• SPORT SHORTS

    Teams are being sought for the Middlesex County Parks and Recreation’s Slo-Pitch Softball Leagues. All leagues begin play in late August. The Men’s Monday Doubleheader League, the Men’s Tuesday League, the Wednesday Co-Ed Softball League and the Thursday Co-Ed Softball League all play 6:30 p.m. at Thomas A. Edison Park in Edison and Warren Park…

  • Okerson cruises to first triumph at Wall Stadium this season

    Chas Okerson seemed to be shot out of a cannon early on and then maintained that pace for the entire 40-lap distance in winning the main event for Modified stock cars at Wall Stadium Speedway on July 13. It was the first win of the season for the multitime championship winning Freehold race driver. When…

  • Knights, Bombers will have six players at Snapple Bowl

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School’s Chris Middleton listens along with his Middlesex County teammates to coaches during a July 10 practice at Woodbridge High School as the Middlesex all-stars get ready for the Snapple Bowl against Union County. The game, celebrating its 20th year, will be held at Kean University in Union.…

  • Music festival to showcase Shore bands, national acts

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer River City Extension CORY ASRAF Some of New Jersey’s finest musical acts will converge at Lakewood’s FirstEnergy Park, home of the Blue- Claws, for the inaugural Jersey Shore Music Festival on July 20. Founded by Jersey Shore natives Joe Ciano, Cory Pedalino and Tyler Culley, the event aims to bolster…

  • South Amboy man admits operating stolen-vehicle ring

    A South Amboy man pleaded guilty July 12 to supervising a stolenvehicle ring that involved more than 100 vehicles and was worth more than $550,000. Jose D. Lopez, 33, also known as “Cholo,” pleaded guilty to first-degree promotion of organized street crime before Superior Court Judge Dennis V. Nieves in New Brunswick. The charge was…

  • John J. Dudas

    Mr. Dudas, 69, of Monroe, formerly of the Avenel section of Woodbridge, died July 3, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by a brother, Alex Dudas. Surviving are four daughters, Sherry Dudas, and her husband, James Kinsel, of Chesterfield, Christine Dudas of Stewartsville, Saundra Scott of Flemington and Tricia…

  • Stephen B. Puciata

    Mr. Puciata, 68, of East Brunswick, died July 5, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a supervisor for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, East Brunswick, where he worked for 35 years. Surviving are his wife, Beverly; two daughters, April Puciata and her husband, Brian Steel, of Baltimore, and Courtney Puciata…

  • Virginia Oetjen-Gerdes

    Mrs. Oetjen-Gerdes, 86, of Lewes, Del., formerly of South River, died July 9, 2013, in Seaford Center Nursing Facility, Seaford, Del. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Oetjen-Gerdes, and by a daughter, Lynne Oetjen-Gerdes. Surviving are a son, Edward Oetjen-Gerdes, and his wife, Sandra, of Lewes; a granddaughter and her husband; and two greatgrandchildren.…

  • Robert P. Polon

    Mr. Polon, 80, of Spotswood, died July 12, 2013, at home. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a commercial carpenter for 45 years with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local No. 1006, Milltown. He was predeceased by a daughter, Denise Esola, and by two siblings, James Polon and Gloria Mosakowski.…

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