• Black bear captured near Main St., East Brunswick

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A black bear that was spotted by several residents on Monday morning was captured later that day. Township police received several bearsighting reports that morning in the area of Main Street and Old Stage Road. One passing motorist called to report the bear standing in the front yard of a residence off…

  • Milltown updating Ford Ave. redevelopment plan

    Changes increase allowable number of housing units, stipulate design standards BY JAN KAR Correspondent Ruth Dunwald of Sayreville and Matty Devito of South Plainfield take to the dance floor as Walt Wagner and the Serenaders perform July 11 at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy. Middlesex County’s free summer concerts take place at the…

  • So. River council pulls plug on generator plan

    Residents near public works site raise concerns about noise BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Gabriella Spinelli (center) of Bright Horizons at East Brunswick, Cranbury Road, helps out with the facility’s Alex’s Lemonade Stand, organized July 9 to raise donations to help cure childhood cancer. JEFF GRANIT staff Residents packed the South River Borough Council chambers last…

  • Milltown considers $14M bond for power station

    Boro likely to move electric utility plant after finding no buyers to take over operation BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Milltown officials hope to relocate the borough’s electric substation, which flooded and caused power outages in 2007 and 2011. JAMES MCEVOY A plan to relocate Milltown’s electrical substation is coming closer to fruition, though the…

  • Well Spelled, Morrow Cove win Monmouth stakes races

    Well Spelled (4), with Pablo Fragoso riding, won the $100,000 Grade III Jersey Shore States at Monmouth Park in Oceanport on July 14. Sabrina Elkington/EQUI-PHOTO GSP Racing Stable’s Well Spelled became a first time stakes winner when he rallied through the stretch at Monmouth Park on July 14 to capture the Grade 3 $100,000 Jersey…

  • Cavanaugh, Marino winners in Belmar 5-Mile Run

    Former high school standouts stole the show at the 36th annual Belmar 5-Mile Run on July 14. Rob Cavanaugh, who set school records while competing for Red Bank Catholic High School and resides in West Long Branch, was the overall winner of the race with a time of 25:47.07, averaging 5:10 per mile. Former Colts…

  • Sussman knows what awaits the Fantasy Phenom winner

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Gregg Sussman feels right at home behind a microphone. Two years after Sussman won his chance to host a sports radio show on WFAN, another on-air shift will be filled through the station’s Fantasy Phenom Challenge. Sussman, a Manalapan native who is slated to be a fill-in host on WFAN this…

  • How to get your sports news in the paper

    If you would like your sports news published, please submit a press release at least two weeks in advance of an event such as team registration or tryouts. Results of youth games and tournaments may also be submitted, as well as collegiate news about former high school athletes. Give complete information, such as dates, full…

  • Wildcats win final home match of 2012 W-League campaign

    The New Jersey Wildcats (6-2-3, 21 points) regained their offensive groove in their final home match of the 2012 W-League schedule. Eight different players scored goals in a 12-0 defeat of the New Jersey Rangers (1-10-0, 3 points) on July 12 at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel. Seventeen-year-old Colts Neck native Rachel Ivanicki…

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