• Bombers look to rebound from Buc Classic defeat

    SAYREVILLE WAR MEMORIAL By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Sayreville War Memorial High School’s boys’ basketball team got out of the gate with four straight victories to open the season before finally dropping a game to Ranney School at the Albert E. Martin Buc Classic in Red Bank Dec. 28. Hampered by foul trouble, the Bombers fell…

  • Merli Invitational

    MATT DENTON Sayreville War Memorial High School’s Franklin Cruz wins his heat in the 400-meter dash at the Merli Invitational Dec. 26 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River.

  • Race, ride and party into 2016

    TOP PICK iPlay America rings in the New Year with a blast during the Fifth annual New Year’s Eve Bash from 7:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31. iPlay America’s New Year’s Eve Party pass includes unlimited rides and attractions, a $10 game card, party favors, spectacular prizes and giveaways throughout the evening, a confetti cannon,…

  • Kelly expects good year as South Amboy fire chief

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — On Jan. 1, the city will have a new fire chief — just as it does every year. Outgoing chief Michael Geraltowski had quite a year — in March, he helped the department acquire a new pumper ladder truck. A month later, the city’s only grocery store burned…

  • Kids Club open for three- to five-year-olds

    The North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services will hold a Kids Club for three- to five-year-olds, 9-11:30 a.m., Wednesdays and Fridays, Jan. 13 through March 18, at Sabella Park, 1453 Cozzens Lane, North Brunswick. Children will have fun through learning and play. The fee is $260 for residents or $270 for non-residents.…

  • IN THE SERVICE

    U.S. Army Spc. Saheed A. Abimbola has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Jackson, S.C. During nine weeks of training, Abimbola studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values; physical fitness; and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship,…

  • Chorus schedules tryouts for Jan. 4, 11

    Voices Chorale, a community chorus with more than 50 members, will hold auditions 6:30 p.m. Jan. 4 and 11 at Music Together, 225 Pennington- Hopewell Road (Route 654), Hopewell, prior to the group’s 7:15 p.m. rehearsals. Interested singers should call auditions coordinator Susan Evans at 609- 291-7456 or email [email protected] to set up an audition…

  • Sixth-grader leads letter-writing effort for Make-A-Wish

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer More than 10,000 letters from students all over the Old Bridge School District were delivered to the Macy’s department store in East Brunswick as part of Macy’s Make-AWish Believe Campaign last week. The letter campaign was spearheaded by 11-year-old A.J. Silvestri, a sixth-grader at Carl Sandburg Middle School. For every…

  • Type ‘O’ blood in high demand

    New Jersey Blood Services will hold a blood drive 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 9 at St. Thomas RC Church, 333 Route 18, Old Bridge. Type “O” blood, the universal donor, is in demand. To donate blood or to organize a blood drive, call 1-800-933-2566 or visit www.nybloodcenter.org.

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