• Woodbridge boys soccer team looking for improvement

    Woodbridge boys soccer team looking for improvement

    By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School’s boys soccer team looked like a true contender in the play-in game of last year’s Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. Only a sophomore at the time, Andrew Fuentes exploded for four goals against the Timothy Christian School, and the Barrons advanced with a 7-4 victory. But the preliminary-round showdown…

  • Vikings strive to repeat as football champions on gridiron

    Vikings strive to repeat as football champions on gridiron

    By Warren Rappleyea South Brunswick High School’s football team is coming off an NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group V championship and with plenty of key players back, the Vikings look to repeat. After surrendering a 21-0 lead and then losing the season-opener to Middletown High School South, 41-21, South Brunswick reeled off 11 straight wins to…

  • Howell police continue search for vandalism suspects

    Howell police continue search for vandalism suspects

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer HOWELL – As Howell police officers continued to pursue the individuals who spray painted swastikas at Echo Lake Park late last month, a representative of the Anti-Defamation League condemned the action. Joshua Cohen, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said, “We are deeply concerned over anti-Semitic vandalism that has plagued…

  • Fire company treasurer admits to theft of funds

    Fire company treasurer admits to theft of funds

    A volunteer firefighter and official with a Marlboro fire company has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $60,000 as treasurer of the organization, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. On Aug. 29, Chester A. Jameson, 52, of Old Bridge, pleaded guilty to one count of third degree theft by deception before state Superior Court…

  • Green Wave football team looks to get back to winning form

    Green Wave football team looks to get back to winning form

    By Matthew Rocco The 2015 football season was a tough one for Long Branch High School, which has long been a force to be reckoned with in the Shore Conference. With a new campaign about to begin, the Green Wave hope to regain that status with a roster that gained a lot of experience last…

  • Rumson looks to keep championship tradition going on gridiron

    Rumson looks to keep championship tradition going on gridiron

    By Warren Rappleyea With a slew of key players returning from a team that won a third straight state sectional championship, expectations are understandably high for Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s football team this fall. After winning a pair of NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group II crowns in 2013 and 2014, the Bulldogs moved up to…

  • Olympian Laurie Hernandez joins ‘Dancing With the Stars’

    Olympian Laurie Hernandez joins ‘Dancing With the Stars’

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Fresh off her Olympic success, Laurie Hernandez will exchange the floor exercise and balance beam for the dance floor. Hernandez, 16, who earned a gold medal as part of the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team as well as a silver medal for her individual performance on the balance…

  • Missing Edison man located

    Missing Edison man located

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — News coverage of the 52-year-old township man reported missing since July 10 led to an anonymous tip to his whereabouts and a subsequent happy ending. Edison police found Thomas Roach alive and well at a substance abuse rehabilitation facility. Roach phoned his family members within 36 hours after…

  • Woman charged with poisoning man was pharmacy technician

    Woman charged with poisoning man was pharmacy technician

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — A 44-year-old Metuchen woman — indicted for attempting to murder a man she has a child with by poisoning him with prescription drugs — once held a pharmacy technician license, according to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. Theresa Freis allegedly administered clonazepam or a benzodiazepine or…

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