• Indoor auto racing returns to Atlantic City

    I ndoor auto racing will return to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City for the 10th consecutive year under the promotion of Len Sammons. Sammons has confirmed that the events will be held on Feb. 3-4. Ted Christopher from Plainville, Conn., will return to defend the “Gambler’s Classic” title he won in 2011 in the headline…

  • Sky Blue inks US National Team defender Sauerbrunn for 2012

    With the 2012 Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) season just around the corner, Sky Blue FC announced that the club has agreed to terms with U.S. National Team defender Becky Sauerbrunn. The addition of Sauerbrunn provides a proven leader to the experienced back line of Sky Blue FC, which will kick off its fourth season of…

  • EB girls are absorbing coach Sclafani’s changes

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent When Tom Sclafani took over as East Brunswick High School girls basketball coach this year, he cautioned that things would change. Have they. Not only does the rotation look different — three freshmen and two sophomores play a lot of minutes — Sclafani has added a multitude of offenses and defenses…

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    Monroe Township’s Shawn Gardini has the upper hand in his 106-pound match with J.P. Stevens High School’s James O’Malley on Jan. 14 in Monroe. Gardini went on to win by a major decision, 10-1, and the Falcons won the dual meet, 54-15. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Bears are on track with big games approaching

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent “W e’re where we thought we would be,” said East Brunswick High School boys basketball coach Bo Henning when asked to assess his team’s 8-3 record at the season’s midpoint. “But we haven’t played near where I think we will be come February andMarch.” That description by the veteran coach paints…

  • Anne Chomzuk Silvanovich

    Mrs. Silvanovich, 97, of South River, died Dec. 29, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Alexander Silvanovich, and by a daughter and son-in-law, Gloria and Fred Martin. Surviving are a daughter, Olga Tomory, and her husband, Robert, of South River; two sisters, Helen Sosnowski and Nancy…

  • Pearl Budney Majewski

    Mrs. Majewski, 92, of Sayreville, died Jan. 2, 2012, in Briarwood Care Center, Sayreville. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for many years as a seamstress through the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. She was predeceased by her husband, Henry Majewski; three brothers, Alexander, Stephen and Walter Budney; and three sisters, Hedwig Rzemieniewski, Stella…

  • Madeline VanLiew Vas

    Mrs. Vas, 86, of East Brunswick, died Jan. 3, 2012, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Zigmond Vas; two brothers, George and John VanLiew; three sisters, Myra Wnorowski, Agnes Czarnecki and Ruth Albert; and a granddaughter, Kristine Kowalski. Surviving are two daughters, Deborah Kowalski, and her husband, Walter,…

  • Ronald R. Schott

    Mr. Schott, 86, of Jackson, died Dec. 30, 2011, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Prior to retiring, he was employed as a photographer by PSE&G in Newark and Maplewood. Surviving are his wife, Rosemary C. Schott; five sons, Peter D. Schott of Howell, Edmund D. Schott of Honolulu, Hawaii, Ronald J. Schott of Monroe, Thomas…

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