• Slurpee gets local band its first taste of success

    Almost There members hail from Old Bridge, Oakhurst BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Members of Almost There shake hands with Old Bridge Mayor Jim Phillips after a Sept. 19 performance at the new 7-Eleven on Route 9 north near Ferry Road. At that time, Almost There was in the top four of the contest, and…

  • Fundraisers

    Oct. 22-25 • Show and School-Supplies Drive, to benefit needy children in Afghanistan, sponsored by Stephen O’Leary, a seventh-grade student at Immaculate Conception School, Spotswood. Project inspired by a request posted on www.anysoldier.com by a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. Shoes, boots, sandals, school supplies, crayons, stamps, donations for postage may be dropped off in a…

  • Middlesex County Freeholder election profiles

    Incumbent Democrats H. James Polos and Ronald Rios are facing Republican candidates Lynda Woods Cleary and Richard F. Frank for two three-year terms on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders on Nov. 3. Carol Barrett* (D) Barrett has a son, Charles, 48. She is retired. She has been a resident of Monmouth Junction for…

  • Work begins on 40-unit senior housing project

    Project is joint venture of South Amboy Renaissance Corp., PHS Senior Living BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The city is one step closer to having a new affordable housing residence for senior citizens. A groundbreaking on the Robert Noble Manor on Gordon Street was held Oct. 1. The building, which will be the…

  • Teens scaring up money to help families in need

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Middlesex County’s 4-H Center has been transformed into a thrilling haunted house in an attempt to raise money for needy families across the county. Money raised from the haunted house and other 4-H fundraisers throughout the year go to benefit Project Gift, an initiative that provides a free day of…

  • Pink-out

    Nick Balldino, a senior at Old Bridge High School, shows his spirit during the school’s “Pink Out for the Cure” Friday as Danielle Duffy sprays the hair of Nick Russo. Students and staff went pink to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. While cosmetology students did their part, others such as the peer leaders…

  • Rabid animals turn up in Monroe, Old Bridge

    A raccoon and a cat that tested positive for rabies this month in Monroe and Old Bridge bring the total number of rabid animals located this year in Middlesex County to 12. On Oct. 12, the Monroe animal control officer responded to a report that a resident’s dog had killed a raccoon that had wandered…

  • Rescue group asks boro to use TNR for feral cats

    Sayreville board reviewing potential new ordinance BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — With rabies cases on the rise in Middlesex County, one local nonprofit is seeking to diminish the feral cat population by uniting cat supporters and adversaries alike in an approach that traps and neuters rather than traps and kills. Kathy Gabrielescu, founder…

  • Book details 35 years of Great Adventure

    Sayreville resident co-authors a photographic history of popular amusement park BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Harry Applegate and Thomas Benton are not your average theme park thrill-seekers. Clockwise from top: The Big Balloon served as backdrop for the models of castles in the Garden of Marvels. The best way to get from one side of…

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