• Passing on survivor stories for the sake of tolerance

    Holocaust survivor: ‘Hate is a disease, and my message is a cure’ BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Dale Daniels is the executive director of the Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education at Brookdale Community College, which maintains an extensive library of materials. ERIC SUCAR staff As the number of Holocaust survivors grows smaller,…

  • Veterans’ accounts of war provide glimpse of history

    Eisenhower Middle School hosts visit from men who served their nation in battle BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Korean War veteran Daniel Savino hugs Eisenhower Middle School pupil Katie McCarty after receiving gifts presented by students during a presentation by veterans at the Freehold Township school. For the story, see page 3. JEFF GRANIT…

  • How to get sports news in the paper

    If you would like your sports news published, please submit a press release at least two weeks in advance of an event such as team registration or tryouts. Results of youth games and tournaments may also be submitted, as well as collegiate news about former high school athletes. Email to [email protected], fax to 732-780-4192, or…

  • Edison softball seeks repeat success without accomplished graduates

    Varsity Report BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Bishop George Ahr High School first baseman Megan Kushpa (top left) receives a throw from pitcher Megan Ryan (bottom) that beat an Allentown High School runner to the bag during the March 28 scrimmage held in Edison. Games will count for the area softball teams this week as the…

  • Garden State Film Festival boasts 163 films and events

    The Garden State Film Festival (GSFF) celebrates its 11th anniversary this year. Co-founded in 2003 by film industry veteran Diane Raver and the late actor Robert Pastorelli, the festival runs April 4-7 in the Paramount Theatre/Convention Hall complex in Asbury Park and other local venues. In addition to 163 film screenings, there will be a…

  • A new kind of theater evolves at Rutgers

    Mason Gross students to stage creative production A new theater work, devised entirely from the creative imagination of an ensemble of Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts actors, will explore themes of lost innocence, fate and chance. Kevin Kittle and Danielle Liccardo will co-direct the Rutgers Theater Company’s original piece, titled “What’s It…

  • on campus 

    St. Peter’s University, Jersey City, has the following local students named to the dean’s list for the fall semester: David Correa, Karen Nepomuceno and Melissa Cappello, of Edison; and Navjyot Kaur of Metuchen. Lindsey Peragallo of Metuchen was named to the dean’s honor list for the fall semester at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa. Hyun Woo…

  • Students hoard awards at horticulture expo

    Two Middlesex County Vo-Tech teams win numerous awards and ribbons Middlesex County Vocational and Technical (Vo-Tech) Schools students captured 11 first-place awards and 41 additional ribbons at the annual New Jersey High School Horticulture Expo at Mercer County College. East Brunswick Vo-Tech students won nine firsts. The East Brunswick winners were sophomore Hector Pena of…

  • CASA seeking volunteers for training classes

    Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Middlesex County is actively seeking volunteers for its spring training program. CASA volunteers speak up in court for the best interests of foster children who have been removed from their home in cases of abuse and neglect. Beginning on April 9, the classes will run for five weeks, every…

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