Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Pizzulli leads deep Knights golf team to strong start

    Pizzulli leads deep Knights golf team to strong start

    By Warren Rappleyea Old Bridge High School’s boys golf team is off to a 9-1 start this spring and has already qualified for the NJSIAA Central-South Jersey, Group IV tournament. The Knights are coming off a 180-195 win April 25 over J.P. Stevens High School at the Metuchen Country Club with co-captain Eric Pizzulli leading…

  • Bombers on winning track heading into big games

    Bombers on winning track heading into big games

    By Warren Rappleyea After dropping its first two games, Sayreville War Memorial High School’s softball team has won five of its past six games and is 5-3 on the year. The hot streak came just in time for rematches April 27 with South Brunswick High School and April 29 against J.P. Stevens High School —…

  • Hearing set for May 2 on Middletown municipal budget

    Hearing set for May 2 on Middletown municipal budget

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – A public hearing on the $70.3 million municipal budget that will keep the township tax rate flat for 2016 is scheduled for May 2. The Township Committee’s meeting that day will start at 8 p.m. and will be held at Town Hall. At an April 4 Township…

  • Anti-corruption act passes in South Brunswick

    Anti-corruption act passes in South Brunswick

    By Jennifer Amato Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Volunteers with Represent Central New Jersey helped pass an anti-corruption resolution in South Brunswick on April 12, the third town in Central New Jersey to do so. The American Anti-Corruption Act sets a standard for local, state and federal laws to stop bribery by preventing lobbyists from donating to…

  • Lions, Eagles square off with A North implications

    Lions, Eagles square off with A North implications

    By Wayne Witkowski Middletown High School North’s softball team can take a big step toward winning its third Shore Conference A North Division championship in four years when it plays at Middletown High School South at 3:45 p.m. April 28. Middletown North (13-1) is unbeaten in the division and handed Middletown High School South its…

  • Emergency management coordinator named in Allentown

    Emergency management coordinator named in Allentown

    By Andrew Martins Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Mayor Gregory Westfall has appointed Cheryl Johnston-Willois to a three-year term as Allentown’s emergency management coordinator. The mayoral appointment came several weeks after municipal officials established an Office of Emergency Management (OEM) in Allentown. The Borough Council gave its stamp of approval to the mayoral appointment on April 12.…

  • Roche, Brannan, Konig among locals featured in Penn Relays

    Roche, Brannan, Konig among locals featured in Penn Relays

    By Tim Morris Area high school track and field athletes are playing leading rolls at this year’s Penn Relays Carnival. The Relays, the nation’s biggest track and field event, run April 28-30 at Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Freehold Township High School’s Ciara Roche is one of the…

  • Krause grabs first Modified feature win at Wall Stadium

    Krause grabs first Modified feature win at Wall Stadium

    Holmdel’s Andrew Krause had an opening night to remember at Wall Stadium Speedway, capturing his first Downs Ford Modified stock car race. Krause, the 2015 Sportsman driving champion, battled Jackson’s Steven Reed on numerous restarts before taking the win on the one-third-mile, high-banked paved oval open Opening Night April 23. “This is just awesome,” Krause…

  • Casale appointed to Millstone board

    Casale appointed to Millstone board

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A former member of the Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education has been appointed to fill a vacant seat on the panel. On April 11, Salvatore Casale was sworn in to serve for the remainder of 2016. He will take over the term that was previously…