• $250,000 grant to fund road upgrades in South Amboy

    Realignment, repaving planned for South Pine Ave., Portia St. BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Improvements will soon be made to a key intersection. The city was recently awarded a $250,000 grant fromthe state Department of Transportation 2011 MunicipalAid Program to improve South Pine Avenue and Portia Street. Officials applied for the grant after…

  • Sayreville officials pleased with progress on budget

    Calls for 5-cent tax rate hike as costs increase for pension, health care, snow removal BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council will soon introduce a 2011 municipal budget that, as proposed, would raise taxes by $72 on the average home, assessed at $143,700. The proposed tax rate increase of 5 cents…

  • Toastmasters to hold March 10, 24 meetings

    The Old Bridge Toastmasters Club will meet 7-8:45 p.m. March 10 at Grace Church of Old Bridge, 442 Cottrell Road, and 7-9 p.m. March 24 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The “learn-by-doing” public-speaking club is designed to improve an individual’s speaking, listening and presentation skills in a…

  • Knights of Columbus to offer Lenten meals

    Our Lady of Victory Knights of Columbus will host Lenten Fish-Fry Dinners 4:30-7 p.m. Ash Wednesday, March 9, and on six consecutive Fridays, March 18-April 22, at the Knights of Columbus Victorian Hall, 775 Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. The menu will include fried or broiled fresh flounder, chowder, salad bar, macaroni and cheese…

  • Glenwood fire leaves eight residences uninhabitable

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLDBRIDGE— Afour-alarmfire raged through the Glenwood apartment complex last week, leaving two wounded firefighters and eight damaged residences in its wake. The blaze broke out in the Route 516 development at 9:30 p.m. Feb. 22 and lasted more than two hours before it was extinguished through the combined efforts of…

  • GM Newspapers staff spreads ‘Greater Good’ at shelter

    Volunteers roll up their sleeves at Sayreville Pet Adoption Center BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Clockwise from above: Kyle, a Shih Tzu, gets all dolled up for his new owners during the Greater Media Newspapers’ Day of Greater Good at the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center Feb. 17. GMN controller Kathy McBain (center), an experienced groomer, gets…

  • Mayor: No investigation into an ‘illegal meeting’

    Council members, mayor at odds over attorney issue BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Mayor Kennedy O’Brien said he will not call for an investigation into whether or not the Sayreville Borough Council met illegally to discuss the appointment of a borough attorney. O’Brien said during the council’s Feb. 28 meeting that he made the decision…

  • Two school closings off the table, for now

    Old Bridge board will see $1.36M increase in state aid BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer A contentious proposal to close two Old Bridge elementary schools has been tentatively removed from a list of potential cuts, thanks in part to an increase in state aid. Plans to shutter the two schools were nixed last week when…

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    Fifth-grade students at the Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School, Old Bridge, staged the character education play “Munchkin Mediation” on Feb. 25. The show, full of singing and dancing, had the theme of conflict resolution. JEFF GRANIT staff

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