Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor
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CBA sailors qualify for national championships
By Wayne Witkowski Christian Brothers Academy’s (CBA) sailing team, marking just its 10th year of competition that includes the last seven on varsity level, is headed to the High School National Championships. The Lincroft school qualified for the May 12-14 championships at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts on the Charles River for…
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Raritan hosting 8th annual Coonan Classic softball event
By Matthew Rocco The Raritan High School softball team will host the eighth annual Don’t Stop Believin Stephanie Coonan Softball Classic this weekend in honor of the former Rockets player. The Rockets hold the event each year to remember Coonan, a softball co-captain and Raritan graduate who died of stomach cancer in 2009. The 2017…
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Knights rebound from opening loss with four straight wins
By Warren Rappleyea After an opening-day loss to East Brunswick April 1, Old Bridge High School’s boys’ lacrosse team has won four straight games and is nearly halfway to reaching the 11-victory mark it posted last spring. The Knights are coming off a strong 17-4 win over Edison High School April 13 in a match…
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Monroe baseball team faces early struggles in move to Red Division
By Jimmy Allinder The first quarter of the season is complete and what was supposed to be a promising spring for the Monroe Township High School baseball team hasn’t happened. The Falcons, who are now members of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division, were 4-3 overall following a 4-3 loss to Blue Division opponent…
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Move to Blue Division helps Spotswood boys’ golf team
By Jimmy Allinder Chris Fiebel, the third-year coach of the Spotswood High School boys’ golf team, believes moving to the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division will make the Chargers more competitive. Spotswood formerly labored against larger-school teams in the White Division, with an 11-5 record last season and 9-8 mark the year before, and…
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Candidates file to run in primary election
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A full slate of candidates has filed petitions to run in the primary election on June 6. In Edison, there will be a mayoral race between Edison Mayor Thomas Lankey, a Democrat, and Republican Gaetano “Guy” Gaspari. The mayoral term is four years. There will be a Township Council race…
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Ninth annual C.A.R.E. Run/Walk April 30
The 9th Annual Run/Walk for Community Action Reaches Everyone, Inc. (C.A.R.E.), Inc. will take place on April 30 at Edison High School, 50 Boulevard of the Eagles, rain or shine. Check-in is at 9 a.m. and the start is at 10 a.m. There will be activities for everyone and a chance to go home with…
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South River OKs higher penalties for false alarms
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER– Aiming to reduce false alarm incidents in South River, the Borough Council passed an ordinance that will implement a stricter penalty system and eliminate registration fees. In a 5-1 vote, the council approved an ordinance amending the borough’s code Chapter 99 alarm system section during its regular council…
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Allentown robotics team qualifies for world championship
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer A robotics team representing Allentown High School has qualified to participate in a world championship competition for the first time. Team 1807 Redbird Robotics has earned the right to take part at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics World Championship to be held in St. Louis,…
