Author: Greater Media

  • Libraries, book clubs cater to niche interests

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Libraries throughout central New Jersey host book clubs and discussion groups to suit a broad range of patrons’ interests. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR If New Jersey were hit with a zombie apocalypse, the odds for survival would not be great, according to Tyler Rousseau, emergent technologies coordinator at the Monroe…

  • South Amboy ends saga over Main St. property

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The meeting agenda may have looked like business as usual, but two simple votes by the South Amboy City Council brought a quiet end to a multidecade battle between a city and one of its businesses. The resolutions approved at the council’s Feb. 18 meeting allowed the city to close the…

  • Flyin’ high

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Kyle “The Beast” Winant flies through the air over Tommy “Gunz” Kobryn in their UWA Elite iChampionship Match during the UWA Elite Pro Wrestling fundraiser on Feb. 21, which was held to benefit the DeSarno family. The well-known Sayreville family lost their home in a fire in December.

  • Appellate court bars release of hazing suspects’ identities

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey ruled against a group of media organizations attempting to make the Sayreville hazing and sexual assault proceedings public. “We had a request in for access to the underlying juvenile proceedings and then a request against the prohibition of publication of…

  • East Brunswick Elks set St. Pat’s Day gala

    East Brunswick Elks Lodge No. 2370 will sponsor its annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Party 6-10 p.m. March 14 at the lodge, 21 Oakmont Ave. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Food will be served at 7 p.m. In the event of snow, the event will be rescheduled to 1-5 p.m. March 15. The celebration…

  • Designer Bag Bingo to benefit pet rescue

    New Beginnings Animal Rescue will host a “Luck o’ the Irish” Designer Bag Bingo March 13 at the Sayreville Senior Center, 423 Main St., Sayreville. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and calling will start at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $30 per ticket, which includes three bingo cards for 10 games, a door prize…

  • American Legion to host holiday dinner

    American Legion Post No. 214 will sponsor its annual St. Patrick’s Day and St. Joseph’s Day Dinner 1-5 p.m. March 8 at the post home, 264 Whitehead Ave., South River. Guests may select a corned-beef or ham dinner. Donation is $12 per adult, $5 per child under age 10. For tickets and more information, call…

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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.

  • Changes needed in Common Core standards

    I believe the Common Core curriculum is a disaster. It telescopes learning far too quickly; forces teachers to move rapidly; teach to the test; and, worst of all, frustrates students to the extent that school is no longer a place children want to go. Math and science topics that were taught in grades 10-11 are…