• City requests deeds from 250 Lighthouse Bay homeowners

    Action part of process to ensure that residents have clear title to their properties BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The city recently sent letters to residents of the city’s Lighthouse Bay community with an unusual request — to send over a copy of their deeds. Doing so will help expedite the process that…

  • O.B. board settles with retirees over benefits

    BY ADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Board of Education has approved the settlement of a class action lawsuit over the board’s 2009 decision to discontinue health insurance coverage for retirees from the teachers’ union. Under a contract dating back more than a decade, a group of retired Old Bridge Education Association…

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    Marty Suss, of Staten Island, N.Y., brings the top up on his 1961 Lincoln Continental during the third annual Rods and Paws Car Show, sponsored by the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center, on July 22.

  • Family, friends welcome soldier home from Iraq

    Old Bridge native gets surprise party featuring live band BY ADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Friends and family greet Robert Janks Jr. during his welcome home party at the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh in Old Bridge on July 14. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN OLD BRIDGE — Robert Janks wanted to do something special for…

  • Middlesex County Fair coming to town Aug. 6

    Association announces live entertainment, 4-H schedules Crowds enjoy games and rides at the Middlesex County Fair in August 2011 at the fairgrounds in East Brunswick. FILE PHOTO Those seeking some classic midsummer fun will find everything from amusement rides to live concerts at the Middlesex County Fair in East Brunswick Aug. 6-12. The fair, now…

  • Sayreville residents assured: ‘No contaminated fill at Point site’

    Reps from SERA and redeveloper dispel rumors that material came from Middletown lake BY DEANNA McLAFFERTY Correspondent As promised, representatives of the Sayreville Economic and Redevelopment Agency (SERA) and O’Neill Properties, the redeveloper of the former National Lead site, attended the July 23 Borough Council meeting to dispel rumors circulating about The Point project. At…

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    The third annual Roads and Paws Car Show, sponsored by the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center in Sayreville, was held on July 22. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Development plan at Mannino Park stalls

    Attempt to obtain proposals for Old Bridge site fails in 3-3 Township Council vote BY ADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Plans for a public-private partnership to develop a multimillion-dollar baseball complex at Peter A. Mannino Park, Route 516, are on hold indefinitely after talks between Old Bridge and the proposed developer broke down. Representatives of…

  • SETON HALL UNIVERSITY TO HOST CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THIS SUMMER

    By Irene Maslowski Seton Hall University (www.shu.edu), one of the country’s leading Catholic universities, is offering high school students an opportunity to step into the world of criminal justice and law enforcement this summer.  The Criminal Justice Institute, a one-week program taking place August 6-10, is part of the University’s Summer Sessions program and is…

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