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    The first Crown Classic Golf Tournament held by the Rutgers University chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha will be held Oct. 9 at the Rutgers University Golf Course, 777 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway. The cost is $100 for single registers or $360 per foursome. Breakfast and lunch will be served. All proceeds go to the Zeta…

  • Bishop Ahr developing stronger team on the pitch

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent After the departure of forward Austin Blakely and five other starters from last season’s 8-10 team, the Bishop Ahr High School boys soccer team will open the new season this week with some question marks looming. Just who will put the ball in the net heads the list of questions head…

  • MCC Soccer Team Wins

    Jonathan El Maarouf of Edison dribbles past his opponent Sept. 11, when the Middlesex County College men’s soccer team beat Northampton Community College of Bethlehem, Pa., by a score of 5-1. Middlesex now stands at 2-2.

  • Bishop Ahr girls relying on newcomers stepping up

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent Led by Alyssa Welsh, arguably the top player in Middlesex County last season, the Bishop Ahr High School girls soccer team finished the year 15- 2-1 and won the Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division. Not only will this season’s Trojan team take the field sans Welsh, but it will also miss…

  • Rutgers U. enrolls largest first-year class in its history

    Rutgers University, New Brunswick, is seeing a record enrollment of more than 56,400 undergraduate and graduate students on its three main campuses this fall. Rutgers welcomed the largest firstyear class in its history, with an estimated 7,300 first-year students university-wide. Preliminary figures show first-year enrollment has increased more than 3 percent from last year and…

  • Area resident thanks good Samaritan

    On Aug. 13, I was shopping at the Milltown Home Depot. I accidentally left my purse in the cart and drove home. You can imagine how grateful I was when I got a call from Home Depot that my purse was in their office. When I picked it up, everything was intact. I had a…

  • Dems support women candidates, see strength in diversity

    It pleases me to see such a well-blended, diversified group of candidates on the Middlesex County Democratic ticket for the November election. The fact that three of the five candidates are highly capable, hardworking and qualified women is truly a sight to see. It shows that our county Democrats recognize women who have so much…

  • Charity director thanks Tim McGraw

    As a charity that benefited from the recent Tim Mc- Graw concert, I want to publicly say “Thank you, Tim McGraw!” To paraphrase a quote, “… the character of a man can be judged by what he does when no one is looking …” is more than appropriate in this instance. Tim McGraw was not…

  • Take steps now to prepare for emergencies

    September signals more than summer’s end and back-toschool for children. For the seventh year, September has been designated as National Preparedness Month (NPM) to encourage Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their home, businesses and communities. O f course, since we’ve just passed the fifth anniversary of hurricane Katrina, devastation from…

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