• Kudos to Leprechaun teams on stellar season

    Congratulations to the Sayreville Leprechaun 2012 Midget Football Team on finishing the regular season 5-2 and earning a spot in the Central Jersey playoffs. Congratulations to the 2012 Jr. PeeWees (JPW) team on winning the Central Jersey Gold Division regularseason title. The JPW team finished the regular season undefeated and unscored upon. We also would…

  • Friends to offer DVDs, books at holiday sale

    The Friends of the Old Bridge Public Library will present its annual holiday sale during regular library hours, Nov. 9-12 at the library main branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, Old Bridge. The sale will feature coffee-table books, popular fiction, and DVDs for all ages. All items will be in excellent condition and suitable for…

  • Old Bridge actor lands role in mob-themed web series

    Paul C. Benjamin also branching out to production side of film industry BY ANGELA SANTORIELLO Staff Writer Paul C. Benjamin OLD BRIDGE — Actor, writer and producer Paul C. Benjamin is busy climbing the ladder of success. Benjamin, who is an Old Bridge resident, recently landed a role in “The Bar Series,” launching his career…

  • St. Thomas Seniors to sponsor bazaar

    The St. Thomas Seniors Club will hold its annual bazaar from 4-7 p.m. Nov. 3 and from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in the auditorium at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Route 18, Old Bridge. The event will feature homemade cakes, handmade knitted and crocheted blankets and clothing, specialty chocolate lollipops and a…

  • Elem. school renovations top priority of So. Amboy candidates

    Incumbents Paula Taggart, Lynn Kasics, John Dragotta unopposed on Nov. 6 ballot BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Three incumbents are looking to extend their respective tenures on the city Board of Education; all three are running unopposed for the three, three-year openings on the board. Paula Taggart, who is in the third year…

  • Field of 9 seek four seats on Old Bridge board

    OLD BRIDGE — While there is no municipal election in the township this year, voters will still have plenty of choices to make at the local level Nov. 6. A field of nine candidates will be on the ballot for four available seats on the Board of Education. The seats account for nearly half of…

  • Freeholder race: 3 challengers look to unseat incumbents

    Two Republicans, two Democrats and one independent running for two three-year seats BY ANGELA SANTORIELLO Staff Writer Abrar “Sam” Kahn OLD BRIDGE — Two incumbents will vie for two three-year seats against three other candidates in the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders race this November. Republican Abrar “Sam” Kahn, one of the challengers, is…

  • Ghost-tracking moms tour local sites

    Nighttime hunt of area ‘haunts’ brings out scares and screams BY LIZZ DINNIGAN Correspondent Guests listen as Allan Savolaine (not pictured) relates stories about some of the graves at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Matawan, on Oct. 20. The two-hour tour included tales of the 1916 Matawan Creek shark attack victims, the Great Matawan fire of…

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