• Vendor space open at St. Ambrose event

    Vendors are sought for the St. Ambrose School Holiday Market/Yard Sale Craft Show set for Nov. 13 at the school, 81 Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge. Spaces cost $25 and $30. To request an application or for more information, email [email protected]; individuals without access to the Internet should call 732-910-8955.

  • Motorists to take part in safe-driving effort

    Old Bridge Police Chief William A. Volkert recently announced that motorists in New Jersey and throughout the nation are asked to join in a daylong effort on Oct. 10 designed to increase awareness about safe driving and to keep the state’s roadways fatalities-free for one day. The national initiative, known as Put the Brakes on…

  • Call for vendors at Monroe Octoberfest

    The Monroe Township Recreation Department’s 16th annual Octoberfest is planned for noon-4 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Monroe Township Community Center, 120 Monmouth Road. The event will feature rides, entertainment, a magic show, vendors, pony rides, games, etc. Admission is free of charge. Vendors are sought. There is no fee for participation, but organizers ask…

  • Sayreville wants your business

    Advisory committee: Streamline application process, get rid of obsolete ordinances BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE— Anew town subcommittee aims to make the borough a more business-friendly environment. The Zoning Review Advisory Committee, with representatives from various land use boards, presented its recommendations to simplify zoning and remove obsolete ordinances at the Sept. 26 Borough Council…

  • O.B. students spend time down on the farm

    BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Leroy Gordon Cooper School student Caitlin Starr plants seedlings as part of the Old Bridge school’s character education initiative for community service.For Principal Susanne Miskiewicz, it’s an opportunity for some of her fifthgrade students at Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School in Old Bridge to learn about agriculture, history, character development…

  • School’s family fun day holds special meaning

    Apple Hill Academy hosts hoedown fundraiser to renovate playground in student’s honor BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Tyler Linder, 4, enjoys the balloon animal petting zoo at Apple Hill Academy’s 10th anniversary Family Fun Hoedown in Old Bridge on Oct. 2. LAUREN CASSELBERRY Michael Farrell would have loved it: the hundreds of balloons, the Apple…

  • Old Bridge council rejects cable renewal agreement

    Officials say town is unable to switch providers, however BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Cablevision, according to Councilman Ed Testino, is not a friend of Old Bridge, and the Township Council let the company know it during its meeting on Oct. 3. The council voted 4-4 with one abstention to reject a five-year contract renewal…

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    Rutgers University-Newark will run a two-day basketball clinic for boys and girls from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 10 and 11. (Public schools will be closed). The cost is $65 for both days or $40 for one day. Call Joe Loughran at 973-353-1483 for details. After taking a month off after the regular season…

  • RFH girls, RBC boys win Shore Coaches x-c titles

    I t was quite a week for Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s girls cross country team, culminating with their big win at the Shore Coaches Invitational on Saturday. The Bulldogs easily captured the Varsity D title with a low score of 44 points. Runner up High Point was at 88. The Shore Coaches meet was held…

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