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November 6, 2008
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Voters in Sayreville chose a Democrat and a Republican to fill the vacancies that two Democratic councilmen will leave, come Jan. 1, according to preliminary election results. Republican Kenneth Kelly, a retired police detective, was the high vote More...
New retail center planned at Legends Golf Center site

Not everyone was happy to hear that Wal-Mart may soon be moving into the neighborhood. Many residents turned out at the Oct. 28 Old Bridge Planning Board meeting, some armed with multicolor signs stating "Stop Corporate Greed!" Others wore T-shirts reading Wal-Mart underneath a giant red X. More...

SCOTT FRIEDMAN Doug Mount and Norman Thime, both Old Bridge residents and members of the New Jersey Civil War Historic Association, speak with Bob, Kyle and Julia Frankenbush at the Madison Township Historical Society's annual Apple Festival. The event was held Sunday at the Old Bridge municipal com... More...


Nov. 15 event to raise funds for family displaced by fire

The Jones family lost everything they had in a fiery blaze, but escaped with their lives. Instead of tallying their losses, they are counting their blessings. "We're really lucky, because we're surrounded by great family, and we're surrounded by great friends," Elizabeth Jones said. "It makes it... More...


Commuters eagerly await service to Manhattan

Area commuters will have to wait until next summer to see the return of ferry service to New York. "We're looking at June/July of '09," said Stan Marcinczyk, the city's redevelopment consultant. The road leading to the ferry terminal and the parking lot need to be completed before the ferry can o... More...


Afree workshop at 7 p.m. Nov 17 in the Old Bridge Public Library will help those trying to become U.S. citizens or with immigration questions. More...
Iam writing to oppose the destruction of my small town American dream — a dream that has children playing on quiet cul-de-sacs with their friends, of people taking strolls along the quiet tree-lined streets with their friends, and of neighbors sitting in their front yards on the first warm s... More...
Challenging times, but we look ahead
You may have read recent reports about the struggles the newspaper business is facing these days. Going back to the time before the present recession hit the United States, newspapers were facing a changing climate — one in which advertisers and readers were migrating to other types of medi... More...
And now, we return to our regularly scheduled program
Ifigure there'll be a lot of upsides to getting this never-ending election over with — and one of the best things will be getting my History Channel back. Longtime readers will remember the outrage I felt (an outrage shared by many) when Comcast took my History Channel away early this year ... More...
Ready for bleak days ahead
Dear Greg: I'm writing this before Election Day, so I have no idea what the outcome will be, other than the delirious conga-line dance going on over at MSNBC, which has been under way for about a week now. (I knew how dedicated that network was to balanced political coverage when they hired "A... More...
Mrs. Van Woeart, 78, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 19, 2008, at Summer Hill Nursing Home, Old Bridge. Born in South Amboy, she lived in Sebastian, Fla., before moving back to Old Bridge five years ago. Mrs. Van Woeart was a waitress for the Colonial Diner in East Brunswick for 18 years. More...
Local resident was taken from loved ones at age 24
Note: This is the first of a two-part series on Elisabeth Gelb. OLD BRIDGE — Despite the pain that still lingers in her heart, Elisabeth Gelb was willing to revisit the horrors she endured during the Holocaust in order to educate a younger generation. More...
Brian McInerny, head coach of East Brunswick's girls tennis team, just completed his first season and has a state championship to show for it. Perhaps the 22-2 coach is ready to take on the reins of leading the Davis Cup team. More...