• Knights look to contend again for state, division football titles

    Knights look to contend again for state, division football titles

    By Warren Rappleyea Coming off an 8-4 season that included a trip to the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group V finals, the Old Bridge High School football team returns many keys players as it looks to again compete for the sectional crown and challenge for the top spot in the competitive Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red…

  • Quarterback position up for grabs at Matawan

    Quarterback position up for grabs at Matawan

    By Wayne Witkowski Matawan Regional High School’s football team will have a different look from the past two seasons when it opens Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. at Shore Conference A Central Division and local rival St. John Vianney High School, which reached the NJSIAA Non-Public, Group III finals last December. That different look depends…

  • Meet and Mingle Open House on Sept. 18

    Meet and Mingle Open House on Sept. 18

    The Northern Monmouth County Branch of AAUW (American Association of University Women) invites anyone interested in membership to join them for a Meet and Mingle Open House, Sept. 18, at the Shrewsbury Historical Society in the Shrewsbury Municipal Center, 419 Sycamore Ave., Shrewsbury. AAUW has been promoting education and equity for women for more than…

  • South Brunswick Library Book & Author dinner to feature New York Times columnist

    South Brunswick Library Book & Author dinner to feature New York Times columnist

    The South Brunswick Library will hold its annual Book & Author dinner and discussion with Anand Giridharadas at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. Giridharadas is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Morning Joe and The Daily Show and writes the bi-weekly New York Times column “Letter from America.” For tickets…

  • Charity walk/run will benefit needy

    Charity walk/run will benefit needy

    The Our Lady of Victories Conference of St. Vincent de Paul will participate in the ninth annual National Friends of the Poor Walk/Run beginning at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 24 in Kennedy Park, Washington Road, Sayreville. All walkers and runners are welcome. All funds raised will benefit those in need served by the OLV conference. Donations…

  • ‘Defiant Requiem’ film, talk planned in Monroe

    ‘Defiant Requiem’ film, talk planned in Monroe

    The Henry Ricklis Holocaust Memorial Committee and the Monroe Township Library will present a screening of the 2014 documentary film “Defiant Requiem” 1 p.m. Sept. 25 in the Richard P. Marasco Theatre for the Performing Arts, Monroe Township Middle School, 1629 Perrineville Road. A discussion session with Maestro Murry Sidlin, founder and president of The…

  • Services announced in Metuchen Sept. 17

    Services announced in Metuchen Sept. 17

    Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will start a new Family and Learner’s Service for ages 5-105 from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Sept. 17, called “Shabbat 2.0.” There will be a special participation from the students and discussions about the prayers for the children and adults. Lunch will be served for all. For students in…

  • Lions are A North contenders as Eagles look for improvement

    Lions are A North contenders as Eagles look for improvement

    By Wayne Witkowski The Middletown High School North boys soccer team looms as one of the leading contenders in the Shore Conference A North Division, with senior goalkeeper Scott Weigel leading a group of solid returnees from last year’s 14-8 team that ended its season in a 4-2 loss to Hopewell Valley Central High School…

  • Rutgers to host fall film festival

    Rutgers to host fall film festival

    NEW BRUNSWICK — The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies, Jungle Software, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick City Market and Jimmy John’s, will present the 35th Bi-annual New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2016. The festival will run on select evenings at 7 p.m. between…

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