• SPORT SHORTS

    Jersey Intensity Softball tryouts will be held for the following age groups: 10U/12U — Aug. 6, 6-7:30 p.m. for pitchers and catchers at the ballpark, 5100 Asbury Road, Wall; Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m. at Bert Willis Field, 808 Old Corlies Ave., Neptune; Aug. 11, 10 a.m. at Bert Willis Field. 14U/16U/18U — Aug. 6, 7:30-9…

  • Hard work results in turnaround season for Renegades 13U team

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent A lthough the Old Bridge Renegades 13U baseball team is struggling through its short summer season, 2013 has marked quite a turnaround for the team. In 2012, coach Steve Slome’s squad won just two ballgames, but the Renegades turned things around this spring, losing just one game and becoming a contender…

  • Summer league basketball

    Old Bridge High School’s Brandon Woo (l) brings the ball upcourt during a boys basketball summer league game against Shore Regional High School at Hoop Group Headquarters in Neptune on July 24. FRANK GALIPO

  • Middlesex County Fair celebrates 75th anniversary

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer The Middlesex County Fair is coming back to East Brunswick to celebrate a milestone. The event, to be held Aug. 5-11, marks the 75th anniversary of the nonprofit fair, which was founded in 1938 by the Milltown Grange and has operated each year until the present, only stopping during World…

  • Farmers market to be held at ice cream shop

    Cookies & Cream ice cream shop, 365 Spotswood-Englishtown Road, Monroe, will hold a flea market/crafters fair/farmers market from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Sunday through October in the parking lot of the Suburban Plaza. An antique car show will be held on every other Sunday.

  • Golf outing limited to first 100 golfers

    The Chelsea at East Brunswick — along with other Chelsea communities, the Inglemoor Rehabilitation & Care Center and Mt. Bethel Village — will sponsor the 10th annual golf outing to benefit local first aid squads in the community. The outing is scheduled for Sept. 24 at Fiddler’s Elbow Golf & Country Club, 811 Rattlesnake Bridge…

  • Volunteers needed for Palatine celebration

    The Palatines of New Jersey will celebrate their arrival in North America more than 300 years ago with a “Birthday Party” at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 20 at Zion Lutheran Church, 16 Miller Ave., Oldwick, Hunterdon County. Volunteers are needed to plan the milestone celebration. Contact George Apgar of the Apgar Family Association Inc., North Brunswick,…

  • Historical drama to be shown at library

    The Summer International Film Festival at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, will continue Aug. 6 with 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. screenings of “A Royal Affair,” a 2012 historical drama from Denmark. The film, which is rated R, tells the story of a physician-philosopher who brings enlightenment to the court of Danish…

  • John F. Carlo

    Mr. Carlo, of Sayreville, died July 23, 2013, at home. He was predeceased by a brother and a sister. Surviving are his wife, Lorraine Hojer Carlo; three children, Barbara Georgianni of North Brunswick, Dorothea Carlo and Linda Carlo of Sayreville; his niece and caregiver, Lynne Uhlick; and several other nieces. A service was held at…

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