• Master Gardeners graduate

    Master Gardeners graduate

    Twenty-seven men and women became certified Monmouth County Master Gardeners during a recent graduation ceremony held at Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune. Local graduates of the 2015 program are: Russ Bohlin, Farmingdale; Laura Dreifus, Millstone Township; Cheryl Greenfield, Freehold Borough; Lee Hansen, Morganville; Molly Kocsik, Freehold Township; Cheryl Perkins, Freehold Township; Nancy Smith, Marlboro; and…

  • ‘Rambotics’ runs through the competition

    ‘Rambotics’ runs through the competition

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — One usually imagines competitive robots to be built by seasoned engineers with decades of experience. For the students in South River High School’s Robotics Club, who competed at the Mid-Atlantic Regional District Event at Mount Olive High School in Flanders on March 5 and 6, they are…

  • Local ‘test subjects’ will ‘experiment’ with new music at Court Tavern

    Local ‘test subjects’ will ‘experiment’ with new music at Court Tavern

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – When a mad chemist injects the essence of some of the world’s best musicians into one local band, the results can be interesting. “The idea is that we are all test subjects. We don’t really remember these things but we got the general gist from the ‘creator,’” said…

  • Easter babkas available for purchase

    Easter babkas available for purchase

    Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Catholic Church, Whitehead Avenue, South River, is taking orders for Easter babkas. Cheese, chocolate, cinnamon crumb, prune, poppy, raspberry, apricot and raisin babkas cost $10.50 each. Raspberry/cheese, apricot/cheese and chocolate/cheese varieties are available at a cost of $11 each. To order, call Debbie at 732-238-0735. Pickup is set for…

  • Police identify Rutgers student who threw drink at Taco Bell worker

    Police identify Rutgers student who threw drink at Taco Bell worker

    MILLTOWN – Police have identified the man who drove through the Milltown Taco Bell drive-through and assaulted a young female worker on March 3. After purchasing food items and a large drink around 11:42 p.m., Cole Cadigan, 18, who resides on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University, allegedly threw the drink into the face of the…

  • Tickets available for Alborada gala

    Tickets available for Alborada gala

    The Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre’s 12th annual gala and fundraiser, “The Passion of Alborada,” is planned for 3-8 p.m. April 3 at Ria Mar Restaurant, 25 Whitehead Ave., South River. The event, which will celebrate 20 years of Alborada, will feature a buffet-style, all-Spanish banquet with sangria and desserts, performances by the Alborada dancers and…

  • Falcons set wins mark, capture sectional title in memorable season

    Falcons set wins mark, capture sectional title in memorable season

    By Jimmy Allinder This season, the Monroe Township High School girls basketball team got it right. A year ago, the Falcons lost the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV championship to Marlboro High School but this time managed a program first by winning the sectional championship with a 48-35 triumph over Hunterdon Central Regional High School,…

  • Book of love begins at East Brunswick Library

    Book of love begins at East Brunswick Library

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — When Sam Santiago proposed to his girlfriend, he didn’t choose a stereotypical beach or romantic restaurant. Instead, he chose his local library. On March 12, when Santiago and his girlfriend of one year Rawn Brown went to the East Brunswick Library to tutor a student, little did Brown…

  • Seniors will host Easter celebration

    Seniors will host Easter celebration

    The Our Lady of Victories (OLV) Seniors group will host its next gathering 1 p.m. April 1 in the church’s Monsignor Dalton Hall, Main Street, Sayreville. After a business meeting, the group’s annual Easter luncheon will be served for members. To reserve, call Mary Bouchard at 732-727-5056 by March 28; orders will not be accepted…

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