• Holiday Cookie Walk scheduled for Dec. 10

    Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 568 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, will hold its annual Holiday Cookie Walk beginning at 9 a.m. Dec. 10. A wide assortment of homebaked cookies will be offered for purchase at $7.50 per pound, while supplies last. Pre-packaged cookies in holiday containers suitable for gift-giving also will be available. Funds raised from…

  • Walkout ends meeting abruptly in So. River

    Mayor: Democrats ‘ambushed’ Republicans with move to appoint council president BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — The Nov. 28 Borough Council meeting ended in just about six minutes, before the monthly business could be addressed. The reason: A walkout by Mayor Raymond Eppinger and Councilman John Trzeciak, both Republicans, leaving the council without a…

  • Holiday tradition returns to E.B. for 15th anniversary

    — Brian Donahue Rory Chalcraft, as the ghost of “Jacob Marley,” and Fred Dennehy, as “Ebenezer Scrooge,” rehearse a scene for Playhouse 22’s production of “A Christmas Carol” Monday night at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center. Shows run Dec. 9-18 at the theater, located at 721 Cranbury Road. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Charles Dickens’…

  • Make-A-Wish castle opens gates, grants first wish

    Donors, officials herald arrival of fairy-tale-like facility in Monroe BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Children participate in the Dec. 2 grand-opening ceremony at the Samuel & Josephine Wishing Place, the newly built castle on Perrineville Road in Monroe that will serve as headquarters of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey. JEFF GRANIT staff MONROE —…

  • Schools face challenges with new bullying law

    Paperwork, deadlines biggest burdens, administrators say BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Noble goal. But a lot of paperwork and tight deadlines. Three months into the school year, school administrators are grappling with the demands of the state’s new anti-bullying law, signed by Gov. Chris Christie in January. “It’s a process and it’s a rather involved…

  • Helmetta board to revisit snuff mill redevelopment

    Board will rehear Kaplan application during meeting on Dec. 14 By Chris Zawistowski The contentious plan to redevelop the former snuff mill in Helmetta is heading back to the borough Planning Board. The board will hear a new application from Kaplan at Helmetta during a meeting on Dec. 14 to dispel accusations of certain errors…

  • BCC’s Cornwell, Katona are tabbed as Divison III soccer All-Americans

    A lthough the season ended on a sour note for the Brookdale Community College men’s soccer team, Jersey Blues players are reaping the rewards of their outstanding campaign. Standouts Dave Cornwell and Chris Katona were named to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III All-American Teams. Cornwell, a forward, made the First Team,…

  • CBA harriers are nation’s best

    Colts win NXN championship in Portland, Ore. BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Christian Brothers Academy harriers George Kelly (l) and Mike McClemens were all smiles after they ran one-two at the Monmouth County Championships. They had more to smile about on Dec. 3 when the Colts won the Nike Cross Nationals title in Portland, Ore.,…

  • Huskies ride defense to CJ II championship

    Matawan avenges last year’s loss to Rumson-Fair Haven, 3-0 BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Matawan High School’s Deaven Nicholson (bottom), Nicholas Thompkins (middle) and Solomon Simpkins (top) gang up on Rumson-Fair Haven’s Blake Potter as they tackle him during the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II championship game played Dec. 3 at Rutgers University’s High Point Solutions…

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