• Images of 2012 …

    2012 was a year abuzz with activity in the area covered by the News Transcript. For more of the newspaper’s staff photographers’ best photos of the year, see page 6.

  • Donations sought to help Freehold family displaced by fire

    By Clare Marie Celano FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough community is coming together to help a family of five who lost all of their possessions to a fire Dec. 21. The family’s home was on McLean Street.   Monmouth County Fire Marshal Hank Stryker III said the cause of the fire has been deemed to…

  • Edison girls basketball making strides in GMC

    Varsity Report BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Edison High School’s Mansa Daniels has her eyes on the basket as she drives through the East Brunswick High School defense during the Dec. 14 game won by the Lady Eagles, 36-21. Over the holidays, the Eagles will be competing in the Gene Haley Tournament at John F. Kennedy…

  • State Theatre presents the New Year’s Eve extravaganza

    The State Theatre presents the return of “Salute to Vienna” on Monday, Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. This New Year’s Eve performance features a brilliant cast of 75 including The Strauss Symphony of America led by Viennese maestro Mika Eichenholz, soprano Mónika Fischl, Viennese tenor Michael Heim, and dancers from the Kiev-Aniko Ballet of Ukraine.…

  • Richard P. Hock

    Mr. Richard P. Hock, 75, of Metuchen, died Dec. 18 2012, in the Haven Hospice Unit of the Mary Anne Hale Pavilion of the JFK Medical Center, Edison. Mr. Hock was born in Newark to the late William and Matilda Hock and resided in Metuchen for the past 48 years. He worked for the G&L…

  • Daniel R. Rotunno Sr.

    Mr. Rotunno, 88, of Freehold Township, died Dec. 18, 2012, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was a U.S. Army Air Force veteran of World War II and served in the Pacific Theater. Prior to retiring in 1986, he was a deli manager for Supermarkets General/Pathmark, Elizabeth. Before that, he was a draftsman…

  • School spirit

    Wardlaw-Hartridge School students Hannah Yates (l-r), Piscataway; Kevin Nader, Bernardsville; and Audrey Cheng, Colonia, select ornaments from the Angel Tree with gift suggestions for children with autism attending the Crossroads School in Westfield. The gifts from the Edison school’s students will be delivered to the Crossroads School after Dec. 19. PHOTOS COURTESY OF RUDY BRANDL…

  • Metuchen H.S. Music Dept. slates fundraiser

    Metuchen High School’s Music Department is hosting a Disney fundraiser as they make plans to perform at Walt Disney World in March. The event, “Let Us Entertain You … Pasta & a Preview” pasta dinner fundraiser is set for 6:30-9:30 p.m. Jan. 4. High school students will be performing in the auditorium throughout the event.…

  • Your card will be arriving any day now

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Here we are, deep in the throes of the holiday season. Chestnuts are still roasting on open fires and Jack Frost is nipping at our noses. A fire is warming our hearth, a pumpkin spice candle is giving the house a homey aroma, and although the tree is leaning…

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