• Residents arrested on drug charges after fire alarm

    SOUTH AMBOY — Police arrested two city residents on drug charges last week after responding to a fire alarm at a building on North Broadway. Patrolmen Dennis McQuade and Matthew Barcheski were dispatched to the scene at 2:07 p.m. and were informed by a resident of a second floor apartment that he had set off…

  • Tiebreaker goes in favor of water rate increase

    Avg. family of four will pay $52.50 more over three remaining quarters of 2010 BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — After months of debate, a divided Borough Council approved a 13 percent water rate increase on Monday. The ordinance, recommended by borough Chief Financial Officer Wayne Kronowski and reduced from previous proposals, is necessary…

  • Proposal to convert senior housing denied

    Kaplan to consider appeal of Planning Board vote BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The Sayreville Planning Board last week shot down a developer’s request to remove the age restrictions from its previously approved senior housing complex, Heritage at Towne Lake. The builder, Kaplan and Cos., appeared before the board on Feb. 3 to ask that…

  • Opponents make case against plan in Old Bridge

    Raceway Park’s engineer, planner testify on proposal for worship center, residences BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Though more than a dozen hearings have been held, the Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America (DRSANA) has yet to see a conclusion in its quest for building approval. The religious group has been appearing before the Old…

  • Volunteers spend day giving kids a smile

    Local dentists, MCC program take part in national effort to help those in need BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Amid-winter snowstorm wasn’t the only alabaster event on the radar last Friday. Priya Kannusamy, a student in Middlesex County College’s dental hygiene program, examines the teeth of Kylie Murtha during “Give Kids a Smile” day at…

  • Looks like we survived the ‘storm of the decade’

    Coda • GREG BEAN By the time this column sees print, the Great Blizzard of 2010, nicknamed “Snowpocalypse” by some creative member of the national press, will just be a memory. You know, before we moved to the East Coast, I used to believe that folks out here were scared of only one thing, and…

  • Green Acres funds should be used in N.B., not E.B.

    Greg Bean, wake up! Regarding your editorial on “Preserving farm for open space would be a winner,” first, you are abusing your privileges as an editor to write a nearly fullpage letter about preserving a farm that is across the street from your house as open space. Second, your section of East Brunswick already has…

  • Responsibility for safety falls on pedestrians, too

    In response to the letter to the editor from Enrique Gonzalez Jr., “Drivers Must Yield Right of Way to Pedestrians” (Suburban, Feb. 4), I most certainly understand that pedestrians have the right of way. What I don’t understand is why a pedestrian feels that he or she has the right of way in a parking…

  • Pedestrians need not misinterpret law, act recklessly

    Iwould like to respond to the letter to the editor from Enrique Gonzalez Jr., “Drivers Must Yield Right of Way to Pedestrians” (Suburban, Feb. 4). While I did not see the original letter that prompted Mr. Gonzalez’s response, I agree with him that, by law, drivers must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk. The problem…

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