• Vikings close season following deep run in GMC tourney

    Vikings close season following deep run in GMC tourney

    By Warren Rappleyea Despite a loss in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV tournament on penalty kicks, the South Brunswick High School’s boys’ soccer team ended up with a 14-11 record that included a strong showing in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. The Vikings ended falling to neighboring North Brunswick…

  • Metuchen’s Centenary United Methodist Church celebrates anniversary

    Metuchen’s Centenary United Methodist Church celebrates anniversary

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Sponsoring and supporting refugees, collecting donations and holding mission trips are just some of the things the Centenary United Methodist Church thrives on. “We are a very mission oriented church,” said Rev. Anna Thomas, who has been the pastor at the church since 2011. The church celebrated its…

  • Ex-Colonia coach new assistant principal at Woodbridge

    Ex-Colonia coach new assistant principal at Woodbridge

    By Jeff Appelblatt While the basketball coach at Colonia High School, Christopher Chiera prepared for the season by the time November rolled around. It’s what he was familiar with for the last decade — the span the special education teacher was the team’s head coach. He had a successful run with the Patriots, but now…

  • Pupils pay tribute to veterans

    Pupils pay tribute to veterans

    PLUMSTED – Pupils at the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School participated in an assembly on Nov. 8 during which they honored local veterans and kicked off their third annual “Thank You to A Veteran” project. According to a press release from the Plumsted Township School District, the project encourages the children to show their…

  • Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors® honors sales associates as Princeton Junction office leaders

    Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors® honors sales associates as Princeton Junction office leaders

    Princeton Junction -Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® salutes sales associates in the Princeton Junction Office for being the office leaders for the month of October, 2016. Sujani Murthy has been recognized for Volume and Units. Licensed since 1997, Murthy, SRES, is a recipient of the Leading Edge Society Award. She is a resident…

  • Coach has high expectations for Patriots’ ice hockey team

    Coach has high expectations for Patriots’ ice hockey team

    By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold Township High School coach Mike Celano is eager for the ice hockey season to begin. With a senior-heavy lineup, he expects big things. “It should be a good year for us,” the coach said. “With [10] seniors back, I could say it’ll be a very good year.” One of those seniors,…

  • Weird celebrity pets

    Weird celebrity pets

    By Eric Kohanik Many celebrities have horses, usually kept in a stable. But cowboy star Roy Rogers blazed happy trails with his horse, Trigger, who actually had the run of the Rogers home. After the palomino died in 1965, Rogers had Trigger’s hide preserved and mounted on a plaster form. And, in the 1980s, during…

  • Black Friday Sale to support shelter pets

    Black Friday Sale to support shelter pets

    New Beginnings Animal Rescue, 706-R Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, will host its Black Friday Sale noon-4 p.m. Nov. 25 and Nov. 26 in Carmen’s Thrift Shop at the pet shelter. An eclectic mix of items will all be priced at 60 percent off. For more information, call Sharon at 732-257-3145, New Beginnings at 732-238-1348 or log on…

  • Neither fantastic nor a beast

    Neither fantastic nor a beast

    By Paul Hall Harry Potter took the world by storm with book sales and movie receipts that were out of this world. Now, J.K. Rowling has returned with the new film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them that runs as a companion to the Potter series. These are the adventures of Newt Scamander as…

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