• Old Bridge police use resident’s video to charge suspect in car burglary

    OLD BRIDGE — Video from a resident’s home security system led to the arrest of a township man who allegedly burglarized a car in the Foxborough Village neighborhood. Police were called to a home on Ponderosa Lane June 30 around 9:33 a.m. in reference to a theft. The victim advised police that on June 25…

  • Occupancy issue debated at Rt. 34 temple hearing

    Hearings continue on plan to build a Hare Krishna temple and priest quarters BY ADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The president of a local Hare Krishna group spoke July 10 in response to the township Planning Board’s request for more details about the proposed operation of a temple on Route 34. But…

  • Sayreville event to benefit boy, 4, battling leukemia

    Aug. 19 cut-a-thon just one facet of salon owner’s quest to thwart pediatric cancer BY DEANNA McLAFFERTY Correspondent Caleb Fornal SAYREVILLE — The Internet and social networking websites have been criticized as tools that breed time wasting and cyber bullying, but the charity work of one local salon owner proves that online spaces can also…

  • South Amboy board plans school upgrades

    Officials say elementary school buildings could be improved at no cost to taxpayers BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Gabriella Spinelli (c) of Bright Horizons at East Brunswick, Cranbury Road, helps out with the facility’s Alex’s Lemonade Stand, organized July 9 to raise donations to help cure childhood cancer. JEFF GRANIT staff The South Amboy Board of…

  • Planners OK Sandburg baseball field project

    Turf field is first phase of $1.3 million in sports facility improvements BY ADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer The Old Bridge Planning Board was unanimous in giving the go-ahead to the Board of Education’s baseball field renovations at Carl Sandburg Middle School during a courtesy review on July 10. Mark Kataryniak of French & Parello…

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    Ruth Dunwald of Sayreville and Matty Devito of South Plainfield take to the dance floor as Walt Wagner and the Serenaders perform July 11 at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy. Middlesex County’s free summer concerts take place at the park on Wednesday evenings through Aug. 29. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Flood mitigation project takes ‘huge step’ forward

    DEP grants permits for work to protect Weber Ave. area BY DEANNA McLAFFERTY Correspondent The Weber Avenue Flood Committee scored a series of victories recently when the state Department of Environmental Protection granted Sayreville five permits necessary to complete a flood mitigation project. The project, which involves the construction of an interim sheet-pile wall behind…

  • PACKET PICKS: July 17

    Wed., July 18 Annual art show features seniors’ work    The Mercer County Office on Aging and the Division of Culture and Heritage will present its annual Mercer County Senior Art Show, July 18 through Aug. 2 at the Meadow Lakes Retirement Community off Route 571 East in East Windsor.    The show will feature original works…

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