Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Old Bridge pays tribute to Butler

    Old Bridge pays tribute to Butler

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Serving almost three decades on the Township Council, it’s only fitting that longtime Ward 3 Councilman Reginald “Reggie” Butler’s name will be memorialized outside of council chambers as well as on the Department of Public Works (DPW) building. The council agreed to the posthumous salute at a…

  • Loffredo’s impact felt on and off baseball field at St. Joe’s

    Loffredo’s impact felt on and off baseball field at St. Joe’s

    By Jimmy Allinder Some choose to travel through life taking detours rather than confronting challenges that often dot the road. Then there’s Nick Loffredo, who is about to enter his senior year at Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen. Born with an unquenchable drive to succeed and the intelligence to make it happen, Loffredo is…

  • Edison reviews affordable housing obligation

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — The township has moved closer to finalizing the landscape of its affordable housing for the next 10 years, and has managed to retain its requirement for 1,310 units. The board had reviewed a preliminary version of consultants Shirley Bishop and Leslie London’s plan in April. The plan is based…

  • Utility work at issue in Edison

    Utility work at issue in Edison

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Township officials are frustrated with utility companies not notifying residents about when they’re doing work that directly impacts them. But at least one utility said it is fulfilling its obligations. The issue came up last month during a Township Council meeting. Resident Maryann Hennessey said she read about pipe replacement work…

  • Mater Dei players learned more than basketball on China trip

    Mater Dei players learned more than basketball on China trip

    By Matthew Rocco Two Mater Dei Prep student-athletes had a unique experience on the basketball court this summer. For a little more than a week, their court was all the way in China, where a group of local players traveled to compete with the top teams there. The U.S. team made the trip as part…

  • Hawks relying on local talent in pursuit of MAAC soccer title

    Hawks relying on local talent in pursuit of MAAC soccer title

    By Matthew Rocco With the help of some local talent, the Monmouth University women’s soccer team is in prime position to defend its claim to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The Hawks, winners of the MAAC regular-season title for three years running, were chosen as the preseason favorite to finish the 2016 season atop…

  • Young Redbirds working to develop chemistry on soccer field

    Young Redbirds working to develop chemistry on soccer field

    By Wayne Witkowski Some familiar players over the past three or four seasons who played major roles in last fall’s school-record 16-5 season for Allentown High School’s girls soccer team are graduated, but there is a nucleus of promising young talent who saw spot action on the varsity team or played on a solid junior…

  • Freehold author tells behind-the-scenes stories of ’86 Giants

    Freehold author tells behind-the-scenes stories of ’86 Giants

    By Tim Morris If you thought you knew everything about the 1986 New York Giants football team, think again. Author Jerry Barca has made the ’86 Super Bowl champions the subject of his latest book, “Big Blue Wrecking Crew: Smashmouth Football, a Little Bit of Crazy and the ’86 Super Bowl Champion New York Giants.”…

  • Little Charlie? He’s the big guy in the yellow shirt

    Little Charlie? He’s the big guy in the yellow shirt

    By Lori Clinch For a good, solid year now, I have felt people staring at me, wondering how on earth I was ever going to let our youngest son go off to college. I would be lying to you if I told you that I wasn’t a bit worried about that matter myself. I wondered…