Author: Greater Media

  • Rotary club gives scholarships

    A record number of students received the largest amount of money from the Old Bridge/Sayreville Rotary Scholarship at Middlesex County College (MCC) this academic year. Thirty students received almost $66,000 at the Scholarship Reception on Nov. 19. The Old Bridge/Sayreville Rotary has a long history of helping MCC students. Since 1991, 195 students have received…

  • E.B. store collecting toys for needy children

    European Homemade Provisions, 301 Old Bridge Turnpike, East Brunswick, is holding its annual Christmas Toy Collection through Dec. 20. Members of the public are welcome to place an unwrapped new toy under the Christmas tree at the store. Toys will be donated to local children through South River PBA Local No. 62 and the Adopt-A-Family…

  • Benefit set for Dec. 11

    Hailey’s Harp & Pub, 400 Main St., Metuchen, will be collecting Friskies canned cat food, Purina One Chicken and Turkey flavor dry cat food and Yesterday’s News cat litter Dec. 11-13 to benefit the cats and kittens currently in foster homes and recovering from spay/neuter surgery. Donations of cat food/litter worth $5 or more collected…

  • Sing in 2016 this New Year and join the choir

    Oak Tree Presbyterian Church, 445 Plainfield Road, Edison, invites all to join the choir on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 9 a.m. before the 10 a.m. worship. All are welcome. For more information, call 732-549-4178.

  • Did you know …

    Wes Chatham in “The Expanse” RAFY/SYFY The highly anticipated 10-hour Syfy series “The Expanse” will premiere on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 14 and 15, at 10 p.m. This highly ambitious series is set 200 years in the future and follows the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective (played by Thomas…

  • Bulldogs, Blue Devils wrap up state football titles

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Both the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School and Shore Regional High School football teams won their respective state sectional championships in a convincing manner Dec. 5. Top-seeded Shore Regional rolled up 520 yards on the ground as it downed thirdseeded Palmyra (10-2), 56-28, at Kean University to win its second straight…

  • Politz raised bar high for future Lancers gymnasts

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Kristen Politz knew she only had one chance to leave her mark in high school gymnastics. St. John Vianney High School fielded a varsity team for the first time this fall, affording Politz, a senior, an opportunity to prove she is one of the best in the state. The Lancers’…

  • New rules for mortgage interest deduction

    By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features IRS requiring more info from lenders to confirm the mortgage interest owners can deduct The Internal Revenue Service has a keen interest in your mortgage interest. One of the big perks of homeownership is the deductibility of mortgage interest, allowing owners to whittle down the amount of their gross…

  • Where motorists spend the most time in traffic

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features With more cars and trucks on the road, commuters are paying the price with increased travel times. Here’s where to find (or avoid) the worst gridlock while driving. It should come as no surprise to commuters that traffic on our nation’s highways is worse than its ever been, due largely…