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SPORT SHORTS
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is holding General Public U.S. Open Ballperson Tryouts for the 2013 U.S. Open on June 20. Those 14 and older are eligible to try out. Tryouts will be held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., at 4 p.m. Participants can either preregister online…
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Legendary coaches inducted as first class of EB Athletic HOF
By JIMMY ALLLINDER Correspondent The inaugural class of East Brunswick High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame reads like a history book full of the individuals who were responsible for making the athletic program among the most highly regarded in the state. Of the eight inducted into the Hall of Fame at the annual athletic awards…
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Field hockey is the top sport for East Brunswick’s Huang
By JIMMY ALLLINDER Correspondent Even though she set the East Brunswick High School long jump record during the recent track and field season and won the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) title, field hockey is Rachel Huang’s favorite sport. She prefers team success to individual accomplishments. As a junior, she helped the Bears reach the GMC…
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State Fair Meadowlands provides fun for all ages
Featuring acrobats, sideshows, pig races, rides, games and more under an 1,800-seat circus tent, the State Fair Meadowlands will thrill fairgoers June 21-July 7 at the Meadowlands Fairgrounds, next to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. This year’s fair has something to entertain everyone, with Circus Maximus, animal shows, a petting zoo, bands ranging from 1960s…
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Frederick Ernest Obst Sr.
Mr. Obst, 77, of East Brunswick, died June 10, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Jean M. Demski; three sons, Frederick Jr., William and Joseph; four daughters, Susan Obst, Jeanie Obst, Maryanne Goccia and Claire Watson; a sister, Ina Klasko; and nine grandchildren. A Mass was offered at…
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Linda K. “Wendy” Ware Hilferty
Mrs. Hilferty, 66, of Monroe, formerly of North Brunswick, died June 10, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her mother, Hilda M. Yates Ware. Surviving are her father, Lester V. Ware of Pottstown, Pa.; her husband, John “Jack” Hilferty of Monroe; a daughter, Laura Hilferty of Philadelphia; a…
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Agnes R. Woloszyn Skeba
Mrs. Skeba, 95, of Monroe, formerly of Allentown, died June 10, 2013, in St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Pa. She was predeceased by her husband, Stanley Skeba. Surviving are three children, Stanley L. Skeba, and his wife, Cassandra, Joseph M. Skeba, and his wife, Laurie, and Agnes Finocchiaro, and her husband, Alfred, all of Monroe;…
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Dr. A. Charles Schoenthaler
Dr. Schoenthaler, 83, of East Brunswick, died May 31, 2013. He worked in the research and development division at DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, for 29 years, first as a research chemist and later as supervisor of patent research. After his retirement from DuPont, he worked for H&R Block and Rutgers University, New…
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Ida Penn Solomon
Mrs. Solomon, 101, of Monroe, died June 4, 2013, in Brookside Assisted Living, Freehold. She was predeceased by her husband, Abraham, and by a son-in-law, Jack Samson. Surviving are a son, Laurence Solomon of Los Angeles; a daughter, Elinor Samson of East Brunswick; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Graveside services were held at Old Montefiore…
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