• Sayreville sets meeting on The Point

    BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Residents interested in the massive redevelopment project known as The Point at Sayreville may want to attend an Oct. 3 Planning Board meeting. Representatives of the development firm O’Neill Properties will attend the meeting to provide an update on the planned $83 million project, planned for the 453…

  • Christie talks taxes, ethics during visit to So. Amboy

    Middle Class Reform Agenda tour makes a stop at local YMCA BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie answers a question from South Amboy fifth-grader Jacob Ross about textbooks during a town hall meeting at the South Amboy YMCA on Sept. 19. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE/TIM LARSEN SOUTH AMBOY — Gov. Chris Christie hosted a town…

  • Old Bridge officials bag groceries for those in need

    BY ANGELA SANTORIELLO Staff Writer Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry bags groceries during a fundraiser at ShopRite. ANGELA SANTORIELLO OLD BRIDGE — Wearing long, red aprons and working hard, a group of township officials greeted customers and swiftly bagged their groceries last week at ShopRite. The first annual Bag Out Hunger Day was held Sept.…

  • Shining a light on power companies

    Report analyzes service of New Jersey’s major electricity distributors BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer A storm that ripped through Freehold Borough at the end of July tore trees from the ground and knocked out power in the community. In light of a report released Sept. 5 from the state Board of Public Utilities, New Jersey’s…

  • Sayreville heralds arrival of new police officers

    Chief: Department’s new arrivals come recommended by former employer, Old Bridge BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Officer Matthew Atlak (c) is sworn in during the Sayreville Borough Council meeting on Sept. 24 by Borough Clerk Theresa Farbaniec (second from right) while Police Chief John Zebrowski (far right) and members of the Atlak family look on.…

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    Nathan Wilson, 4, of Old Bridge, and his brother Ryan, 9, check out a motorcycle during the 17th annual Old Bridge Day, held Sept. 23 at the municipal complex on Route 516. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Board says iPads will usher in new age of education

    Students in Old Bridge will receive 490 tablets this year; thousands more in 2013 BY ANGELA SANTORIELLO Staff Writer The Old Bridge Board of Education will be rolling out 3,000 iPads by next fall. That news was delivered at the board’s Sept. 19 meeting when Director of Technology Roseanne Moran and Assistant Superintendent of Schools…

  • Shore’s Williams notches her 800th career field hockey win

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Longtime Shore Regional High School field hockey coach Nancy Williams got her 800th career win earlier this month. Williams, who has the most wins of any field hockey coach in the country, launched Shore Regional’s program in 1970. The milestone victory came on Sept. 14 when the Blue Devils went on…

  • RFH girls win Magee meet

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The girls at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School and Red Bank Catholic High School prepared for the first of their crosscountry showdowns by running in the Bernie Magee Class Meet held at historic Warinanco Park in Elizabeth on Sept. 22. The two teams will be competing in the firstever Shore…

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