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December 4, 2008
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Student recognized for powerful poetry
Sayreville teen's poem advocates against violence
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer
SAYREVILLE — A local high school junior recently won accolades for his poetry. Christopher Amat, 16, of the borough's Parlin section, is active in the poetry club at Sayreville War Memorial High School. He recently won recognition in a national poetry contest and plans to participate in two major... More...

JEFF GRANIT staff Old Bridge High School students perform a dance during a pep rally held Nov. 26. The day before Thanksgiving is Spirit Day at the school each year, and this time it preceded the ribbon-cutting for the new turf field at Lombardi Stadium. More...

Crabiel, 78, devoted life to public service
Longtime freeholder director dies weeks after re-election
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

Middlesex County has lost a long-standing and perhaps its most prominent public servant. Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel died Monday after being rushed to the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick that morning. He was 78 years old. More...


Voters decide Tuesday on additional $2.2M
Funds would be used to complete high school project
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

The Sayreville Board of Education will ask voters Tuesday for their help in finishing what they started. A referendum for $2.2 million, if approved by residents, will address additional costs due to inflation to allow for the SayrevilleWar Memorial High School refurbishment project to be complete... More...


'Once an Angel'

Above: Ed Weiss and Rachel Zuckerman, as the characters Angels Angelo and Starlite, listen to Maggie Bera, 13, sing in the role of Gracie during a dress rehearsal for the Main Street Theatre Co.'s production of "Once an Angel." The holiday musical will run Dec. 5-13 at the theater, 3018 Bordentown A... More...


Upscale banquet hall to replace Club Abyss
Officials impressed with plan of longtime business owner
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer

Plans to change one of Sayreville's nightclubs on Route 35 to an upscale banquet hall recently gained the approval of local officials. "They're going to put in a very, very, very nice banquet hall," Planning Board Chairman Dr. John Misiewicz said. More...


 Bulletin Board
•WRAT Nutcracker to feature Shinedown
Greater Media radio station WRAT-FM 95.9 is presenting its traditional WRAT Nutcracker with Shinedown and special guests Halestorm 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Starland Ballroom, Sayreville. Jacksonville, Florida natives, Shinedown, are known for such hits as "Fly from the Inside," "45" and "Save Me. More...
•Vets groups plan Pearl Harbor services
•Goddard is drop-off site for coat collection
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 Letters
•Sayreville plan is bad for taxpayers, bad for environment
As one of the most visible redevelopment sites in New Jersey, the 430-acre National Lead site in Sayreville has enormous potential as a balanced brownfield redevelopment project, benefiting our economy while protecting human health and the environment. More...
•Political terms should be extended
•Sons say farewell and thank you to beloved dad
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 Editorials
•Crabiel's death felt throughout county
David B. Crabiel often described Middlesex County as "the greatest county in the land." Regardless of whether people agree with that statement, one gets a sense that Crabiel really did. And perhaps it was that pride that kept Crabiel involved as a public servant for his community and his county fo... More...
•Your Turn
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 Greg Bean's Column
•This season, blow up the TV and read a newspaper
This is going to be a strange holiday season indeed. I knew it was off to a weird start when I stopped by the neighborhood liquor store the day before Thanksgiving to buy my annual bottle of Boggs Cranberry Liqueur. I buy one bottle of the stuff every year, and I pour myself one shot over ice to ... More...
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 Red State / Blue State
•A Red/Blue imbroglio: one cheats, the other freaks
Dear Greg: Not far up the interstate from where I live, in a little town you've driven through hundreds of times, gasoline was selling for $1.39 a gallon last weekend. Pretty cool, huh? More...
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 Obituaries
•Josephine Billand Nowell
Mrs. Nowell, 81, of the Parlin section of Old Bridge, died Nov. 21, 2008, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as an aerobics instructor for more than 10 years at the Parlin YMCA. Her husband, John M., died in 1992. More...
•Edward F. Lisoski
•Genevieve McLaughlin
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 Schools
•Spirit Day
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above left, Old Bridge High School students engage in a pep rally during "Spirit Day" at the school Nov. 26, the day before its football team took on East Brunswick in the annual Thanksgiving Day game. Above right, members of the marching band perform during the rally. More...
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 Sports
•Reaching for the ball
ERIC SUCAR staff Old Bridge wide receiver Julian Daley (l) and East Brunswick defensive back Timothy O'Sullivan (r) extend their bodies for the ball during the quarter of a Nov. 27 game which was won by Old Bridge, 24-21. More...
•Bombers ready to continue winning ways on the court
•Sports Shorts
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 Business
•Family-owned business on a roll for 50 years
Durnye family opened rink in 1958 in South Amboy
SOUTH AMBOY — Jean Durnye may owe her very existence to roller-skating. "My parents met roller-skating in Perth Amboy," said Durnye, who is now the general manager of the South Amboy Arena roller-skating rink. "My father would save his pennies and nickels to go skating. More...
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