• Wall Stadium champions to be crowned Oct. 8

    Wall Stadium champions to be crowned Oct. 8

    Persistent light rain and drizzle and a forecast for more during the day and evening forced Wall Stadium Speedway officials to postpone the Oct. 1 “Champions Night” events one week until Oct. 8. Grandstand seating will open at 5 p.m. Oct. 8, with qualifying beginning at 5:45 p.m. and main event action to follow. In…

  • Woodbridge looking for more points on gridiron

    Woodbridge looking for more points on gridiron

    By Jeff Appelblatt Time and time again, Kevin Coleman has reiterated the need for his football team at Woodbridge High School to score. Last year, the Barrons scored more than 26 points per game, en route to six victories. The year before, Woodbridge averaged 24 points and won seven games. This year’s team put up…

  • Sandburg students build a ‘habitat’ for Newark family

    Sandburg students build a ‘habitat’ for Newark family

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Last school year, Carl Sandburg Middle School Principal Martha Simon and teachers put hard hats and goggles on for a good cause when they joined volunteers from Habitat for Humanity Newark on site at a multi-unit condominium being built for veterans. This school year, students got a chance…

  • J.P. Stevens captures girls’ tennis conference tournament title

    J.P. Stevens captures girls’ tennis conference tournament title

    By Jimmy Allinder Tennis The John P. Stevens High School girls’ tennis team has been a power in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) for years, but head coach Ellen Pisano was “very, very surprised” her team captured the conference tournament championship Sept. 28. “Honestly, the goal I set was for us was to finish in…

  • Girls struck, injured on New Dover Road

    Girls struck, injured on New Dover Road

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Two 11-year-old girls suffered multiple injuries, including broken bones, after getting hit by a motor vehicle after they allegedly darted across New Dover Road near Lawlor Court. The incident occurred around 2:20 p.m. on Sept. 29, according to police. According to police, witnesses told investigating Officer Salvatore Cipolla…

  • Allentown football team looks to claim Patriot Division lead

    Allentown football team looks to claim Patriot Division lead

    By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School’s football team hosts Pemberton Township High School at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 with the West Jersey Football League Patriot Division lead on the line. The Redbirds have a team that has looked much different the past couple of weeks than it did earlier in the season. Both teams are…

  • The great thank you card mystery

    The great thank you card mystery

    By Lori Clinch Back in the day, one could easily find people’s phone numbers. We simply went to the phone book, rifled through the pages until we found the proper city, then searched for the proper name and voila! We found the information. The address was always there, too, so we could easily make our…

  • Pedestrian struck, killed on Route 33 in Manalapan

    Pedestrian struck, killed on Route 33 in Manalapan

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer MANALAPAN – The evening of Oct. 2 turned deadly when a pedestrian was struck and killed on Route 33 in Manalapan near an intersection where similar incidents have occurred in the past few years. As in previous incidents, the victim was a resident of the Marianne Manor on Route 33…

  • Trump: Prey or predator?

    Trump: Prey or predator?

    As the famous ethologist Konrad Lorenz told us in his classic 1963 book, “On Aggression,” we humans are closer to prey than predator — but that makes us more dangerous in some terrible ways. A “real” carnivore — a massive cat with long razor claws and fangs measured in inches or a wolf with a…

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