• Concert to benefit CUP Food Pantry

    Concert to benefit CUP Food Pantry

    The Community Of Hope Ministries (COHM)/Alice’s CUP (Churches United for People) Food Pantry, Spotswood, will sponsor its next fundraising COHM Acoustic Café Sunday Under the Stars concert 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 7 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 505 Main St., Spotswood. Special guest will be Painted Young. The series is presented by Sleepless Mind Entertainment. The…

  • Spotswood Taekwondo students excel at competition

    Spotswood Taekwondo students excel at competition

    SPOTSWOOD – Eight students from the Force One Competition Team, which trains at Fastkix Taekwondo in Spotswood, traveled with their instructor and head team coach, Master Charles Ferrone, to compete with more than 1,900 athletes in the 2016 AAU National Taekwondo Championships July 4-9 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This year, Force One competed in 26 events and earned 13…

  • Next generation of officers get started at Junior Police Academy

    Next generation of officers get started at Junior Police Academy

    By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – For a week in July, nearly a dozen cadets traded in their smartphones and baseball gloves for badges. The Spotswood Police Department (SPD) held its 12th annual Junior Police Academy to offer local children —ages 11 through 16— the opportunity to experience a curriculum similar to that of an…

  • Beginners yoga class coming to library

    Beginners yoga class coming to library

    A program titled “Yoga for Beginners” is planned for 7-8 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Sayreville Public Library, 1050 Washington Road. Presenter will be Denise Morgan, certified yoga instructor. Participants should plan on getting on the floor to do various yoga poses. The class is not recommended for people with serious medical conditions. The program…

  • East Brunswick teams up for food drive

    East Brunswick teams up for food drive

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Two East Brunswick High School (EBHS) teams traded in their pigskins and pom-poms for donation bags last week to help Middlesex County’s food bank during its usual summertime lull. At the onset of the season, the high school football team was more than 20 players shy of last year’s roster, leaving less…

  • Business brief

    Business brief

    The Michael Hegarty & John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals and Cremation Services is celebrating its one-year anniversary. The funeral home is located at 3377 Route 9 in Old Bridge. For more information, call 732-679-4422 or visit www.HegartyScaliaFuneralHome.com.

  • Schutt-Smith ready to lead Eagles as new softball coach

    Schutt-Smith ready to lead Eagles as new softball coach

    By Wayne Witkowski Lisa Schutt-Smith took an unexpected career turn before she was named successor to Hall of Fame coach Tom Erbig for Middletown High School South’s softball team. After accumulating 10 years of experience coaching varsity softball at Holmdel High School and Middletown High School North, she accepted a position as head coach of…

  • The Wag to perform Aug. 13 at library

    The Wag to perform Aug. 13 at library

    Local band The Wag will present a concert at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The upbeat four-piece group, with a style that varies from blues to pop to rock and features three alternating lead singers, recently added an acoustic set to their repertoire.…

  • Resident asks Sayreville officials to spruce up Route 35

    Resident asks Sayreville officials to spruce up Route 35

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — One resident expressed his concern about the future of the Morgan section of the borough at the July 11 Borough Council meeting. “We’re really not happy with what’s become of Morgan,” resident Al Pillar said on behalf of himself and his neighbors. He pointed to an adult bookstore, massage…

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