Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Long Branch mayor sees progress with Broadway developers

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH- The redevelopment of lower Broadway may see some progress as Mayor Adam Schneider is hopeful the developers are close to becoming current on back taxes, which would allow the city to begin working on a suitable plan. Schneider said last week that he is hopeful that Diversified Realty…

  • Donations needed to aid dogs rescued from Howell home

    Donations needed to aid dogs rescued from Howell home

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer HOWELL – In the immediate aftermath of a rescue operation that saw 276 dogs removed from a home on Bennett Road in Howell, one thing was clear: financial donations from the community will be needed to help pay for the care of the rescued animals in the upcoming weeks. That…

  • Bulldogs look to add TOC title to Group II victory

    Bulldogs look to add TOC title to Group II victory

    By Warren Rappleyea Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s girls lacrosse team moved into the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions (TOC) with its 14-11 triumph over Bernards High School June 4 in the Group II finals. The Bulldogs, who have run roughshod over most of their competition, battled back-and-forth with the North Jersey, Group II champs before…

  • Gindi, Maher, Riley win group track and field championships

    Gindi, Maher, Riley win group track and field championships

    By Tim Morris Ocean Township High School’s Eliot Gindi continued his sparkling spring on the track, capturing the NJSIAA Group III title at 1,600 meters. The Spartans’ runner has not lost a race at 1,600 this season, as he again held off his rival, Jordan Brannan from Colts Neck High School, to win in 4:15.98.…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts

    On June 14, the East Brunswick Elks will celebrate 239 since the adoption of the American flag. The Flag Day Ceremony at 7:30 p.m. at the lodge will be celebrated with the local Boy Scout troops. All lodges are required by Grand Lodge mandate to hold a ceremony at their lodge to commemorate it. Three-time…

  • Dogs kill rabid raccoon in Old Bridge

    OLD BRIDGE — A raccoon, which was reportedly acting strangely and aggressively in the backyard of a residence in the vicinity of Matchaponix Road and Englishtown Road last week, tested positive for rabies, according to the Middlesex County Office of Health Services. This is the fifth rabid animal reported within Middlesex County in 2016 and the second…

  • Performers of the Week

    Performers of the Week

    Local athletes came through with championship performances during championship events this past weekend when the 2016 spring scholastic season approached closer to the finish line throughout New Jersey. Shore Regional High School’s Drew Maher was a double champion at the NJSIAA Group I Track and Field Championships. The Blue Devil captured the 800 and 1,600…

  • JCC to hold trip to Museum of the Moving Image on July 6

    JCC to hold trip to Museum of the Moving Image on July 6

    Join the Jewish Community Center Of Middlesex County on July 6 for a Behind the Screen Tour at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. The bus will leavee the JCC on Oak Tree Road in Edison at 10 a.m. and return approximately 5:30 p.m. Cost of $50/JCCMC member; $61/non-member includes bus transportation and…

  • A thousand words might be easier

    A thousand words might be easier

    The family photo, as I ponder it … I remember how tough it was when our kids were little. There was the familial wrestling photo we took without a referee in 1998, the boxing photo of 2003, and the day I dropped to my knees and prayed for endurance before I covered my little darlings’…