• Softball tourney, home-run derby set

    Kayla’s Crew will sponsor its 2012 Charity Softball Tournament May 26 at the MacArthur Avenue fields, Sayreville. Cost is $300 per team. All proceeds will benefit Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A Charity Homerun Derby is set for May 25 at the soccer complex on BordentownAvenue, Sayreville. Cost is $20 per person. Prizes will be announced.…

  • YMCA to sponsor Senior Health Day

    The South Amboy Branch YMCA will host a Senior Health Day 8:45 a.m.- 1 p.m. May 18 at the Y facility, 200 John T. O’Leary Blvd. Seniors throughout the community are invited to participate. An “Aqua Aerobics” class is set for 8:45 a.m. in the pool. Other classes will include yoga at 9 a.m. and…

  • O.B. man gets car burglary charges for fourth time

    BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A township man has now been charged four times in two years with the same offense: breaking into cars. James Oettinger’s latest arrest came on May 2 when, according to police, an officer was dispatched to the parking lot of the TGI Friday’s restaurant on Route 9…

  • ‘Dance Off’ planned for May 23 at library

    Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to take part in a “Central 2 Dance Off” set for 6 p.m. May 23 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Participants will use Kinect to see who owns the dance floor. The program is free of charge and open to the…

  • O.B. man to join 150th anniversary celebration of military bugle call

    Bugles Across America to be part of mass performance of taps at Arlington Nat’l Cemetery BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Bruce Walker of Old Bridge, a member of Bugles Across America, performs taps during the funeral for U.S. Air Force Maj. Bruce Edward Lawrence of Phillipsburg in September. KEVIN MINGORA/THE MORNING CALL OLD BRIDGE —…

  • Trucker in O.B. fatal crash charged with manslaughter

    OLD BRIDGE — A Pennsylvania truck driver has been charged with causing a crash that killed a Monmouth County man and injured the victim’s wife and daughter. Brad L. Phillips, 25, of Gap, Pa., was arrested at his home on May 11 and was charged with aggravated manslaughter, two counts of aggravated assault and possession…

  • Entries sought for Senior Poets Laureate

    Entries are being accepted in the 20th annual National Senior Poets Laureate Poetry Competition for American poets age 50 and older. A laureate poet will be named for each state and territory represented, and the writers of the two best laureate poems will receive the National Senior Poet Laureate Award ($500) and National Senior Poet…

  • Volunteers needed to help at blood drives

    New Jersey Blood Services, which supplies blood products and services to 60 hospitals throughout the state, is in need of volunteers to work blood drives. The blood service volunteer is an integral member of the collection team whose task it is to assist donors with registration, escorting and canteen duties, and to watch for post-donation…

  • CODA

    Nanny states say being healthy is no cakewalk GREG BEAN I t’s funny what memories of childhood stick with you as clearly as if they happened yesterday. I remember a night when I was in second grade, when the school I was attending had its annual fundraising carnival, and part of the festivities featured a…

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