Month: January 2010

  • Foundation makes appeal for new volunteers

    I hope you all had a very happy holiday. The reason why I’m sending you this letter is because the Byron Foundation needs as much help as possible. It’s allvolunteer, but I need to fill some positions.   I need to appoint more foundation volunteer administrators to help me run it, and I need as…

  • Sports Shorts

    The 14th annual Rowan University softball winter hitting series will be held 5- 7 p.m. Sunday nights, Jan. 31, Feb. 14, 21, and 28, at the Esbjornson Gymnasium on the Rowan campus in Glassboro. Rowan head coach, Kim Wilson, coaching staff and players, will provide instruction. The cost is $100 per camper. Players must bring…

  • Hoops

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Left: South Brunswick High School’s Nick Muha (45) is fouled by Old Bridge’s Sulton Amina as he goes up for a basket during a game Jan. 6 in South Brunswick. The South Brunswick Vikings defeated the Old Bridge Knights, 59-41. Top: South Brunswick’s Mike Green (10) goes up for a…

  • Rec. field hockey program hopes to improve SBHS team

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Top: Teammates Danielle Gallagher (l) and Khaire Robinson chase after the ball during their indoor field hockey game at Deans Elementary School in Monmouth Junction on Jan. 9. The new program is being held through the South Brunswick Recreation Department. SOUTH BRUNSWICK—Anew township- run indoor field hockey program seeks to…

  • Cartoon

  • LBC focus on emergency housing programs

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  • NOTES

    Long Branch Free Public Library has various genealogy resources for the public to use to research family history, including introductorymaterials as well as genealogy materials displayed in the glass case outside the local history room during January. The history room is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays or by appointment. For an appointment,…

  • Polar plungers

    Participants brave the frigid weather and dash toward the ocean at the start of the fourth annual Polar Bear Plunge held at the Sea Bright public beach on Jan. 10. More than 300 people took a dip in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the annual ritual hosted by the Ancient Order of…

  • Best photos of 2009

    Photographers’ picks “Best Day at the Beach,” Seven Presidents Park, Long Branch, June 14. CHRIS KELLY staff LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Concordance hosted speakers on the issue of finding shelter during its Dec. 16 meeting. Among the presenters were: Shanna Goldstein, director of Family Promise in Keansburg; Sandra Fills, director of the homeless…