• Celebration cut short for Weber Ave. residents

    Governor signs bill to fund flood mitigation project, but says no money is available BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Weber Avenue residents in Sayreville who have fought for a flood mitigation project designed to protect their homes from South River floodwaters received a disheartening blow on Jan. 17. Only minutes after signing a bill that appropriates…

  • Old Bridge BOE mulls moving election date

    Board election would be moved to Nov.; budgets under cap would be kept off ballot BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The Old Bridge Board of Education election date may soon be on the move, thanks to new legislation signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie last week. The board is considering moving its elections from…

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    Third-graders Kaitlyn Heck (l) and Madeline Jensen read a story aloud to 7-year-old Great Dane Markus during the Paws for Reading afterschool program at Walter M. Schirra School in Old Bridge Jan. 17. Teacher Joyce Regan received a grant from the Old Bridge Education Foundation to fund the activity. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • 2012 Millrose Games to see return of Eamonn Coghlan

    Celebrated runner Eamonn Coghlan is coming back to the Millrose Games, this time as an “adopted coach.” The seven-time champion of the Wanamaker Mile is helping to bring a talented Irish squad from Dublin City University to compete in the Byron Dyce College Men’s Distance Medley Relay in the 105th Millrose Games on Feb. 11…

  • Chivas USA taps MU’s Allen in MLS supplemental draft

    Old Bridge native is third Hawk in last two years selected by an MLS team Monmouth University senior All- American R.J. Allen was selected by Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer (MLS) supplemental draft. Chivas USA, which plays its home matches in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, selected the Hawks’ defender with the…

  • Bulldogs starting to find their stride on the hardwood

    Boys BB has won four straight BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent With four straight wins to its credit, the Rumson- Fair Haven High School boys basketball team has improved its record to 8-3. This week the Bulldogs were hoping to get back at a pair of teams that defeated them earlier in the season. RFH is slated…

  • Casey runners put down fast times at Yale Classic

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Monmouth Regional High School’s Cara Wiebalk is safely over the bar as she competes in the girls pole vault at the Monmouth County Indoor Championships at the Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River on Jan. 20. Wiebalk finished sixth in the event, clearing 8-6. ERIC SUCAR staff Red Bank…

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    Red Bank Regional H.S. culinary arts students Rebecca Helstern (l-r), Little Silver, Alexandra Collado, Shrewsbury, and Paola Olivarez, Red Bank, help prepare dinner at the Soul Kitchen in Red Bank during the holiday season. RBR culinary arts students took a field trip to dice and chop under the direction of executive chef Zeet Peabody. The…

  • VNA to offer hospice volunteer training

    TINTON FALLS — Beginning Feb. 21, theVisiting NurseAssociation Health Group Hospice Program will offer a free three-session Hospice Volunteer Training course, “Understanding Caring: Understanding Hospice.” The course is open to individuals 18 years of age and older and qualifies participants as certified VNA Health Group hospice volunteers. Sessions are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 2…

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