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September 18, 2008
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Anna Lyons, 13, and Elizabeth Halsey, 10, of Sayreville, check out the fish they hoped to win as prizes at Sayreville Day, held Sunday at Kennedy Park. More...
Council fails to pass budget for fifth time since early August

A special budget meeting on Friday and a regular Borough Council meeting on Monday did nothing to rectify Sayreville's municipal budget crisis. Republican Councilwoman Paula Siarkiewicz started the special budget meeting Friday evening by asking that a cap of $500,000 be placed on legal bills for... More...


Family and friends mourn the loss of Coleman Bean, 25

Coleman Bean was a lot of things to a lot of people. He was a son, a brother, a soldier, and to seemingly everyone who knew him, a good friend. He was someone they could count on to be there, in times of need and in happy times. More...


SAYREVILLE — A 52-year-old borough man leaped to his death from the Victory Bridge at 6:52 a.m. Sept. 7. Witnesses told police that John Zientek parked his car on the northbound side of the bridge, got out and jumped. Police found his body on the shoreline, though they did not specify wheth... More...


Popovich to focus on academics, unity at middle school

OLD BRIDGE — A retired veteran of the school system has returned to fill the role of interim principal at Carl Sandburg Middle School. Kenneth Popovich, who retired from his post as principal of Jonas Salk Middle School in 2006, will lead Sandburg through the school year ahead. More...


Plays-in-the-Park, Middlesex County's summer theater, will offer performances of its 16th annual indoor children's musical, "Cinderella," at 1 and 4 p.m. Oct. 11, 12, 18, 19 and 25 in the 150-seat black box in the Stephen J. Capestro Amphitheater, Roosevelt Park, Edison. The theater is handicapped... More...
My nephew, U.S. Army Sgt. Coleman Bean, died earlier this month. He was 25, and he took his own life. I've spent this week in New Jersey, where Coleman lived, helping his parents and brothers get through this terrible time. More than 300 people attended Coleman's memorial service in Milltown. Many... More...
Greater Media Newspapers Executive Editor Greg Bean will be taking a temporary leave from writing both his Coda column and Red State Blue State because of the death of his son Coleman, 25. We will be reprinting some of his past Coda columns, the first of which appears in this week's paper. More...
Mrs. Price, 90, of Sayreville, died Sept. 12, 2008, at J.F.K. Haven Hospice, Edison. Her husband, John T. More...
Seek support for Sept. 28 walk in Point Pleasant
OLD BRIDGE — Sean Donnelly is a sixth-grade math teacher at Carl SandburgMiddle School. He's also the math coordinator, coach for cross-country running, wrestling and track. And now that his son is playing soccer and football, he's coaching those teams too. More...
Teel suffers through another lackluster performance in 44-12 loss
Many of the Rutgers faithful may have thought the football team's season-opening 24-7 loss to Fresno State was merely an aberration. After the Scarlet Knights' most recent game, those on the bandwagon may want to think twice about riding on a vehicle with quickly deflating tires. More...