• Old Bridge PBA files suit over recent layoffs

    Union wants to see financial justification for reduction in force BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Old Bridge Patrolman’s Benevolent Association Local 127 filed a complaint against the municipality and Mayor Owen Henry this week in response to the March 8 layoffs of 10 police officers. According to Township Attorney Mark Roselli,…

  • Alumni path installation at Lombardi Field set for summer

    Path will serve as reminder of and tribute to history of school district BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Fans will be watching their step when they visit the new concession stand at Carl Sandburg Middle School’s Lombardi Field this fall. The first bricks of the Alumni Path, paving the sidewalk to the…

  • Area mayors encourage organ donation

    Hospital CEO: A few donors can touch hundreds of lives BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The family of Christian Peters, whose organs were donated after he died in 2007, attends a ceremony at JFK Medical Center on April 18 to promote organ donation. New Jersey was cited as having comparatively low donorregistration statistics. PHOTOS BY JEFF…

  • Students give technology lesson to local seniors

    Samsel fifth-graders demonstrate their computer know-how BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Samsel Upper Elementary School students teach local seniors Edna Cornell and Theresa Strek the basics of computer technology during a “Connecting With the Past” event on April 18. For more photos, see page 24. JEFF GRANIT STAFF Roles were reversed last week at Samsel Upper…

  • Old Bridge zoners OK 4-story hotel

    Officials say town has needed such a facility for a long time BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer The Old Bridge Zoning Board of Adjustment voted unanimously last week to approve the application for a 100-room, four-story hotel on Spring Valley Road between Routes 9 and 18. The hotel will be the township’s first and will…

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    The Camden Riversharks have inked local Rutgers alumni and former Washington Nationals pitcher Jason Bergmann for the 2012 season. “After over four years in the Major Leagues, this will be Bergmann’s Independent League debut,” said Manager Jeff Scott in a press release. “Initially, we will use him out of the bullpen as our closer. We…

  • Hawk athletes set new school records at Princeton, Moravian invitationals

    Highlighted by junior Ford Palmer’s school-record mark in the 1500 meters and junior Emily MacEwen’s near school-record time in the 800, the Monmouth University men’s and women’s track and field squads competed successfully at Princeton’s Larry Ellis Invitational. At the same time, Hawks throwers registered top marks at Moravian’s Greyhound Invitational. Palmer (Absegami), who broke…

  • RFH Crew starts season with a win at North Jersey Regatta

    Rumson-Fair Haven Crew rowers couldn’t have started their season much better. RFH Crew, an independent crew club composed exclusively of high school students who attend Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, traveled to the North Jersey Championship Regatta to compete against 13 other high school teams from New Jersey in the first regatta of the spring…

  • Spartan softball team is ready to take next step

    Ocean Township H.S. sporting 7-4 record BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Ocean Township High School softball team is off to a 7-4 start and will look to rebound this week after suffering a tough 4-0 non-divisional loss against Toms River South on Friday. Afour-run third inning proved to be the difference as the Spartans’ usually potent…

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