• New Jersey Association of Realtors congratulates GRI class of 2012

    The New Jersey Association of Realtors (NJAR) honored the nine brokers and 24 Realtors and Realtor-associates who earned the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designation in 2012 at a ceremony during the Triple Play Realtor Convention and Trade Expo in Atlantic City recently. “I would like to congratulate this year’s graduates for their dedication throughout the…

  • The Pointe at Turnbury moves past 70 percent sold mark

    Plates full of bagels and lox rested on ornate tablecloths, forks pressed firmly into thick slices of French toast and residents laughed and smiled with their neighbors at The Pointe at Turnbury’s postholiday brunch on Jan. 6. The annual event was organized by the community’s Social Committee, an active group of residents who help plan…

  • Borden resigns after 30 years as Bears’ football coach

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Marcus Borden, who coached the East Brunswick High School football team since 1983, announced to his team on Jan. 2 that he will not return to the sidelines in the fall. Borden, who amassed a 143-142-1 record in his 30-year tenure, coached the Bears to a pair of NJSIAA Central Jersey…

  • Bears recognize ’87 & ’96 GMC champions, deliver 33-point victory

    East Brunswick defeats Abraham Clark, 80-47 BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent East Brunswick High School used the occasion of its boys basketball team’s clash against Abraham Clark High School (Roselle) on Jan. 5 to recognize the 1987 and 1996 Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament championship teams. Based on their performance — a dominating 80-47 win over…

  • South River looks to rebound following early-season struggles

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent I t has to be perplexing to South River High School boys basketball coach Rodney Harris that his team doesn’t own a winning record at this juncture of the season. The Rams, off to a 73-68 loss to Spotswood High School on Jan. 7, are 4-5 and are going to have…

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    East Brunswick High School’s Kelsey McDonald competes in the distance medley relay (DMR) for the Bears at the Greater Middlesex Conference Relays held at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Center in Toms River on Jan. 4. The East Brunswick girls finished third in the DMR. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Margarete Sherback

    Mrs. Sherback, 71, of Monroe Township, died Dec. 20, 2012, at home. Born in Warsaw, Poland, she lived in Milltown before moving to Monroe. She worked for Johnson & Johnson in North Brunswick before her retirement. She was predeceased by her husband, Stanley Sherback, and her first husband, Eugene Tekien. Surviving are her daughter, Alice…

  • Lenora F. Prainito

    Ms. Prainito, 59, of Spotswood, died Dec. 18, 2012, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she resided in New York before moving to Spotswood over 20 years ago. Ms. Prainito worked many years for CBS as a systems analyst. More recently, she worked for Monroe Township Public Schools…

  • Irene Horvath Olcsvay

    Mrs. Olcsvay, 93, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 19, 2012, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, she resided in South River before moving to East Brunswick 45 years ago. Prior to her retirement in the 1980s, she worked in the school cafeteria for the East Brunswick Board of Education…

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