Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor
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Young Mater Dei girls’ ice hockey program going strong
By Matthew Rocco Girls’ ice hockey remains a fledgling sport in New Jersey, but Mater Dei Prep is finding success after just three seasons on the ice. The Seraphs compete in the Women’s Interscholastic Hockey League of the Mid-Atlantic (WIHLMA) with 10 other schools, including Immaculate Heart Academy, Princeton High School and Princeton Country Day…
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5 Middletown North wrestlers headed to Atlantic City
By Wayne Witkowski Middletown High School North’s wrestling room is nearly as crowded this week as during the regular season. Five wrestlers at the school are preparing for the NJSIAA championships this weekend at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City — the most in school history and the highest number since 1977 and 1974, when the…
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Bombers capture GMC girls’ basketball championship
By Warren Rappleyea Sayreville War Memorial High School’s girls’ basketball team won the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament with a thrilling 59-52 victory over third-seeded South Brunswick High School Feb. 24 at the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway. The top-seeded Bombers, who handily defeated the Lady Vikings during the regular season, appeared on the way…
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Scholarship winner to pursue studies in journalism
By MATTHEW SOCKOL Staff Writer A young woman from Shrewsbury has been selected as the winner of the New Jersey Press Foundation’s (NJPF) 2017 Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship. Ella Brockway, a senior at Red Bank Regional High School, won the Bernard Kilgore Memorial Scholarship after participating in a statewide competition sponsored by the NJPF and the…
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3 Bears take gold at Region 5 wrestling tournament
By Jimmy Allinder East Brunswick High School’s three NJSIAA Region 5 wrestling champions should be dubbed murderers’ row of 1927 New York Yankee baseball lore. Mitchell Polito, Mark Schleifer and Alec Gleason, the Bears’ 113-, 120- and 126- pounders, respectively, captured gold medals in successive matches against competitors from the same school: Hunterdon Central Regional…
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East Brunswick, Monroe pick up titles on the lanes
By Jimmy Allinder After the results of the NJSIAA state tournament, the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) can lay claim for being where the best bowling teams in the state reside. East Brunswick High School captured the NJSIAA Group IV title and went on to win the ultimate prize: the Tournament of Champions (TOC). Monroe Township…
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Lady Vikings look to rebound from GMC loss in state tourney
By Warren Rappleyea South Brunswick High School’s girls’ basketball team entered the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV tournament on the heels of a 59-52 loss to top-seeded Sayreville War Memorial High School in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament finale, but the two teams could meet again. “Of course we would like to play Sayreville…
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Late director’s legacy supports those with Parkinson’s disease
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Because of an incurable condition that affects as many as 1 million Americans, the Spotswood Office on Aging & Senior Center will hold a monthly support group for people with Parkinson’s disease, their families and friends. The group will offer support, education and resource information through the sharing of personal…
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YMCA expands swimming lessons for children with autism
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — With a grant from Autism Speaks, swimming and water safety lessons for financially disadvantaged children with autism or Asperger’s Syndrome will be provided through a pilot program at the YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge & South Amboy (MEWSA). Prior to the grant, the YMCA of MEWSA had already collaborated…
