• Police captain nabs suspect wanted in bank robberies

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Two suspects robbed three banks in Old Bridge between Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, according to police. Anthony J. Hart, 23, was charged in connection with two of the robberies, occurring on Sept. 26 and Oct. 3. A second suspect wanted in connection with the third robbery…

  • Two Middlesex County men charged in firearms crackdown

    A Monmouth Junction man and a Sayreville man were among 51 suspects indicted on charges of illegally trafficking or possessing firearms in recent weeks as the result of a state initiative targeting gun violence in New Jersey. The New Jersey State Police and the Division of Criminal Justice launched the initiative last year to crack…

  • County gun buyback takes 1,800 firearms off streets

    Investigator James Napp of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office holds up a real semi-automatic assault weapon and a BB gun depicting a semi-automatic assault weapon. KATHY CHANG/STAFF Nearly 16,000 firearms of all sizes — legal and illegal — are off the streets in New Jersey, thanks to gun buyback programs such as the one held…

  • Formal gala to benefit special needs children

    The Jamesburg Elks Lodge No. 2180 will hold its annual charity ball golden gala from 7 p.m. to midnight Nov. 9 at the Battleground Country Club, Manalapan. Sponsored by the Special Needs Children’s Committee, the formal gala will benefit Camp Moore’s mission to provide special needs children and their families with fun-filled activities including swimming,…

  • Dunkin’ Donuts makes donation to Bryan Breen Foundation

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry (c) and employees of the Dunkin’ Donuts on Route 9 in Old Bridge take part in a fundraiser for the Bryan Breen Foundation on Sept. 30. OLD BRIDGE — The foundation honoring the memory of Bryan Breen, the 24- year-old who was fatally shot while…

  • Event to aid resident with type 1 diabetes

    South Amboy Elks Lodge No. 784 will host a Little City, Big Hearts fundraiser for Ed Medvar, a local resident with type 1 diabetes, 2-8 p.m. Oct. 19 at the lodge, 601 Washington Ave. Medvar was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes when he was 4 years old. Through the years he has had complications from the…

  • Rios focuses on quality of life during annual address

    Middlesex County has continued a trend of improvement throughout 2013, providing a better quality of life for its residents. So says Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios, who during his State of the County address on Oct. 3 praised the county for reaching its goal of enhancing programs, expanding services, maintaining a strong financial…

  • Milkman provides ‘udder’ ways to get fresh dairy items

    Jeff Milling is a modern-day milkman, delivering fresh dairy items to locations from Edison to Howell and all of Staten Island, N.Y. OLD BRIDGE — The milkman ostensibly went the way of the dodo bird decades ago. But nostalgia is big business for babyboomers and their parents — and business is booming these days, according…

  • Shoe collection to help food, clothing mission

    Monroe Community Church is sponsoring its Share Your Soles 5-for-5 Shoe Drive to benefit the CUMAC/ECHO (Center of United Methodist Aid to the Community/ Ecumenically Concerned Helping Others) Food and Clothing Mission, Paterson. Shoes may be dropped off at the Jamesburg Senior Center, 139 Stevens Ave., 3-5 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m.-noon Sundays through Oct.…

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