• sport shorts 

    The Sunrise Optimist Club will host the Kylie Pinheiro Memorial Hot Shot Basketball Tournament on Feb. 10 at the YMCA of Western Monmouth County, 470 East Freehold Road, Freehold Township. The tournament is open to boys and girls in fourth through ninth grade. The $5 registration fee is payable to the Sunrise Optimist Foundation of…

  • Chargers pick up their play as the chase for division title continues

    Spotswood boys basketball defeats Bernards, 72-51 BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Spotswood Spotswood High School’s boys basketball team had just made up a 30-29 halftime deficit against Bernards High School to take a 13-point lead after three quarters. Head coach Steve Mate looked into the eyes of his players before the fourth quarter began and implored,…

  • Bears to test their undefeated record against tough opponents

    E.B. boys basketball prepare for games against Hun School & St. Anthony BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent East Brunswick High School’s Rob Ukawuba (top) defends St. Joseph of Metuchen High School’s Jimbo Long during the first half of the Jan. 17 showdown in East Brunswick between two of the state’s top boys basketball teams. The Bears…

  • Struthers, Calvert honor Patsy Cline

    Sally Struthers Emmy Award-winner Sally Struthers and Broadway star Carter Calvert will take the stage at Algonquin Arts Theatre, 173 Main St., Manasquan, when “Always Patsy Cline” opens on Jan. 25 for a two-weekend run. More than a tribute to the legendary country singer who died tragically at age 30 in a plane crash in…

  • ‘Le Mur’ exhibit at Zimmerli Art Museum

    The Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, is currently exhibiting a rare collection of avant-garde satire through Feb. 24. “Le Mur at the Cabaret des Quat’z’Arts” features the work of artists, writers, composers and performers who frequented the Cabaret des Quat’z’Arts in Paris, France, between 1894 and 1905, and produced “Le Mur” (“The…

  • Tickets on sale for Super Bowl Breakfast

    American Legion Post No. 214 will hold its annual Super Bowl Breakfast 8 a.m.- noon Feb. 3 at the post home, 264 Whitehead Ave., South River. The menu will include eggs, sausage, bacon, pancakes, home fries, coffee, tea, juice and cake. Cost is $8 per person, $4 for children under age 10. For more information…

  • Auditions for ‘Sunday in the Park with George’

    Playhouse 22 will be holding open auditions for Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Sunday in the Park with George,” directed by Jonathan Wierzbicki with musical direction by Rory Chalcraft. Auditions will take place Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. and Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. in the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Questions…

  • Beatrice Fredrick Smyth

    Mrs. Smyth, 89, of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Old Bridge, died Saturday Jan. 12, 2013, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to her retirement 25 years ago, she was employed as a credit manager with Sears, Parlin section of Sayreville, where she worked for 20 years. She was predeceased by her husbands, John Matas, Alfred…

  • Jean Podlesny Papp

    Mrs. Papp, 98, of Sayreville, died Jan. 12, 2013, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1980, she was employed as a quality-control technician for E.I. DuPont Photo Products Division, Parlin section of Sayreville, where she worked for 45 years. She was predeceased by her husbands, John Anderson and Geza Papp. Surviving are her caregivers,…

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community