• 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…

  • Brodeur wins 20th Sheehan Classic 5K

    The 20th Sheehan Classic 5K showcased some of the finest recent high school distance runners from the Jersey Shore. It was like a homecoming for the runners with state championship pedigree on their résumés. They battled it out over the streets of Red Bank on June 15 for the victory in the race named for…

  • Redbirds’ Pappas, Kays earn CVC boys lacrosse honors

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Stefan Pappas ALLENTOWN E xplosive-scoring Stefan Pappas earned Colonial Valley Conference (CVC) Player of the Year and Michael Kays got Coach of the Year honors for Allentown High School’s boys lacrosse team — a closing tribute for a team that got its most victories ever at 16-5, won its first CVC…

  • Linda K. “Wendy” Ware Hilferty

    Mrs. Hilferty, 66, died June 10, 2013, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick. Born in Wheeling, W. Va., she grew up in Hickory, Pa. She graduated from Presbyterian University Hospital of Pittsburgh’s School of Nursing as a registered nurse. She moved to North Brunswick in 1983 and then to Concordia in…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Nancy Moffatt, the lead prekindergarten teacher at Kiddie Academy of Upper Freehold, has been named Kiddie Academy’s National Teacher of the Year. Owners Pam Maxwell and Kathy Naugle, director Kyla Redmond, and Moffatt recently traveled to Orlando, Fla., for Kiddie Academy’s annual conference, where they were recognized with seven awards in addition to Moffatt’s Teacher…

  • JUST GO

    SPECIAL EVENTS St. Stan’s Carnival 2013Rides, games,ethnic and American homemade foods,seafood, “Spezzi’s Nightly Specials,” barbecued ribs,entertainment, beer garden, dessertsJune 19 and 20, 6-10 p.m.June 21 and 22, 5-11 p.m.June 21, fish fry begins at 5 p.m.St. Stanislaus KostkaMacArthur Ave. and Main St., Sayreville732-254-0212; www.ststanislauskostka.com Youth Sports FestivalJune 20-30weeknights, 6-11 p.m.,Friday 6 p.m. to midnight, Saturday…

  • ENTERTAINMENT

    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…

  • GREEN SCENE

    Full-throttle bloom GOTTI KELLEY “Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.” — Thomas Fuller, 1732 A nd isn’t this true, especially this year. Proliferated by the rains, weeds just seem to explode wherever you look. It requires some nimble moves as you tiptoe through your plants to get close enough to…

  • Agriculture sec’y highlights presence of equine industry in Garden State

    MILLSTONE — New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher recently celebrated the Month of the Horse at Showplace Farms in Millstone Township. During his visit to the harness racing training facility on Route 33, Fisher took a ride with trainer Linda Toscano in a jog cart several times around the facility’s 1,000- meter track…

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