• Sayreville students gear up for holiday show with a twist

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Sayreville War Memorial High School cafeteria will be filled with the sights and sounds of the Renaissance, as well as all the drama of Shakespeare, during the school choir’s third annual Madrigal Dinner- Show on Dec. 9 and 10. Choir members will perform “A Christmas Eve Knight’s Dream,”…

  • PSE&G lowers natural gas bills

    PSE&G has announced that it is lowering residential gas bills by an additional 4.6 percent, or nearly $8.53 per winter month for the typical residential customer. The utility said the action represents the eighth decrease in a row for residential customers, for a total of more than $614, or 35 percent, in savings since January…

  • Palmas to perform at Christmas concert

    The Palma Family (vocalists Patsy, Angelo, Alyssa and Gianine Palma) will present “Believe the Miracle: A Christmas Celebration Concert” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at Sayre Woods Bible Church, 2290 Route 9 south, Old Bridge. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Admission is free of charge. Complimentary refreshments will be served. For more information, call the…

  • ‘Babes in Toyland’ runs thru Dec. 11

    The Main Street Theatre Company is presenting its production of “Babes in Toyland” through Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sundays, at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. The Christmas musical features classic Victor Herbert tunes. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $16 for seniors…

  • Police on lookout for drunken drivers

    The Old Bridge Police Department is cracking down on drunken drivers through Jan. 2 as part of the holiday season Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over statewide campaign. Local and state law-enforcement officers are conducting saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated. The campaign, which is designed to…

  • Sayreville disputes reports that sediment is coming

    National Lead site considered for material being dredged from Middletown lake BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Questions still abound over whether dredged sediment from aMiddletown lake will be transported to the former National Lead site. At a Nov. 14 public hearing in Middletown, a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) official said Sayreville…

  • Make-A-Wish castle opens gates, grants first wish

    Donors, officials herald arrival of fairy-tale-like facility in Monroe BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Children participate in the Dec. 2 grand-opening ceremony at the Samuel & Josephine Wishing Place, the newly built castle on Perrineville Road in Monroe that will serve as headquarters of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff…

  • Schools face challenges with new bullying law

    Paperwork, deadlines biggest burdens, administrators say BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Noble goal. But a lot of paperwork and tight deadlines. Three months into the school year, school administrators are grappling with the demands of the state’s new anti-bullying law, signed by Gov. Chris Christie in January. “It’s a process and it’s a rather involved…

  • Religious center plan wins O.B. board’s OK

    Plan now includes House of Worship, two parsonages and five other residences BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer A spiritual group that has since 2007 been making a case to locate in Old Bridge finally won approval last week. The Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America (DRSANA) received conditional approval from the township Zoning Board of…

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