• Groups to sponsor Tu B’Shvat Seder

    Raritan Valley Haddasah and L’Dor Vador, the Haddasah YoungWomen’s Group, will hold a Joint Tu B’Shvat Seder at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Highland Park Senior/Youth Center, S. 6th Ave. Debbie Gerber will facilitate the event. Admission is $5.

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    Faith Chudkowski, 10, of Sayreville, glides along the snow at Thompson Park in Jamesburg Dec. 30. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Foundation on path to honor O.B. alumni

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLDBRIDGE— With only a fewmonths left until construction, the Old BridgeAlumni Path Foundation’s walkway project has been ramped into overdrive. Project details are quickly shaping up, and an addition to the walkway that will include bricks dedicated to current elementary and middle school students is being drafted, according to Nora…

  • Sayreville set to improve roof, cupola at boro hall

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The roof at borough hall is on its way to getting a makeover. The Borough Council recently approved a resolution authorizing its engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the rehabilitation of the roof. This will coincide with the restoration of the cupola that sits atop borough hall.…

  • New YMCA looking at a busy year in S. Amboy

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The new year may be just under way, but at the YMCA, they’re already thinking summer. “The biggest thing that we’re doing [in 2011] is opening summer camp,” said Amanda Rushnak, South Amboy Branch YMCA membership and marketing director. Camp SAY (South Amboy YMCA) will be open to children in kindergarten…

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    Stephen Chudkowski (l-r), Bob Bordelo, and Carrie and Faith Chudkowski of Sayreville walk up the hill to do some sledding at Thompson Park in Jamesburg Dec. 30. More photos at gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Blizzard cleanup costly, effective in local towns

    Officials commend public works crews, emergency personnel BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Area towns facing drastic budget cuts and shrinking work forces had to put those issues aside and dig their communities out after a couple feet of snow was dropped on the region Dec. 26-27. Old Bridge officials said their Public Works Department responded…

  • Sayreville officials pledge bipartisan effort in 2011

    O’Brien: I will continue tightening the belt … and make new holes if necessary BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Before looking ahead at the issues the governing body will face in the year ahead, Sayreville Mayor Kennedy O’Brien noted that the stark economic realities of a year ago are still daunting. “Last year, I talked…

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    Lily Ypi, a member of the 1992 and 1996 U.S. Olympic table tennis teams, gets ready for a smash return during a kickoff exhibition for the Old Bridge YMCA’s table tennis program Dec. 29. More photos at gmnews.com. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

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