• Former Old Bridge man pleads guilty to sexual assaults

    OLD BRIDGE — A 43-year-old former township man has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault, admitting he molested two girls on separate occasions in Middlesex County. Robert Morrissey waived his right to trial and admitted sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl in East Brunswick on one occasion in 2001, and said he sexually assaulted…

  • Charges dropped for man who called police on himself

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — An appeals court judge has ruled in favor of a man who called police on himself two years ago to turn himself in for marijuana possession. The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court dropped the possession charges on Feb. 22 on the grounds that selfincriminators who…

  • South Amboy to use Sayreville fire services

    Councilman says interlocal agreement should bring tax savings to both towns BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent South Amboy has entered into an interlocal agreement with Sayreville for fire official and fire prevention services. A resolution approved at the Feb. 17 City Council meeting has the agreement taking effect April 1. A temporary agreement is in place…

  • Financial turnaround keeps hospital in place

    Raritan Bay plans to stay in Old Bridge with a more efficient operation BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Raritan Bay Medical Center is no longer in pursuit of a buyer for its Old Bridge division, now that finances have improved at the main facility in Perth Amboy. The hospital announced recently that it has officially…

  • Potential loss of aid could bring staff cuts

    School budget concerns arise as governor threatens to cut aid by 10-15 percent BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Sayreville will have to sustain its operations through the end of the school year using its surplus funds instead of the state aid that was anticipated. The move comes in light of an executive order from Gov.…

  • Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary

    Old Bridge Superintendent of Schools Simon Bosco reads “Rattletrap Car” to first-graders at the Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School, Old Bridge, during Read Across America Day on March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss. More photos inside. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Banks are worried overdraft cash stream will dry up

    Coda • GREG BEAN A young man of my acquaintance is fortunate to still be employed in this dismal economy, but like many young people on his own, he lives paycheck to paycheck. And sometimes, as it gets close to payday, he runs a little short for a sandwich at lunch or a few bucks…

  • Where did assemblymen get tax-increase figure?

    Recently Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D-18) and Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes III (D-18) co-wrote a letter to the editor that dealt with Gov. Chris Christie’s executive order mandating that New Jersey school boards use their excess funds for education budgets (“Christie’s Action Raids School Funds, Raises Taxes,” Suburban, Feb. 25). They claim the governor…

  • South Amboy fire dept. has been ‘snuffed out’

    Iam compelled to disagree with the city administration’s decision to disband the South Amboy Division of Fire Prevention and have its inspection and fees given to the state of New Jersey and the borough of Sayreville. No matter what civil-service rulings have been served, this situation could have been averted more than 2 ½ years…

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