• Seniors puts up decorations for all to enjoy

    Seniors puts up decorations for all to enjoy

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — It’s the most wonderful time of the year. With a festive Santa’s hat and bright red sweater, Joan Brand, a resident at Carriage Pointe on – a 14-unit, 55-years-old and older senior housing complex on Route 516 – brings holiday cheer to her fellow neighbors by decorating their…

  • First Baptist Church of Red Bank welcomes two new pastors

    First Baptist Church of Red Bank welcomes two new pastors

    By JESSICA HARDING Staff Writer RED BANK — Members of the First Baptist Church of Red Bank might see some familiar faces in new roles at Sunday services. Stephen Brown and Jared Murray have both become pastors for the church, located on the corner of Maple and Oakland streets. Brown grew up in Westfield. He…

  • Places To Be for Week of Dec. 19

    Places To Be for Week of Dec. 19

    High school athletic teams will have off to enjoy the Christmas weekend, Dec. 24-25, but before the players can attend the festive and family gatherings, there is a schedule of games later this week. On the boys’ basketball circuit …  Dec. 22 is a busy day on the hardwood. Both Jackson high schools will entertain…

  • Allentown High School students face drug charges

    Allentown High School students face drug charges

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer Three Allentown High School students have been charged with drug offenses. On Dec. 14 at 1:10 p.m., troopers from the New Jersey State Police responded to a report of three male students being in possession of illegal substances at the high school, High Street, Allentown, according to state police Sgt.…

  • Police identify man crushed at cardboard compacting facility

    Police identify man crushed at cardboard compacting facility

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A man who was crushed to death in a cardboard compactor at an East Brunswick salvage yard has been identified. Alvaro Esteban, 22, of Freehold, died on Dec. 8 at Atlantic Sales and Salvage on Edgeboro Road in East Brunswick. “Esteban died in the cardboard recycling area…

  • Cheers & Jeers

    Cheers & Jeers

    by Damian Holbrook TV Guide Magazine Cheers to reboots that fit right Turns out nostalgia works best when injected with a new attitude (like the high-tech fun of paper-clip cowboy MacGyver), enhanced by a charismatic cast (like Damon Wayans and Clayne Crawford in Lethal Weapon) or embraced as an old friend (Fuller House, Gilmore Girls).…

  • Sayreville Leprechauns claim national championship in cheerleading

    Sayreville Leprechauns claim national championship in cheerleading

    By JESSICA HARDING Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — On Dec. 5, cheerleaders from two divisions took the mat at the Pop Warner National Cheer and Dance Championship in Disney World. The Sayreville Leprechauns Junior Varsity team brought home a first-place trophy and a national championship by performing a near-perfect routine. The cheerleaders are Jessica Redding, Christa…

  • Just like the rest of us

    A few fun facts about Hollywood celebs By Lucie M. Winborne Poised and put together. Larger than life, with foibles and blemishes carefully airbrushed by the Hollywood publicity machine. That was the image of Hollywood’s classic stars. But no doubt their fans occasionally wondered if, out of the spotlight, the lords and ladies of Tinseltown’s…

  • Did you know?

    Did you know?

    PBS will air a Call the Midwife holiday episode on Sunday, Dec. 25 at 7:30 p.m. (check your local listings). Follow the Nonnatus House family to South Africa after they receive an SOS call from a mission hospital that’s understaffed, underfunded and threatened with closure. Facing tough challenges, they dig deep to save Hope Clinic…

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