• MANVILLE: Colts get strong performances

       The Manville Colts Pop Warner football team traveled to Freehold over the weekend for an out-of-conference game. Undefeated Freehold was more than the Colts could handle, beating them 39-6.    Colt captains of the day were Kevin Faulkner, Shane Frueler and TJ Caswell.The Colts highlight of the day was a 65-yard touchdown run by TJ Caswell…

  • BORDENTOWN: Hazlett making her own history

    Senior is Scotties’ top scorer By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    No matter what the pressure, Bordentown Regional High School’s Melanie Hazlett has had the answer.    Hazlett is one of the top senior students at Bordentown. She is the third of four girls in her family, and both of her older sisters were valedictorians of…

  • MONROE: Monroe girl is a Miss New Jersey USA contestant

    MONROE: Monroe girl is a Miss New Jersey USA contestant

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — One day, a few years ago, Monroe native Victoria Cooper received a letter in the mail inviting her to a beauty pageant.    Now, after letting go of her reluctance and suspicion, she is well on her way to competing for the title of Miss New Jersey USA.    Ms. Cooper,…

  • Rutgers’ Sanu sets Big East pass receiving record

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Football is played with 11 per side to make it a fair game. Rutgers’ 38-26 victory over previously unbeaten Ohio on Saturday was anything but fair. In fact, it was downright laughable how South Brunswick High School graduate Mohamed Sanu continually found open space to gather in a Big East and…

  • Fast start has Bears poised for another winning season

    Boys soccer team unbeaten at 7-0-1 BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent East Brunswick The season is young and there’s still a lot of soccer to be played, but East Brunswick High School’s boys team is well on its way to posting another outstanding season. Before Tuesday’s visit to Piscataway and today’s home match with Old Bridge,…

  • Rams want another shot at state soccer championship

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent South River High School’s Andrey Marach (l) and Paul Ponce try to gain possession of the ball during their Sept. 21 soccer match with Metuchen. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff South River High School’s boys soccer team was 5-2-1 headed into yesterday’s match with Middlesex, but make no mistake about this…

  • Anatola Chodzko

    Mrs. Chodzko, 91, of South River, died Sept. 15, 2011, in CareOne at East Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward; a son, Leon; and a daughter-in-law, Sherry. Surviving are four children, Walter, and his wife, Sharon, of East Brunswick, William of Sayreville, John, and his wife, Carol, of Manahawkin and Nadine of South…

  • George M. Schwendeman

    Mr. Schwendeman, 85, of Milltown, died Sept. 24, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson Hospital at Rahway. He was predeceased by his wife, Alice. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Donna Schwendeman of Clark; a son, David Schwendeman of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; a daughter, Lori Zielinski of Orlando, Fla.; a brother, Donald Schwendeman of…

  • Mary L. O’Sullivan Cahillane

    Mrs. Cahillane, 89, of East Brunswick, died Sept. 23, 2011, in the Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. Surviving are her husband, John Cahillane; a son, Daniel, and his wife, Patricia, of East Brunswick; a sister, Margaret Fitzgerald ofMount Pleasant, S.C.; and four grandchildren. AMass was offered at St. Bartholomew Church, East Brunswick. Interment was in…

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