• Gala to aid children’s programs at museum

    ArtWithin Reach: An Evening To Benefit Children’s Programs at the Zimmerli Art Museum is set for 7 p.m. April 2 at the museum, on the campus of Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick. The event will feature live music, dancing, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a scavenger hunt and a guided preview of the reopened Galleries…

  • Gardeners planting seeds of community-wide effort

    Volunteers hope to involve others to help beautify areas around South Amboy BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Seven-year-old Robert Dieckman and other volunteers clean up the grounds outside Christ Episcopal Church March 26 to make way for the South Amboy Community Garden. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff A grass-roots organization is looking to get things growing.…

  • Sayreville crew gives new life to old trucks

    ‘Mule,’ ‘Water Buffalo’ represent unique way to recycle, save money BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Above: An old recycling trailer became the “Water Buffalo,” a 900-gallon-capacity water trailer. Below: “The Mule,” as Sayreville public works officials call it, is being decommissioned 16 years after it was converted to a sand spreader and snowplow. PHOTOS BY…

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    Old Bridge High School students Donnelle Crank-Longo (l) and Andre Davis dance the merengue under the direction of teacher Patricia Alspach in physical education class on March 25. See story, page 12. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Old Bridge GOP outraged by use of OBMUA fund

    More budget cuts expected to make up $1.3M shortfall BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Old Bridge Republicans have firmly staked themselves in opposition to the 2011 municipal budget due to the use of water and sewerage authority funds to plug a budgetary deficit. The local GOP condemned the proposed gap-closing methods and discussed the Old…

  • Bulldogs’ lacrosse team anchored by senior class

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Rumson-Fair Haven High School boys lacrosse team has high hopes for this season as it prepares for its opener tomorrow at Randolph. Coach Jim Barbiere’s Bulldogs are coming off a 14-6 campaign that saw Rumson-Fair Haven battle its way to the finals of the Shore Conference Tournament before falling to Red…

  • Mixture of veterans, youth has Blue Devils excited

    The Blue Devils see an opportunity for success this season. New faces will join the veteran talent already in place on the baseball team, and Shore Regional High School is betting on this combination to be a winning one. The Blue Devils finished the 2010 season with a 10-10 record. A year before, the team…

  • Fantastic weekend for Red Bank Catholic’s McNamara

    BY TIM MORRIS Molly McNamara I n her own words, Molly McNamara had “a fantastic weekend.” At the New Balance Indoor Nationals on March 11-13, the Red Bank Catholic High School senior ran three incredible races and left the New Balance Armory in New York City after three races in three days with a national…

  • Brookdale’s goal for 2011 season: Win it all

    Jersey Blues open season as No. 1 ranked softball team in the United States BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College first baseman Tracey Stern (Shore Regional High School) stretches out to pull in a foul ball during the first game of the Jersey Blues’ double-header sweep of Ocean County in Lincroft on March…

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