• Police enforce safety measures to address increase in fatal crashes

    Police enforce safety measures to address increase in fatal crashes

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — An examination of crash data from South Brunswick roadways during 2016 shows an increase in fatal crashes. Five people were killed in crashes on roadways this past year, according to information provided by the South Brunswick Police Department (SBPD). On Jan. 1, a 13-year-old girl died in a two-vehicle crash on Route…

  • JCP&L representative to present home safety information

    JCP&L representative to present home safety information

    Gerald Ricciardi from JCP&L will present a program on home safety from 6:30-8 p.m. on Jan. 24 at the Dowdell Library, 100 Hoffman Plaza, South Amboy. Learn about electrical safety inside your home, using electric heaters safely, locating overhead and underground wires and other safety tips. No registration is required. For more information, call 732-721-6060…

  • Dowdell Library to hold city-wide 3D design contest

    Dowdell Library to hold city-wide 3D design contest

    The Dowdell Library of South Amboy is holding an art competition using 3D printing technology. Using the library’s 3D printer or 3D pens, community members of all ages may enter the art competition through June 15. Entries must be entered within one of the following categories: the waterfront, pets or a floral theme. Age categories will range…

  • K of C sponsors free throw contest in Howell

    K of C sponsors free throw contest in Howell

    The Father Cetkowski Council of the Knights of Columbus (Howell/Jackson) is sponsoring the annual Basketball Free Throw Contest. All boys and girls ages 9 through 14 are invited to participate. The competition will be held Jan. 21 at St. Veronica’s School Gym, which is  located on Route 9 in Howell. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m.,…

  • Performers of the week for Jan. 2

    Performers of the week for Jan. 2

    Emma Boslet of the Bishop George Ahr High School girls’ basketball team continued her torrid scoring pace by scoring 17 points in the Trojans’ 44-22 victory over Marlboro High School Dec. 27. The freshman has been the high scorer in every game this season for Bishop Ahr (4-1). Bianca Newsome scored 17 points to help…

  • Old Bridge Library provides genealogical research tools

    Old Bridge Library provides genealogical research tools

    OLD BRIDGE – The Old Bridge Public Library will now offer patrons additional genealogical research tools with free access to Heritage Quest. The online site contains ancestral and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating to the 1700s. It offers birth, baptism, marriage, death and Census records from more than one billion names…

  • Rutgers to face Lehigh in annual Outdoor Classic Jan. 7

    Rutgers to face Lehigh in annual Outdoor Classic Jan. 7

    By Warren Rappleyea The Rutgers University men’s Division I club hockey team will take on Lehigh University Jan. 7 in its annual Outdoor Classic at the Navesink Country Club in Middletown. Admission is free, but attendees are asked to make donations to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which is dedicated to curing spinal cord…

  • Wins piling up for Patriots’ boys’ basketball team

    Wins piling up for Patriots’ boys’ basketball team

    By Jeff Appelblatt While Freehold Township High School’s boys’ basketball team has all intentions of getting back to the finals of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV playoffs, the team’s coach, Brian Golub, insists his team isn’t playing this year with last season on its mind. That season ended after a loss in the Group…

  • Top 10 movies of 2016 as film critic law mandates, I must make a top 10 list

    Top 10 movies of 2016 as film critic law mandates, I must make a top 10 list

    By Paul Hall I’ve discussed this on radio and television appearances through the years and it is true — film critic law mandates the creation of a top 10 list every year. So with that law in mind, and because it is fun — I give you my picks for the best movies of 2016.…

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