Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Summer basketball tourneys helping Lancers build team chemistry

    Summer basketball tourneys helping Lancers build team chemistry

    By Matthew Rocco A whirlwind summer has taken the St. John Vianney High School girls basketball team through Maryland and the local Maroon and White Team Camp. After a week of facing top-ranked schools, the Lancers feel ready for anything heading into the new school year. The Lancers will be forced to regroup after losing…

  • Freehold Township chasing Junior League Eastern Regional pennant

    Freehold Township chasing Junior League Eastern Regional pennant

    By Tim Morris All the excitement created by the Freehold Township Little League Major League All-Star Team has served as added motivation for the Freehold Township Junior League all-stars. While the Major League all-stars were off to Bristol, Connecticut, for their Mid-Atlantic Regional tournament, the Juniors were at home playing for the same stakes —…

  • Taken for a ride by little con artists

    Taken for a ride by little con artists

    By Lori Clinch I absolutely adore kids. The fact that we decided to have four children might be concrete proof of that, but I also love chubby little babies and have been known to take them from their mother’s arms and hug them like a politician working the crowd on the campaign trail. Yet, if…

  • Investigation finds justifiable use of deadly force against Avenel man

    Investigation finds justifiable use of deadly force against Avenel man

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The use of deadly force against Rodney Jencsik last year was justifiable under state law, according to an investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. That announcement came on Friday, Aug. 5. Woodbridge police shot Jencsik, 50, around 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5,…

  • Woodbridge partnership to aid overdose victims

    Woodbridge partnership to aid overdose victims

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — A partnership among the township, New Brunswick-based SOBA College Recovery and Raritan Bay Medical Center has formed with the hopes that those administered the overdose antidote Narcan will receive a critical initial step in the right direction to recovery. The Township Council approved a memorandum of agreement resolution among…

  • Bristol next stop for Freehold Township Major League state champions

    Bristol next stop for Freehold Township Major League state champions

    By Tim Morris A Little League baseball team of 11- to 12-year-olds has grabbed the attention of the Freehold Township community. The Freehold Township Little League’s Major League All-Star team has been creating a legacy all summer, as it has won one championship after another to pull the community behind it. On Aug. 1, the…

  • Marlboro’s Nigro among Preseason All-MAAC soccer picks

    Marlboro’s Nigro among Preseason All-MAAC soccer picks

    It is players like Marlboro’s Dave Nigro who keep the Monmouth University men’s soccer team at the top every year. A former standout at Marlboro High School, Nigro didn’t have an immediate on the program right away, although he was named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Rookie Team in 2013. By his sophomore…

  • Allentown ‘Jazz Age’ fundraiser rescheduled for Sept. 10

    Allentown ‘Jazz Age’ fundraiser rescheduled for Sept. 10

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – The date of the “Allentown Celebrates the Jazz Age” fundraiser to be hosted by the nonprofit Allentown Village Initiative has been changed from Aug. 13 to Sept. 10. Tickets must be purchased by Sept. 2. On Aug. 5, Martha Ploshay, who chairs the organization, said the event was…

  • Metuchen schools encouraging students to pursue healthy lifestyle

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The move to promote a healthy lifestyle and highlight the anti-idling campaign this year was a success. Schools Superintendent Vincent Caputo said at a board meeting in July that assessing the district goals for the 2015-16 school year included a focus on the whole child. “There were fewer…