• Old Bridge swim teams rely on youth and experience

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School’s boys and girls swim teams are both off to 2-2 starts this winter. Coach Bob Weiss’ girls team has posted successes against Sayreville War Memorial High School and Mother Seton Regional High School. The Lady Knights’ roster features just four seniors, so several younger competitors are getting…

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    Madison Park Girls Softball League has announced its final in-person registration dates for the 2013 softball season. The in-person registration will take place on Jan. 18 from 6-8:30 p.m and Jan 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m at the Madison Park Little League Fieldhouse, located on Cheesequake Road, Parlin section of Old Bridge, behind…

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    Middlesex County College guard Bryant Webb of Sayreville puts up a jump shot during the team’s Jan. 8 game against Delaware County Community College, which was played in Edison. Middlesex squeaked out a 74-71 win. The team is currently 7-7. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE

  • Bombers’ depth, chemistry shows in latest victories

    Sayreville boys basketball wins seven of last eight games BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Sayreville War Memorial Sayreville War Memorial High School’s boys basketball team has improved dramatically this winter with a hard-working style of play that has produced seven victories in eight games. A year ago, the Bombers finished up at 9-16 and they should…

  • Explore out-of-this-world events at planetarium

    The Robert J. Novins Planetarium on the main campus of Ocean County College, College Drive, Toms River, is offering a variety of special events and seasonal shows from January through March.  “Pajama Night: Story Telling Under the Stars” will be presented at 6 and 7 p.m. on Jan. 26, Feb. 16, March 23 and…

  • William H. Schwartz Jr.

    Mr. Schwartz Jr., 67, of East Windsor, died Jan. 6, 2013, in the Elms of Cranbury. He began teaching for East Brunswick Public Schools in 1968. Prior to his retirement in 2007, he taught industrial arts technology and was appointed media specialist at Hammarskjold Middle School, East Brunswick, where he worked for 40 years. He…

  • Flavia M. Buonocore

    Mrs. Buonocore, 81, of Milltown, died Jan. 6, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by a daughter, Marie, and by a brother, Frank Papa. Surviving are her husband, Francesco L. Buonocore; two sons, Louis Buonocore of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick and Jeffrey Buonocore of North Brunswick;…

  • George Komosinski

    Mr. Komosinski, 66, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Jan. 8, 2013, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. Prior to his retirement a year ago, he was employed as a parts manager for B&B Auto, Marlboro, where he worked for 20 years. Prior to that, he was coowner of George Louis Enterprises, Parlin.…

  • John F. Lowery

    Mr. Lowery, 86, of East Brunswick, formerly of Milltown, died Jan. 5, 2013, at home. He was predeceased by a son, John “Jack”; two brothers, Maurice and Leonard; a grandson, Jason; and a son-in-law, Robert Dewees. Surviving are his wife, Margaret Smith Lowery; a son, Thomas F. Lowery, and his wife, DeAnna; four daughters; Patricia…

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