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    Freehold High School’s Miles Cordero (c) sprints toward the finish line after clearing the final hurdle during the 400-meter intermediate hurdles competition at the Monmouth County Track and Field Championships at Holmdel High School, Holmdel, May 8. Cordero won his heat in 58.78 and finished eighth overall in the event. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Marlboro plans Memorial Day parade for May 19

    MARLBORO — Mayor Jonathan Hornik and the Marlboro Township Veterans and Volunteers Committee have announced that the Memorial Day parade will be held on May 19 at 2 p.m. The parade route will begin at the Marlboro Mall at the corner of School Road West and Route 79, and continue down Wyncrest Road, onto Township…

  • Coleman, Zimmerman lead Hawks heading into softball tournaments

    VARSITY REPORT BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Edison High School’s Danielle Pellicane (c) waits patiently on the runway with her fellow pole vaulters before making a practice run at the Greater Middlesex Conference Track and Field Championships, held on May 10 at the Frank Jost Field in South Plainfield. Pellicane finished 15th. ERIC SUCAR staff J.P.…

  • Newsted carries the ‘metal’ torch to the Stone Pony

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jason Newsted (center) takes his new band out on the road, stopping at Asbury Park before a long string of European festivals. A wise Australian man once wrote, “It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll.” For Jason…

  • May: Be vigilant!

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Despite the gardener’s best intentions,nature will improvise.” — M.P. Garafolo C learing leaves from planting beds, digging weeds, sowing grass seed, yanking dandelions out of the soil, mercilessly extracting wild onions and raking garden beds while admiring the many new shoots that have come up seemingly overnight, checking established perennials that…

  • on campus 

    Middlesex County College, Edison, named the following local students to Phi Theta Kappa, the academic honor society for two-year colleges: From Edison, Syedobaid Hussaini, Stephanny Gomez, Roma Gandhi, Anthony Noto, Jean Fernandez-Reyes, Zainab Akbari, Aurelie Ngoufack, Emily Popp, Cara Cuccinello, Trinh Tran, Eunna Park, Tram Tran, Marieli Agustin, Drashti Patel, Sayyed Wahid, Adriana Matos, Richard…

  • Metuchen flea market scheduled for May 18

    The Metuchen American Legion Auxiliary Unit 65 will hold its semi-annual flea market on May 18 in the Pearl Street parking lot, Metuchen. The rain date is May 19. Vendors may reserve a space for $10 and must bring their own tables, chairs and tents. No food vendors will be accepted. Vendors seeking more information…

  • Religion & politics in Israel to be discussed

    Barbara Spack will present the policymaking role of Israel’s ultra-orthodox rabbis to the Metuchen-Edison Chapter of Hadassah at 7:30 p.m. May 22 at Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. Spack will discuss “Religion & Politics in Israel,” an issue prompted by matters surrounding women’s prayer activities at the Kotel. A Q-and-A session will follow her…

  • JCC to host walking tour into Brooklyn

    Individuals who enjoy walking are invited to join the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County (JCC) on a guided tour of Brooklyn on May 22. Starting at the Woolworth Building in lower Manhattan, tour guide Marty Schneit will lead the group over the mile-long Brooklyn Bridge into Brooklyn Heights, where he’ll discuss the history, architecture…

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