• Book-fair event to support EBEF

    The East Brunswick Education Foundation (EBEF) will sponsor a Book Fair 9 a.m.-9 p.m. June 18 at Barnes and Noble, Brunswick Square Mall, Route 18, East Brunswick. A percentage of all sales, including cafe purchases, will be donated to the EBEF when a voucher is presented to the cashier at time of purchase. Book talks,…

  • Fish Fry canceled at Milltown VFW post

    The Clark-Moetz Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2319 Fish Fry, usually set for 5-8 p.m. the third Friday of every month at the post home, 45 Broad St., Milltown, will not take place June 17 due to the VFW State Convention. The next Fish Fry will be held July 15. The menu will include…

  • Local playwrights ‘choose to laugh.’ You will, too

    Play looks at highs and lows of life in adult communities BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Brandon Allentoff (l-r) of Howell, and Milt Keiles and Arnold Brown, both of Monroe, rehearse a scene from “Fade Out at Clo-Achers.” The play, written by Monroe residents Myra Danon and Meryl Berness, steps beyond the security gates of…

  • A hometown baseball legend is remembered

    Shop owners deliver on decades-old promise to mother of Frankie Hayes BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Rich Reinhardt holds a photograph of the late Major League Baseball player Frankie Hayes at Barbara’s Unique Antique Boutique in Jamesburg on June 8. Hayes, who played for several American League teams, was born in Jamesburg and is buried…

  • Volunteers lend a hand to wounded Marine

    Community members working to renovate house in Monroe BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Volunteers raise a wall during the construction of an addition to the home of Colin Pascik, a Marine who was injured in Afghanistan and recently returned home to Monroe. Local volunteers are doing what they can to make the life of wounded…

  • Colts win MOC 4×800 relay, establishing ameet record

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer I t was only a matter of time before Christian Brothers Academy left its mark in the 4×800-relay. The event was first introduced to the NJSIAA Track and Field Outdoor Meet of Champions last year and in its second edition, the Colts set the meet record. The quartet of Conrad…

  • 18th Sheehan Classic is Saturday in Red Bank

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The start of the 2010 Sheehan Classic. The 18th annual George Sheehan Classic 5-mile road race kicks off on Saturday at 8:30 a.m., and about 2,000 runners are expected to participate. The USATF-certified 5-miler, which winds through Red Bank, Fair Haven and Little Silver, highlights the weekend’s festivities. A 2-mile health and…

  • Sparta denies Eagles’ drive for four straight state titles

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Middletown High School South’s Allie Muratore tries to elude the tag of Sparta catcher Meg Casey at home plate during the NJSIAA Group III state championship softball game played June 11 at Toms River East High School. Middletown South was seeking a fourth straight state title when they lost to Sparta,…

  • Lancer softball team sweeps all five championship titles

    SJV wins second straight state crown BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent St. John Vianney High School third baseman Taylor August charges a grounder during the NJSIAA Non-Public A state softball championship game against Immaculate Heart on June 11 at Toms River East High School. The Lancers, behind pitcher Jen Retzer’s 12 strikeouts, captured the state championship…

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