• Board: Teacher made mistake in Bible case

    Student was told she could not read Bible at school BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A third-grade township girl was left in tears after her teacher took away the Bible she was reading during quiet time, which was allegedly against school policy. The Madison Park Elementary School teacher ordered 8-year-old Mariah Jordat…

  • Couple succumbs to injuries from November car accident

    Ahusband and wife from Spotswood died Dec. 17 while they were being treated for injuries suffered in a twovehicle crash in Sayreville three weeks earlier, on Nov. 27. Ricardo Clarin, 83, was pronounced dead at 2:10 p.m. His wife, Aida Clarin, 80, died at 9:54 p.m. at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.…

  • State seeks insurance records from South Amboy

    Mayor says city has nothing to worry about BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY —The city recently received a subpoena from the state’s Attorney General’s Office seeking insurance contract and broker information from the past seven years. The files, which date back to 2003, are due to the Attorney General’s Office by Jan. 11, city…

  • Drwal and Makowski reflect as terms end

    GOP takes 5-1 majority on council in January BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The Sayreville Borough Council’s most senior member and a fellow Democrat bid farewell Dec. 14 during the last council meeting of the year. Stanley Drwal is wrapping up six years of service, while Kathy Makowski is finishing her third year. Neither ran…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Steffanie Hartrum, 17, and other members of the Old Bridge High School Choir entertain the crowd during Old Bridge’s annual Christmas tree and menorah lighting event Dec. 14 at the municipal complex. CHRIS KELLY staff

  • Many cry foul over meeting date change

    Firefighters dismayed reorganization will not be held on New Year’s Day BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Sayreville firefighters were up in arms earlier this month when they learned that the date of the borough’s reorganization meeting, traditionally held on New Year’s Day, had been changed. Mayor Kennedy O’Brien announced at the Dec. 7 council meeting…

  • Administrators’ raises OK’d despite objections

    School board majority says increases are justified BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer The Old Bridge Board of Education approved several administrative contracts at a recent meeting, much to the dismay of one board member and some residents. Raises were approved Dec. 15 for positions including top posts in school operations, business administration, transportation and other…

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    Nicholas and Richard Belotti, ages 3 and 6, of Sayreville, survey an elaborately decorated house that was one of the stops on Santa Claus’ tour of the borough Saturday. Members of the President Park Fire Co. brought St. Nick to many neighborhoods. More photos, page 9. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Douglas “Ace” Olsen

    Mr. Olsen, 74, of Sayreville, died Dec. 20, 2009, at Cranbury Center, Monroe. Before his retirement in 1994, he was employed by the Sayreville Police Department, retiring as a detective, and prior to that, a police officer with the Middlesex County park police. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Olsen…

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