• Three receive SBOANJ Scholarships

    The children of three prominent standardbred trainers have been selected to receive the 2013 Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) Scholarships. Caroline Fanning will receive a $5,000 award, while John McDermott and Nicole Coyne will each take home $1,500. The recipients were honored in ceremonies in the Meadowlands Racetrack’s winner’s circle on…

  • Johny Rock, I Luv The Nitelife take New Jersey Preps at Meadowlands

    Johny Rock and I Luv the Nitelife, both offspring of Rocknroll Hanover, turned in winning performances in stakes preps on July 27 at the Meadowlands. Both will be back on Hambletonian Day on Aug. 3 for the finals of the most prestigious events for New Jersey-sired pacers, the $250,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic for…

  • 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…

  • South Brunswick 17U Gold wins Middlesex County Division title

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The South Brunswick High School 17U Gold team fashioned a 10-2 record to win the Greater Middlesex Coaches Summer Baseball League’s Middlesex County Division. The Vikings managed to play 12 of their 15 scheduled games despite several early season postponements, and they edged South Plainfield High School for the crown. In…

  • Mody to compete at Junior PGA tournament

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Curren Mody South Brunswick’s Curren Mody is busily preparing for the 38th annual Junior PGA Championship at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington, D.C., from July 30 to Aug. 2. The 16-year-old, who resides in the Monmouth Junction section of the township, earned the trip to Trump with a playoff…

  • Middlesex County Fair celebrates 75th anniversary

    By THOMAS CASTLES 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 War II…

  • Actors invited to Aug. 7, 8 auditions

    Tryouts for the upcoming Berdanhand Productions presentation of “Fade Out at Clo-Achers,” a satirical look at life in adult communities, are set for 6:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 7 and 8 at the Twin Rivers Branch of the East Windsor Library, 276 Abbington Drive. The play was written by Myra Danon and Meryl Berness. The director is…

  • Linwood eighth-graders excel in international math contest

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Twenty-six eighth-grade students from Linwood Middle School participated this year in the Mathematics Association of America’s American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) in February, solving a variety of challenging questions. The mission of the competitions is to increase interest in mathematics and to develop problem-solving skills through a fun competition. The results were recently…

  • Second rabid bat found in South Brunswick

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A second bat has tested positive for rabies in the township. The bat was found on July 24 on Cardinal Court, off Route 27 and just north of Sandhill Road, according to police. The first rabid bat in South Brunswick turned up on July 10 on Coriander Drive, off Promenade Boulevard. Township…

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