• AARP sets program on driver safety

    An AARP-sponsored Driver Safety Program will be held at the Sayreville Senior Center, 423 Main St., Sayreville, on Oct. 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Cost is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members. Payment in the form of checks only will be accepted, and may be made payable to AARP. Students receive…

  • Teen to hold 5th annual dog show in Sayreville

    Hallie Meister has raised over $2,000 for NJSPCA BY ANGELA SANTORIELLO Correspondent SAYREVILLE — It has been said that a dog is a man’s best friend; however, Hallie Meister is doing her best to return the favor. The 16-year-old Sayreville War Memorial High School student has hosted a dog show to benefit the New Jersey…

  • CODA

    Feeling a little under the weather? Then stop lying GREG BEAN I ’ve been watching the Republican National Convention on television, and the response to that shindig from people on the other side, and while it has been great theater, I started feeling pretty sorry for everyone involved because it looks like all that posturing,…

  • Phys. Ed. in school can help combat childhood obesity

    The obesity rate has skyrocketed among adults and children in New Jersey and across the country. Today, about one in three American children and teens is overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate in 1963. Physical education class is an important part of a student’s education. It provides an opportunity to be active during the…

  • Defends position on discussing gun control

    I got a real laugh out of Barry O’Sullivan’s letter to the editor, “Discussion of Reasonable Gun Controls Is Not Exploitation” (Suburban, Aug. 23). Mr. O’Sullivan laments that “those who say it’s too soon to talk about” gun control in the immediate aftermath of a national tragedy “never seem to get around to telling us…

  • Mid. County takes precautions during peak mosquito months

    Warm winter, spring led to mosquito population boom in August BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer The Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission has continued to spray pesticides during these peak months of a peak year for mosquitoes. Mosquito populations, which are more prevalent in August and September, increased this year because of the unusually warm winter…

  • Send us your summer photos

    It’s back to school and back to work for nearly everyone, but you don’t have to let summer go just yet. Greater Media News/StringFly wants you to submit your photos of people having fun in the summertime. Consider submitting your photos of your family picnic, splashing in the pool, building a sandcastle at the beach,…

  • Runs for Rob to aid resident’s cancer fight

    The Sayreville Bomber Baseball Booster Club will host a Runs for Rob Home Run Derby beginning at 4 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Sayreville Little League fields, Washington Road. All proceeds from the event will go to assist the family of Sayreville resident Rob Werb in his battle against cancer. Cost is $20 per player,…

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