• Little League plans Clothing Drive

    Madison Park Little League will hold a Clothing Drive beginning April 1 and running for four weeks. Donations should be brought to the league’s baseball field on Cheesequake Road, Old Bridge. Items sought include clothes; shoes; belts; pocketbooks; small stuffed animals; small toys; small household items such as picture frames, vases, lamps, curtains, tablecloths and…

  • Restaurant event will benefit Scouts

    Boy Scout Troop No. 219, Old Bridge, will hold a fundraiser 4-8 p.m. March 31 at Salsa Latina Restaurant, Route 34, Matawan, in the Park Plaza/Palms Plaza Shopping Center. Diners must present an event flier to their server. The restaurant will then donate 15 percent of the proceeds from supporters’ checks to the scout troop.…

  • A step ahead of the rest

    OBHS dance program offers musical alternative to traditional exercise BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Left: Old Bridge High School student Shane Raymond works on a line dance with classmates. Below: Old Bridge High School teacher Patricia Alspach works with students March 25. A health and physical education teacher in the district for 20 years, she…

  • Short-term decision good for some, very bad for others

    CODA GREG BEAN Was anyone surprised by the news last week that the teachers’ union in South Brunswick, the South Brunswick EducationAssociation, after “careful consideration” rejected a proposed wage freeze for the 2011-12 school year? If they had accepted the freeze, the number of full-time-position cuts in the district would have been reduced from 60…

  • Residents, police can work together for good of community

    I would just like to take this opportunity to thank the Old Bridge Police Department, the mayor, the Township Council and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office for making the Old Bridge Citizens Police Academy possible. I would especially like to thank Lt. Robert Greenway, who served as coordinator of the program, for his time and…

  • Law favors developers, disregards communities

    The March 24 issue of the Suburban featured an article on the court-ordered reversal allowing Northwood Manor, a previously approved age-restricted community, to convert to a family community, after the Old Bridge Zoning Board voted against the conversion. The Monroe Township Planning Board is holding hearings on K. Hovnanian’s application to convert 328 age-restricted homes…

  • Old Bridge energy plant clears another hurdle

    Firm recommends BPU approve plan for 660-MW plant off Water Works Rd. BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Old Bridge Clean Energy Center is closer to becoming a reality, thanks to a recommendation by Levitan and Associates, the firm representing the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Though NRG Energy is still…

  • Golfers, sponsors sought for tourney

    Sacred Heart Parish, South Amboy, will sponsor a Golf Outing April 30 at Bunker Hill Golf Course, Princeton. Entry fee is $100 per golfer. Sponsorship opportunities are available. A banquet will follow the tournament; cost is $25 per person for the banquet only. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Sacred Heart STARS program. For…

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