• Hospice volunteers sought to help others

    All it takes is compassion and a little time to become a hospice volunteer for VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of New Jersey Shore, Eatontown. There is a need for volunteers in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Volunteers give their time to terminally ill patients and their caregivers during a critical time. In orientation classes, they…

  • Howell to hold school registration online

    Howell Township will begin online kindergarten registration Jan. 3, 2011, for children who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 1, 2011. Registration will remain open through Jan. 31. Once the online portion of the registration process is completed, instructions for the in-person verification process will be sent via email. Documents needed for…

  • Plumsted school superintendent will retire on June 30

    Mark C. DeMareo joined district in August 2008 By Dave Benjamin PLUMSTED — Mark C. DeMareo, who has been the superintendent of schools in the Plumsted School District since August 2008, will retire from his position on June 30, 2011. The Plumsted Board of Education accepted notice of DeMareo’s retirement at its meeting on Dec.…

  • FISH ON Angler awaits confirmation of world record yellowfin

    RON NUZZOLO O ff the hook! The Vagabond long-range sport fisher was on a 10-day hunt for giant yellowfins and they returned with a monster. A historic, once-in-a-lifetime battle was won by Mike Livingston, 63, of Sunland, Calif., a longtime angler who retired recently as a school superintendent. Livingston caught the world’s first 400-pound-plus yellowfin…

  • Hawks’ Kinne is repeat First Team All-American

    Old Bridge’s Allen is Third Team pick Monmouth University men’s soccer standout Ryan Kinne (Naugatuck, Conn./Naugatuck High School) has been named to the 2010 NSCAA/Performance Subaru Men’s NCAA Division I All-America First Team, while teammate R.J. Allen (Old Bridge/St. Joseph High School) was named to the third team. This marks the second straight season that…

  • Tough schedule will test Old Bridge wrestlers

    Knights open with win at Icebreaker BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Old Bridge High School wrestling team welcomes eight starters back from a team that won the NJSIAA District 20 championship while posting a 16-4 record and finishing second behind South Plainfield in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division. The Knights also reached the…

  • Photo

    Students and faculty at Sayreville Middle School showed their holiday spirit by donating and wrapping gifts to give children in the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program, which supports children in the state Division of Youth and Family Services. Pictured are (l-r) Jinal Desai and Sukhnoor Ghumman, members of the school Community Service Club, and…

  • Dorothy Weihs

    Mrs. Weihs, 83, of Old Bridge, formerly of Sayreville, died Dec. 18, 2010. Surviving are four children, George III, Lewis, Kathleen Brennon and Rosemary Zuppa. Arrangements were by the Freeman Manalapan-Marlboro Funeral Home, Manalapan. Interment was private.

  • Lorraine Thurman Schoenthaler

    Mrs. Schoenthaler, 81, of Monroe, died Dec. 9, 2010. An educator, she also served nine years on the East Brunswick Board of Education. Surviving are her husband, Charles Schoenthaler; three children, Arnold, John and Mary; two brothers, Dennis and Tom; three sisters, Phyllis, Kay and Donna; and six grandchildren. A memorial gathering to celebrate Mrs.…

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