• Lions realizing potential early in girls soccer season

    Lions realizing potential early in girls soccer season

    By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Liberty High School’s girls soccer team took its lumps last season, as coach Sarah Hayek built for the future by starting four or five freshmen. But many players return, as the Lions bid for a competitive season. “It’s been a slow preseason with a very young team,” Hayek said. “We’re rebuilding…

  • Jackson Memorial gets set for showdown with Brick Township

    Jackson Memorial gets set for showdown with Brick Township

    By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Memorial High School’s football team renews what has become a crucial matchup at Brick Township High School at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 after both teams come off contrasting season-opening victories against crosstown rivals. While Jackson Memorial remained unbeaten in its 10-year series against Jackson Liberty High School with a 50-6 victory…

  • Mum Sale on tap at Sayreville firehouse

    Mum Sale on tap at Sayreville firehouse

    Sayreville Fire Department Engine Company No. 1 will host its annual fundraising Mum Sale 3-8 p.m. Sept. 23, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 24 and 8 a.m.-noon Sept. 25 at the firehouse, 250 MacArthur Ave.

  • Bicycle tour to roll out from Milltown

    Bicycle tour to roll out from Milltown

    The 15th annual Water Wheels Bicycle Tour of the Lawrence Brook Watershed is scheduled for Sept. 17. The fun, informative 26-mile ride will have optional add-on loops to Plainsboro Preserve through rural areas. Registration begins 8:30 a.m. with the ride starting at 9 a.m. from the Lawrence Watershed headquarters, 85 Washington Ave., Milltown, by the red…

  • Body discovered in North Brunswick

    Body discovered in North Brunswick

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – Police discovered the body of an unidentified man in a vacant home in North Brunswick on Sept. 12. The man, whose identity has yet to be confirmed, was discovered at the house on Joyce Kilmer Avenue shortly after township maintenance workers called authorities at 9:26 a.m. to report an apparent break-in at…

  • Little Free Library finds a home in Milltown

    Little Free Library finds a home in Milltown

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Residents can now pick up a book on a stroll to David B. Crabiel Park on the border of Milltown and North Brunswick. A Little Free Library has popped up on Cortlandt Street thanks to Jessica Tomkins and her family. “A few years ago, I set up a Little…

  • Long Branch native helps supply USS Ross

    Long Branch native helps supply USS Ross

    SOUDA BAY, Greece — Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Tomas Castano from Long Branch recently passed supplies during an on-load aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) on Sept. 5, 2016. The USS Ross, which is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, and is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet Area of Operations…

  • Milltown returns to county recycling program

    Milltown returns to county recycling program

    MILLTOWN — As of Sept. 1, the Middlesex County Improvement Authority’s (MCIA) Recycling Division added Milltown to its schedule of curbside stops. Milltown became the 15th municipality to have an interlocal agreement with the MCIA for its curbside recycling program, according to information provided by the agency. That program, established in 1995, was credited with sparing local…

  • Event to focus on issues of drug use, addiction and recovery

    Event to focus on issues of drug use, addiction and recovery

    MIDDLETOWN — September is National Recovery Month, and The Middletown Arts Center will host the second annual New Jersey Celebrates Recovery from 1-6 p.m. Sept. 18 at 36 Church St., Middletown. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required at www.CelebrateRecoveryNJ.com. The event seeks to remove the stigma associated with…

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