• Summer concerts return to St. Mary’s in S. Amboy

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — This year marks the return of the summer music series at St. Mary’s Church on Augusta Street. The series was launched in 2007 as a “Women Pianists of New Jersey” event, but it has been a few years since St. Mary’s Music Director Christopher Deibert has organized the…

  • Vendors needed for July Fourth festivities

    The Milltown Fourth of July Committee is seeking hot-food vendors and novelty vendors for the town’s annual Fourth of July celebration. Rain date is July 7. Interested vendors should email their information to [email protected].

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    Students Yohith Reddivari (l-r), Tristian Smith and Oscar Perez present a book of thank-you letters to Scott Mitchell of the U.S. Navy during the “Hero Day” assembly at Grissom Elementary School in Old Bridge on May 23. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • JFVS to offer June 7 job-search seminar

    The Joel Gensler Career Center at Jewish Family and Vocational Service (JFVS) of Middlesex County will sponsor a free job-search workshop titled “Life is All About Your Network: How to Build Your Network!” 10 a.m. June 7 at the JFVS office, 32 Ford Ave., Milltown. Sebastian Font, president of Critical Performance LLC, will discuss creating…

  • Sayreville honors police officers past and present

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Sayreville police officers honor retired and deceased officers at the annual Police Week memorial service on May 19. The service took place at police headquarters in front of the department memorial. Sayreville as a modern-day Sparta. That is the picture Police Chief John Zebrowski evoked in the minds of attendees at…

  • CODA

    We know too little about our wars and our warriors GREG BEAN A s I write this a few days before Memorial Day 2012, it strikes me that we have to start doing a better job of keeping up with our men and women in uniform, and knowing what dangers they’re facing every day in…

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    Red-winged blackbirds aggressively defend their territory from other animals. They will even attack humans who get too close to their nests during breeding season. There. You have been warned. This photo was taken at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville. IMAGE BY BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com

  • Board V.P. should admit he made a mistake, move on

    I would like to address Kevin Ciak’s letter to the editor, “Board Vice President Refutes Allegations,” that appeared in the May 17 issue of the Suburban. Mr. Ciak missed the point completely, especially about the wrestler. I agree with the decision in allowing him to compete no matter where the location was. The lack of…

  • Community, police must band together to keep O.B. safe

    A s a former attorney for the Old Bridge Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) and then as mayor of Old Bridge, I had the extraordinary opportunity to interact with the Old Bridge police force. Then going forward as an attorney handling matters that involved the police, I continued to have a chance to observe their abilities…

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