• Graber was pleased with progress of Redbirds basketball

    Off-season workouts next BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent A llentown’s boys basketball team has shown signs of a rebound after some struggling seasons, winning eight games under new coach Jay Graber. Now the two-sport coach is concentrating his off-season work with the football team that has been under way since December as well as the basketball…

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    Matt Gold, 12 of Millstone, who swims for the Scarlet Aquatic Club, has qualified for the New Jersey Swimming Short Course Jr. Olympics, to be held March 16-18 at Rutgers University . Jr. Olympics is for New Jersey swimmers who are part of USA Swimming and have swam gold time standards for a particular event…

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    Millstone Township’s Jimmy King, who attends Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, recently signed his National Letter of Intent to Bucknell University, where he will continue his football career. At the signing (seated left to right) sister Kimberly King, mother Francine King and father Jim King flank Jim as he signs, while Notre Dame athletic…

  • Audubon Society offers scholarships

    The Monmouth County Audubon Society announced that the organization will sponsor up to $3,000 in scholarships for the fall 2012 semester. The Ted Engberg Memorial Scholarship will be offered to Monmouth County high school spring graduates who will be continuing their education this fall in a field related to conservation. Criteria require that applicants beMonmouth…

  • Pantry seeks share of $1M donation

    MANALAPAN — Samaritan Center Inc., an all-volunteer ecumenical food pantry in Manalapan that serves clients living in Englishtown, Manalapan, Marlboro and Millstone Township, is participating with other nonprofit anti-hunger organizations in the United States in a philanthropic competition for a share of the $1 million offered by Rhode Island philanthropistAlan Shawn Finestein. The rules of…

  • March: Au revoir winter

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Your garden will reveal yourself. Donot be terrified of this” — Henry Mitchell E very little sign of new life in the garden looks great at this time. At first glance, little seems to have changed, but wait … brown is changing to green, buds are swelling and all over little…

  • Save the date for benefit walk for Eric LeGrand

    The second annual Walk to Believe fundraiser will be held June 2 at the Rutgers University Stadium, Busch Campus, Piscataway. Proceeds of the 5K walk will benefit the Eric LeGrand Believe Trust Fund, a fund established to offer support and cover expenses for Rutgers University football player Eric LeGrand and his family, as he continues…

  • 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…

  • Bingo, with a chic and charitable twist

    Event with stylish prizes will benefit Give Back Foundation BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Bingo! Lucky ladies will be shouting this magic word at the upcoming “Pamper Me” bingo event hosted by the Give Back Foundation on March 23. The event promises to be a win-win for attendees — whether or not they take home…

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