• Shakespeare at First Reformed Church

    CoLAB ARTS’ New Brunswick Theater Festival will present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays from Aug. 31 to Sept. 10 at the First Reformed Church, 9 Bayard St., New Brunswick. Admission is free. Directed by Rachel Klein, the play features members of the NBTF Acting Company as well as an apprentice…

  • Plan for housing proceeds at former nightclub site

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Planning Board and Borough Council have approved a request to rezone the former Krome/Club Bene site for residential housing, lifting the age restriction on most of the proposed units. American Properties, Woodbridge, is the conditional redeveloper for the property on Route 35 south. Its concept plan for approximately…

  • Restaurateur to bring slice of Naples to South Amboy

    Chiropractor eager to open Don Giovanni on Main Street BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Left: John Marullo (l) with two of his mentors, Roberto Caporuscio and Eduardo Duran. Above: John Marullo’s pizza is cooked in an oven fed by wood at a temperature of 900-1000 degrees. The cooking time is approximately 1 minute. SOUTH AMBOY —…

  • Tax rollback proposal leads to political feud

    Dems say move would result in numerous layoffs; GOP calls statement a ‘scare tactic’ BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — When the leader of the Old Bridge Tea Party asked the Township Council who would serve on his coalition to help reduce property taxes to their 2005 levels at a June meeting, all…

  • Ex-sheriff, two employees indicted on bribery charges

    Spicuzzo accused of demanding money from eight seeking positions or promotions BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Joseph Spicuzzo Former Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph Spicuzzo and two former sheriff’s department employees were indicted Aug. 19 on charges of bribery and official misconduct. The three suspects allegedly conspired in a jobs-for-cash scheme in which Spicuzzo collected approximately $112,000…

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    Danny Streimur (l) of Sayreville and Bob Safchinsky of Old Bridge hang out by a 1969 Chevy Camaro during Cruise Night in South River on Aug. 18. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Schools gear up for new fight against bullying

    N.J. law now requires immediate, comprehensive investigation of incidents BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer School staff and administrators across the state must decide how to enforce one of the nation’s most comprehensive anti-bullying laws this school year. Gov. Chris Christie signed the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act in January, and the Sayreville Board of Education in…

  • Cheesequake deer hunt raises safety concerns

    Bow hunt aimed at curbing park’s large deer population BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The hunt is on. Cheesequake State Park will host its first deer hunt starting this September to help control a deer population that has reportedly grown to more than four times the sustainable limit. Larry Ragonese, press information director for the…

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    The Morgan-Parlin Panthers Mighty Mite cheerleaders perform for the crowd during the annual Mayor’s Trophy games at Sayreville War Memorial High School on Aug. 21. The Panthers faced the rival Sayreville Leprechauns in a day of football and cheerleading. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

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