• Minor changes as O.B. reorganizes for 2011

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — With no major elections in the preceding year and few new appointments, the township’s annual reorganization meeting was a quiet affair. The Jan. 3 meeting of the governing body sawthe reappointment of many familiar faces, with the only notable changes occurring within the makeup of the Planning…

  • Opera to perform Broadway classics

    The Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will present Opera New Jersey performing in “Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics” 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts, Monroe Township High School, Perrineville Road. Tickets cost $18 for general admission, $15 for patrons; students will be admitted free of charge. For more…

  • Local author helps students realize their ‘bubble gum dreams’

    Stresses value of hard work and the determination needed to self-publish a book BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Old Bridge resident Mary Ann Castagnetta discusses her book “Elephant Soup?” with students at Southwood Elementary School. OLD BRIDGE — Mary Ann Castagnetta urged Southwood School students to follow their “bubble gum dreams” last month, and she’ll…

  • Old Bridge squad cheers its way to best in nation

    The Old Bridge Knights Junior Pee Wee cheerleaders celebrate after being named national champs in Walt Disney World in December. OLD BRIDGE — How do you top a season in which you’ve won every competition and qualified to perform in Walt Disney World? You win the national championship. And that’s exactly what the Old Bridge…

  • Hearing loss to be topic at meeting

    Christie Glick, an audiologist at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Reformed Church Home Caregivers Support Group set for 2- 3:15 p.m. Jan. 18 at the facility, 1990 Route 18 north, Old Bridge. The event is open to the public. Topic will be “Hearing…

  • Writing the script to a new friendship

    Pen pal program between Sayreville elementary and H.S. students adds twist every year BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Above: Rachel Zhao, 8, shares a laugh with Sayreville War Memorial High School student Courtney Lopez during the Jan. 7 event at Harry S. Truman School. Below: Dakota Cusmano, 7, reads her profile to the high school…

  • Old Bridge welcomes new top administrators

    Jacobs resigns as business administrator; Convery retires as township attorney BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer The new year is bringing new faces to two crucial posts in Old Bridge’s government. Township Attorney Jerome Convery and Business Administrator Michael Jacobs said farewell to Old Bridge at the last council meeting of 2010 in anticipation of their…

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    Pen pals Nichole McQuade of Sayreville War Memorial High School and Paige Ball of Harry S. Truman School hold hands Jan. 7 as they head to the Truman school library after meeting for the first time as part of a school program. See story, page 3. JEFF GRANIT staff

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