• Red Bank’s townwide yard sale set for May 7

    Red Bank’s townwide yard sale set for May 7

    RED BANK — The Friends of the Red Bank Public Library will sponsor the ninth annual Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 7. All proceeds from sale registrations will benefit the Friends of the Red Bank Public Library. Complete details for shoppers and sellers alike, including registration information, are available at…

  • Four students earn awards in national competition

    Four students earn awards in national competition

    LITTLE SILVER — Four students in Red Bank Regional High School’s Visual & Performing Arts Academy earned medals in the national competition, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. Jordan Fleming of Red Bank won a gold medal, and silver medals went to Skylar Eber of…

  • ‘Octonauts’ tickets now on sale at Red Bank theater

    ‘Octonauts’ tickets now on sale at Red Bank theater

    RED BANK — The action-packed and interactive children’s show, “The Octonauts and the Deep Sea Volcano Adventure,” will be coming to Count Basie Theatre at 4 p.m. Nov. 23. Tickets are currently on sale. The high-tech production will feature new and favorite songs led by the entire Octonauts eight-member crew, including Captain Barnacles, Lieutenant Kwazii…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Casey Anne Kilduff of Old Bridge will graduate from John Neumann College in Pennsylvania on May 14. She received a four-year academic scholarship to the school. During her freshman year she was named Rookie of the Year and made the dean’s list. Kilduff was captain of the ice hockey team as a senior. She obtained…

  • Defense witness claims jailmate killed five-year-old boy in 1991

    Defense witness claims jailmate killed five-year-old boy in 1991

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Five-year-old Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey may have been strangled by a man on the run from police in Arizona, according to a defense witness, Damien Dowdle. Gerald Krovatin, defense attorney for Michelle Lodzinski, who is being tried for the murder of her son Timmy in 1991, presented Dowdle,…

  • Future of South Amboy includes low taxes, ferry service

    Future of South Amboy includes low taxes, ferry service

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Mayor Fred Henry’s State of the City address focused on past results, as well as a future that could look rather different from the South Amboy of today. “Last year I closed my remarks with the challenge that we as a city pursue a positive path and do…

  • Lacrosse game will aid families affected by house fires

    Lacrosse game will aid families affected by house fires

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Old Bridge community is taking to the lacrosse field to help the Pabon and Wiener families recover from losing their homes in devastating house fires last month. The Knights Boys Lacrosse “Play for a Purpose” game will be held at 7 p.m. May 10 on Lombardi Field,…

  • Sayreville woman charged with hitting two schoolchildren, leaving scene of motor vehicle accident

    Sayreville woman charged with hitting two schoolchildren, leaving scene of motor vehicle accident

    SAYREVILLE – A driver allegedly fled the scene after hitting two schoolchildren with her vehicle on May 2. Two brothers, age 5 and 8, were struck at 7:48 a.m. while walking in a crosswalk on Main Street on their way to Our Lady of Victories School, according to a statement released by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and…

  • Sayreville  has to delay vote on budget

    Sayreville has to delay vote on budget

    By Jacqueline Durett Correspondent SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council is ready with its 2016-17 budget, it could not officially adopt it at the April 25 meeting. At that meeting, which also was when the borough held the budget hearing, Chief Financial Officer Wayne Kronowski explained that the borough was still in queue to receive state…

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