Tag: Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry
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Old Bridge 2022 municipal budget ‘maintains and improves upon’ services; taxes increase $34 for average homeowner
OLD BRIDGE – The 2022 Old Bridge municipal budget “maintains and improves upon” services for the residents of the township, Mayor Owen Henry said. “We all know that cost of doing business has increased dramatically over the last two years and we faced that head-on,” he said. Township Council members adopted a $63.22 million budget…
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Old Bridge hires new municipal clerk
OLD BRIDGE – The township has a new municipal clerk. Kathryn Hutchinson began her new role on Jan. 31. The Township Council approved the appointment of Hutchinson at a meeting on Jan. 11. Township Business Administrator Himanshu Shah said they “went through the hiring process of receiving resumes and going through advertising” after a vacancy…
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Voters will decide on a proposed new community energy aggregation program in Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE – Township Council members said residents should decide on whether or not they are in favor of a citizen-led proposal for a new community energy aggregation program that would create an option for 100% regionally sourced renewables. “As we look whether it’s renewable energy or the current energy, I think our residents should…
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Crumbling Cheesequake Creek jetty receives $30 million in federal boost for rebuild
OLD BRIDGE – Construction to rebuild the crumbling stone rock Cheesequake Creek jetty, which services marinas in Old Bridge, Sayreville and South Amboy, is expected to begin in Fiscal Year 2024. That is when Joseph Seebode, deputy district engineer and chief of programs and project management for the New York District of the U.S. Army…
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Old Bridge Police Department promotes two veteran officers; hire six new officers, including a female, to its ranks
OLD BRIDGE – The Old Bridge Police Department promoted two veteran officers and welcomed six new officers, including a female, to its ranks. Rich Higgins was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant and Aaron Matikonis was promoted from patrolman to sergeant before the Township Council meeting on Jan. 4. “These officers served the Old Bridge Police…
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Transit village designation in motion at Route 9 bus terminal in Old Bridge; officials hope designation will revive area
OLD BRIDGE – Township officials hope a transit village designation at the bus terminal on Route 9 north will help revive the Old Bridge Shopping Plaza. Veena Sawant, township planner, said the vision for a transit village designation began two-and-a-half years ago; however, it was stalled due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Every time I pass…
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Old Bridge partners with PDFNJ, local businesses in ‘It is time to consider opioid alternatives’ campaign
OLD BRIDGE – It is time to consider opioid alternatives. That is the message Old Bridge officials are hoping to get across to as many people as possible. And what better way than the message on a digital billboard along the busy Route 9 corridor. The billboard’s message states: “Americans Are Now More Likely…
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Morris Habitat for Humanity builds first home in Middlesex County; Old Bridge community welcomes Elie family
OLD BRIDGE – Habitat for Humanity provides opportunities when “life happens.” For Jimmy and Taylor Elie, they met in high school. “We had our daughter young,” Taylor Elie said, adding the couple worked together trying their best to raise their family in New York City, which now has become a family of four with an…
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Old Bridge remembers two of its own
OLD BRIDGE – A moment of silence was held to remember former Police Chief William A. Volkert Sr. and Donald Schuck, longtime member of the Cheesequake Volunteer Fire Company, at a Township Council meeting on Sept. 14. Donald Schuck Councilwoman Anita Greenberg-Belli said Schuck, who passed away on Aug. 23, will be “severely missed” for…