• Anniversary events honor Girl Scouts’ achievements

    BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent Girl Scouts wait to model uniforms of the past during a tea with Juliette Gordon Low. The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore have joined Girl Scouts from New Jersey and the United States to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of their organization by Low in 1912. PHOTOS COURTESY OF…

  • Jobs, future of Monmouth Park tied to lease

    Agreement calls for thoroughbred horsemen to operate racetrack BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association is expected to sign a lease this week with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to operate Monmouth Park. Nearly two years of uncertainty surrounding the future of Monmouth Park may be over by week’s end…

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    Red Bank Regional High School Visual and Performing Arts Academy dance majors perform during the second annual Sunday Showcase at the Little Silver school on Feb. 26. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Falcons top Vikings in GMC hockey final

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The St. Joseph High School ice hockey team completed its run to the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament title with a convincing 5-0 triumph against defending champion South Brunswick on Saturday, Feb. 25, in front of a packed house at theArenas at Woodbridge. For the host Falcons (19-3-1), who have won…

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    South Brunswick High School’s Danielle Padovano (r) and Vanessa Perdomo (3) battle for a loose ball with North Brunswick’s Brittany Vick (l) and Stephanie Guevars during the Feb. 24 Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament championship game played at Rutgers University’s Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway. The South Brunswick Vikings needed overtime before capturing the GMC…

  • Sports Short

    The Middlesex County Department of Parks & Recreation is seeking teams for its annual Board of Chosen Freeholders Basketball Tournament, which starts in early March. This year’s tournament will be held at the Middlesex County Vocational-Technical School, 21 Suttons Lane in Piscataway. The tournament will consist of four divisions: Youth Division No. 1, for boys…

  • Middletown, Ocean Twp. hosting New Jersey Golden Gloves events

    New Jersey Golden Gloves has announced its tournament schedule for the 2012 amateur boxing championship. More than 200 boxers between the ages of 17 and 34 will compete in nine preliminary bouts throughout the state, beginning Feb. 24 at Brick Township High School. The winners will advance to the state finals, to be held Saturday,…

  • Vikes top Raiders in OT to win GMC tournament

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent North Brunswick High School’s Jasmine Walker soars to the basketball between South Brunswick defender Maya Hamilton during the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament championship game played Feb. 24 at Rutgers University’s Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway. The Vikings rallied in the second half to tie the Raiders and force overtime where South…

  • Senior center slates local bus trips

    The South Brunswick Township Senior Center is offering the following free trips to South Brunswick Township seniors age 55 and over: • March 7, Kohl’s, Wegmans and Target • March 13, Apna Bazaar • March 14, Brunswick Square Mall • March 21, Walmart • March 27, Apna Bazaar • March 28, Hometown Buffet. The bus…

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