• Orchestra’s holiday concert Dec. 5

    The Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra Holiday Concert will take place Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. at Princeton Alliance Church, 20 Schalks Crossing Road (corner of Schalks Crossing Road and Scudders Mill Road), Plainsboro. General admission is $15, $12 for seniors and students. Premium seats are $25 each. Advance tickets are $12. The concert features the Qing…

  • Info on alternate route teaching Dec. 9

    Middlesex County College will hold an information session for people interested in becoming teachers through the alternate route program. It is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m. in the College Center, Cafeteria C, on the Edison campus. Preregistration is requested; call 732-548-6000, ext. 3144, or e-mail dyoseloff @middlesexcc. edu. While anyone with qualifications…

  • Renew or join library group to enter contest

    Individuals could win $250 by Dec. 4. To be a winner, join the Friends of the South Brunswick Library or renew your Friends membership for 2011 and become eligible for the $250 prize from the N.J. Gateway Credit Union in Monmouth Junction. To be eligible to win the prize, individuals must join or renew before…

  • Shore to play Dunellen for CJ I state championship

    Game is Saturday at Rutgers Stadium BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Shore Regional High School football team will be looking to put several finishing touches on what has been an outstanding season when it meets Dunellen at 10 a.m. Saturday in the NJSIAA Central Group I championship game at Rutgers Stadium. The Blue Devils’ first…

  • Historic victory for CBA at Meet of Champions

    Colts win 16th title, break course record BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Let the debate begin. Is this year’s Christian Brothers Academy cross country team the best in state history? Red Bank Catholic’s Kevin Byrne sprints toward the finish line at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions held at Holmdel Park on Nov. 20. The RBC…

  • RBC’s McNamara wins NXN Northeast qualifier

    NXN championships in Portland, Ore., are next BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Instead of beginning her buildup for the indoor track and field season, Red Bank Catholic High School’s Molly McNamara has a cross country race to run. The RBC senior extended her finest cross country season by winning the Nike Cross Nationals Northeast Regional…

  • Calvin T. Carhart

    Mr. Carhart, 89, of Red Bank, Middletown, and Marathon, Fla., died Nov. 18, 2010, at home after a short illness. In 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and flew 83 combat missions from England and France, including the D-Day Invasion and the St. Lo Breakout. Mr. Carhart served in the Air Corps Reserve…

  • New Jersey higher education deserves support

    The Lumina Foundation recently released a state-bystate report on the higher educational needs of America, for success in the 21st century. It projects that New Jersey alone will have to successively increase the number of college graduates it produces annually by 5,600 per year, every single year, until 2025, to meet one of President Barack…

  • When the engine blows, and it’s 20 below

    CODA GREG BEAN I’ve been getting a real kick out of those “You always remember your first Subaru” ads, with lots of wistful people fondly remembering things that happened in their cars. There’s one with a young guy looking into the backseat of his Subaru, and you get an idea what he’s remembering, but the…

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