchill Junior High School, 18 Norton Road, East Brunswick. Special-needs players will be paired up with mentors during the game. There is no admission fee. Fast Break is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

  • Sayreville to air zoning board meetings on TV

    BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The borough’s Zoning Board of Adjustment meetings will now be broadcast on the town’s public access channel. During the public portion of the Feb. 11 Borough Council meeting, Planning Board Chairman Dr. John Misiewicz told the council about his concerns regarding public access to some borough meetings. “The…

  • Students ‘bridge’ gap between the classroom and the real world

    Old Bridge High School class tests the strength of scale-model bridges BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Susan Nazath (r), pre-architecture/CAD (computer-aided design) teacher at Old Bridge High School, prepares Bartosz Misiewicz’s bridge to be tested for strength and design. Students in the pre-architecture/ CAD (computer-aided design) class at Old Bridge High School put their architectural…

  • Old Bridge residents get direction on how to rebuild after storm

    FEMA assistance, SBA loans are available BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer A home in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge was lifted off its foundation and dropped by the floodwaters during Hurricane Sandy. FILE PHOTO More than three months after Hurricane Sandy devastated dozens of homes in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge…

  • Ready, set, grow!

    Arletta Smith peruses some of the plants and flowers on display at the annual New Jersey Flower & Garden Show at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, Edison, on Feb. 14. The event attracts more than 25,000 flower and garden enthusiasts annually. ERIC SUCAR staff

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