• Young drummer keeps the beat for E Street

    Jay Weinberg fills in for his dad with Springsteen; calls experience ‘amazing’ BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Jay Weinberg’s fairy-tale story is one that most musicians can only dream of. He is the son of famed E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg, who currently leads Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band. AMY ROSEN Middletown…

  • Mediate, Gulbis sign on to headline Golf Classic

    Natalie Gulbis MONROE — Called the most highly anticipated charitable golf and entertainment event in central New Jersey, the Sovereign Bank Charity Golf Classic returns on Oct. 5 and 6. The event, held at Forsgate Country Club, raises funds for the nonprofit Forsgate Foundation, which supports causes throughout New Jersey. PGA Tour professional Rocco Mediate…

  • Rose Burdak Firczuk

    Mrs. Firczuk, 93, of Sayreville, died Sept. 1, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to her retirement in 1984, she was employed as a seamstress and machine operator with Algrow Knitting Mills, Milltown, where she worked for more than 20 years. Her husband, Alex Firczuk, died in 1998. She also was…

  • Sacred Heart pursues new paths this year

    Pastor discusses new advisory council, initiatives BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The Rev. Joseph Romanoski is looking to the community to help make Sacred Heart School a better place. This year the elementary school, which opened for the year on Sept. 1, is in the process of forming an advisory board to get…

  • DuPont cleaning up polluted groundwater

    Parlin plant releases details of ongoing cleanup efforts BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer For years the Parlin DuPont plant has been cleaning up nearly century-old contamination buried deep underground. The company is now looking to inform and educate local residents about its 30-plus-year remediation plan. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) set a…

  • Elaine M. Savino-Roth

    Mrs. Savino-Roth, 70, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 24, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She worked in the financial department at Middlesex County College, Edison. Her first husband, Benjamin Savino, died in 1984. Surviving are her husband, William Roth; a son, Anthony Savino, and his fiancée, Kelly Keane, of East Brunswick;…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Amelia Salvaggio, 15, a junior at Sayreville War Memorial High School this fall, performs with the marching band during its first public performance of the season Aug. 27.

  • Diane F. Mosier

    Mrs. Mosier, 66, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 29, 2009, at Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Born in Queens, N.Y., she had resided in Sayreville before moving to East Brunswick four years ago. Prior to retiring in 1993, Mrs. Mosier was a trader for Kidder, Peabody Inc., Manhattan, where she worked for over 15…

  • ShopRite owner sues O.B., retail developer

    Supermarket challenges approval of Wal-Mart complex BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Opponents of a Wal-Mart retail complex on Route 18 continue to fight its construction, months after the Old Bridge Planning Board voted to approve the application. The Old Bridge ShopRite at Route 9 and Fairway Lane, owned by Shakoor Supermarkets, has filed a lawsuit…

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