• CODA

    Classroom punishment: American horror stories GREG BEAN When I was in the third grade, we had a teacher who was mean, cruel and scared us to death. If you were just sorta bad — say, you tracked mud into the classroom after recess — she’d make you sit in the closet where they kept the…

  • Field hockey team sponsors car wash

    The Old Bridge High School girls field hockey team will hold a car wash 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 15 (rain date Sept. 16) at the Lombardi Field House at Carl Sandburg Middle School, Old Bridge. The fee is $5 per car. Proceeds will help promote field hockey in Old Bridge. Donations are welcome.…

  • Parade balloon handler to speak

    The Sayreville Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Sayreville Senior Center, 423 Main St. Guest speaker Katherine “Kitty” D. Bowers, state historian for the Daughters of the American Revolution, will offer a presentation about her adventures as a balloon handler since 2003 at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The program…

  • Restaurant event to benefit OLV School

    Our Lady of Victories (OLV) School, Sayreville, will sponsor a restaurant proceeds event 5-9 p.m. Sept. 13 at T.G.I. Friday’s, Route 9 north, Old Bridge. Guests should tell their server they are dining for OLV. The restaurant will then donate 10 percent of each school supporter’s bill to the school.

  • OLV selling tickets for calendar raffle

    Our Lady of Victories School, Sayreville, will conduct a 12-week calendar raffle, offering the chance to win $400-$500 every Thursday. The first drawing will be held Sept. 27. Tickets cost $20, and winners are re-submitted for additional chances to win. To purchase tickets or for more information, call Michele Delaney at 732-558-3046 or email [email protected].

  • Seniors offer trip to Cancun, Mexico

    Club 60 Seniors, Matawan, will sponsor an April 25-May 1 trip to the Iberostar Cancun resort on the beach in Cancun, Mexico. The allinclusive package includes all meals, drinks, activities and entertainment. The resort features seven pools, one buffet restaurant, a snack bar, four specialty restaurants, a modern sports bar and a cigar bar. The…

  • Store reopens, but wounds from shooting remain

    BY ANGELA SANTORIELLO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Exactly one week after a fatal shooting that took the life of two employees, the Pathmark supermarket on Route 9 north in Old Bridge reopened its doors to the community on Sept. 7. On that afternoon, a Pathmark representative called the Aug. 31 incident a “shock” and…

  • Monmouth Heights jolted by anti-Semitic vandalism

    Police, Prosecutor’s Office seek suspects in Sept. 6 bias crime in Manalapan BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer READER-SUBMITTED PHOTO Cars were the targets of vandals who spray-painted anti-Semitic graffiti throughout the Monmouth Heights development in Manalapan during the overnight hours of Sept. 5-6. MANALAPAN — Commuters heading up Route 9 got a jolt of ugliness…

  • How do you stop hate crimes?

    Retired professor says simplest thing to do is to stand up when intolerance occurs BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Residents in the Monmouth Heights development in Manalapan awoke to symbols and messages of hate that were scrawled throughout the neighborhood during the overnight hours of Sept. 5-6. MARK ROSMAN Shards of glass pour onto the…

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