Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Raritan hosting 8th annual Coonan Classic softball event

    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…

  • Knights rebound from opening loss with four straight wins

    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…

  • Photo of South Amboy at South River softball April 13
  • Monroe baseball team faces early struggles in move to Red Division

    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…

  • Move to Blue Division helps Spotswood boys’ golf team

    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…

  • Candidates file to run in primary election

    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…

  • Ninth annual C.A.R.E. Run/Walk April 30

    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…

  • Allentown robotics team qualifies for world championship

    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,…

  • Colts Neck officials plan capital improvements

    Colts Neck officials plan capital improvements

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Several capital improvements will be funded by the Colts Neck Township Committee during 2017. On April 12, committee members introduced an ordinance authorizing the capital improvements. The ordinance will reappropriate excess bond proceeds ($96,137) and reappropriate capital funds ($83,836) for a total of $179,973. The funding will…