• Ethics complaint targets OBMUA commissioner

    GOP chairwoman says official has conflict of interest BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — An ethics complaint has been filed against an Old Bridge Municipal Utilities Authority (OBMUA) commissioner due to a perceived conflict of interest with his position. Old Bridge Republican Party Chairwoman Dr. Anita Greenberg, in an April 5 letter to…

  • Flood control project in design phase

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Residents of the Weber Avenue area whose homes were flooded in March received some answers to their questions during an April 12 Borough Council meeting. More than 100 homes were flooded during the nor-easter that caused the South River to overflow, and many residents have asked borough officials to see…

  • Man charged in sexual assault, murder of Old Bridge woman

    Suspect had already been jailed on obstruction charges related to April 8 killing OLD BRIDGE — A Perth Amboy man has been charged with breaking into the home of a township woman, sexually assaulting her, killing her and then setting her body on fire. Robert L. Hayes Jr., 32, was charged in the April 8…

  • South Amboy budget includes tax hike, layoffs

    Public hearing on 2010 budget slated for May 19 BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The South Amboy City Council approved a preliminary budget at its April 7 meeting that reflects the economic realities that the city and other municipalities are facing. “The preliminary budget that we are introducing tonight has a number of cuts in it,”…

  • Thinks governor should be praised for not taking easy road

    I’m tired of hearing the complaints and criticism of Gov. Chris Christie’s budget cuts in education and elsewhere. We finally have a governor who, for the first time after decades of previous administrations, is willing to take on the extreme debt our state of New Jersey faces, head on. He is being honest with himself…

  • When gov’t goes into debt, people go into debt

    Reports about mounting debt at all levels in the U.S. government have been growing at an alarming rate. From the federal level to the municipal level and everywhere in between, record levels of debt will eventually threaten the financial stability of our country. The people blame the politicians. They should blame themselves because the politicians…

  • Margaret Perosa Skrok

    Mrs. Skrok, 94, of South River, died March 25, 2010, in Bartley Healthcare, Jackson. Prior to her retirement in 1978, she was a seamstress with Komar and Sons, South Amboy, where she worked for 25 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Jochan Skrok; three sisters; and two brothers. Surviving are a son, Richard J.…

  • Helen Kielian Modzelewski

    Mrs. Modzelewski, 85, of East Brunswick, died April 15, 2010, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a machine operator with Johnson & Johnson, North Brunswick, where she worked for 20 years. She was predeceased by two daughters, Rose Stary and Jacqueline Streu; a grandson, Thomas Stary; and 13 siblings. Surviving are…

  • Ann M. Krypel

    Mrs. Krypel, 74, of East Brunswick, died April 9, 2010, in Care One, East Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph A. Krypel; a daughter, Kathleen Krypel; and a brother, Gerald McAllister. Surviving are three sons, Joseph, and his wife, Deborah, of Helmetta, and Thomas and Timothy, both of East Brunswick; two brothers, Thomas…

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