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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Children of all ages take advantage of a recent snowstorm by bringing their sleds to the hill at Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch, on Feb. 17.

  • Buildings demolished to make way for South River firehouse

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Efforts to move ahead with a new firehouse on Jackson Street reached a major milestone last week, as the Knights of Columbus building and the gas station on the property were demolished. Business Administrator Fred Carr said on Feb. 9 that the boxing club building on the former…

  • Rutgers freshman dies after collapse on basketball court

    An 18-year-old Rutgers University student collapsed during a recreation basketball game on campus and later died despite efforts to resuscitate him. Patrick Awosogba, a former East Brunswick High School baseball player, collapsed at the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center on the New Brunswick campus shortly after 2 p.m. Feb. 22 and was pronounced dead at Robert Wood…

  • Buddy Ball’s big game is Feb. 28 at Churchill

    East Brunswick Fast Break Buddy Ball basketball will hold its eighth annual Big Game Day at Churchill Junior High School, 18 Norton Road, East Brunswick, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Feb. 28. Admission is free. The program involves 65 children and young adults with special needs playing in the annual big game. Approximately 110 high school-age students have…

  • Community yard sale scheduled for March 7

    Lighthouse Christian Fellowship will hold a community bazaar and indoor yard sale in the John Deegan Hall, 100 Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 7. Admission is free. For more information, call 732-422- 7065 or visit www.lcfeb.net.

  • Marlboro K-8 moving forward with plan for referendum

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education is moving forward with plans for a construction referendum that, if approved by voters, would allow administrators to expand the district’s half-day kindergarten to a full-day program. The referendum would provide for the expansion of the David C. Abbott Early…

  • Lung cancer awareness raised in Marlboro teacher’s memory

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Friends of the late Deborah Fryzel participated in the Free to Breathe 5K Run/Walk in November. Fryzel, who was a beloved second-grade teacher in Marlboro, died of lung cancer at the age of 37 in 2013. MARLBORO — Deborah Schademann Fryzel was “the picture of health,” according to her best…

  • ON CAMPUS

    Seton Hall University, South Orange, has named the following students to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semester: From Morganville: Kevin Barden, Michael Caputo, Natalia Davie, Alexis Downes, Alexandra La Fata, Lauren Lehan, Andrew Magadia, Catherine Soliman and Laura Weinberg. From Freehold: Kayley Barkalow, Alexis Barker, Giselle Bellia, Mary Bonatakis, Patricia Bonatakis, Matthew Borriello,…

  • Safety measures coming down the pike for Metuchen’s streets

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — Borough officials have several initiatives underway as part of an ongoing effort to provide greater pedestrian and traffic safety. The Borough Council voted Feb. 17 to approve the installation of four-way stop signs at the intersections of Maple Avenue and Center Street, and West Chestnut Avenue and Center…