Sayreville News

Buyouts of properties in flood prone areas are expected to begin within a matter of weeks, beginning in Middlesex County and working south into the summer months as residents and their respective town officials make the difficult decision to abandon entire neighborhoods for good.

SAYREVILLE - Members of the Sayreville Volunteer Emergency Squad raise the flag in front of their squad building in this photo taken on June 27, 1943.

SOUTH AMBOY - A steady drizzle kept the usual crowds away from the Memorial Day parade here Sunday, but it didn't drown out the sound of bagpipes, Civil War-era gunshot volleys and cheers from the damp sidewalk.

New Jersey voters have agreed 13 times to allow the state to borrow money to buy land for preservation.

Gov. Chris Christie got a double dose of good news last week, as New Jersey's April unemployment rate dipped below 9 percent for the first time in four years and state revenue collections met his Treasury Department's revised targets.

Truman Elementary School third-grader Azrielle Smith poses with her project at the Sayreville "Ask The Student Experts Space Convention." SAYREVILLE - The second- and third-grade students in Sayreville's Talented and Gifted program shared what they have learned this year about space at an "Ask The Student Experts Space Convention" held May 3 at ... (more)

SAYREVILLE - Tuesday is the annual Powder Puff Football Game at Sayreville War Memorial High School, a game that pits the junior girls against the senior girls with the boys acting as coaches and cheerleaders.

Buyouts of properties in flood prone areas are expected to begin within a matter of weeks, beginning in Middlesex County and working south into the summer months as residents and their respective town officials make the difficult decision to abandon entire neighborhoods for good.

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Sayreville War Memorial's seniors donned their tuxedos and gowns tonight, strutting their stuff just like hometown rocker Jon Bon Jovi, as they gathered at the high school's promenade before heading to the New Brunswick Hyatt for a night to remember - or at least to reminisce about at a reunion years from now.

Some 350 homeowners in the central New Jersey towns of Sayreville and South River whose properties have flooded repeatedly will be eligible to sell their homes in the first phase of a new federally funded buyback program, Gov.

Gov. Chris Christie is headed to Sayreville, where he may have some news for homeowners looking to sell their flood-prone properties.

The following information was provided by the 19th Legislative District. Senator Joseph F. Vitale, Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski and Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin are pleased to announce that the 19th Legislative District municipalities of Carteret, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, South Amboy and Woodbridge will receive a combined $330,595.34 in grants ... (more)

Colin Winslow, Sayreville: The sophomore stole the show with watch-stopping triumphs in the boys 400 and 200 .

Governor Chris Christie during Governor Chris Christie's town hall held in Bergenfield on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

Gov. Chris Christie will hold a Town Hall Meeting in Sayreville on Thursday, May 16, at the Saint Stanislaus Kostka School Gymnasium, 221 MacArthur Avenue.

Susan Reilly looks at a rental in Ocean Beach with her daughter Susan Whitewood and granddaughter Amanda Whitewood, 14.

The April 28 race was held in memory of Paul Chrzaszcz, a 2006 graduate of the school who drowned last June at the age of 24.

Senator Joseph F. Vitale, Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski and Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin announced that Woodbridge Township would receive $315,610 through the New Jersey Department of Transportation's Local Aid program to mill and resurface Old Road in Sewaren.

The winners of Middlesex County's 14th Annual Safe Driving PSA Contest were announced on May 2 at a luncheon held at the Middlesex Fire Academy in Sayreville.