• MU Hawks kick off 2010 season at Colgate Saturday

    Monmouth University kicks off the 2010 football season Saturday night at Colgate University. Kickoff in Hamilton, N.Y., is 6 p.m. This will be the only night game on the Hawks’ schedule this fall. Kevin Callahan, the only head coach in MU history, begins his 14th season with a team that was picked to finish fifth…

  • Eagles looking to soar behind their linemen

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent With a return to the Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division after a short stint in the White Division, the Edison High School football team will once again battle the likes of conference elites from week to week. The conference’s decision to eliminate the Gold Division forced the realignment. “Moving up to…

  • Spotswood Football

    Spotswood High School offensive players huddle up before running a play during practice. The Chargers are preparing for their Sept. 11 opener at home against South River. ERIC SUCAR staff

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    A golf outing to benefit Autism Speaks will be held Sept. 13 at the Galloping Hill Golf Course in Union. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. The fee of $125 per golfer will include continental breakfast, 18 holes of golf, refreshments on the course, food on the turn, and a complete buffet dinner with a…

  • Hawks start ’10 season lacking experience

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent The J.P. Stevens High School football team will open the 2010 season with a 7 p.m. road game against Marlboro on Sept. 11 with first-year head coach Mike Ryan calling the shots after the departure of Joe Riggi. After two seasons on the Stevens sidelines, Riggi took a defensive coordinator job…

  • Back-to-school preparations should include an eye exam

    I’m writing to commend Gov. Chris Christie for recently declaring August “Children’s Vision and Learning Month” in New Jersey. The goal of this observance is to help educate parents and teachers about the critical link between vision and learning. It is that time of year again, that we, as parents, prepare our children for the…

  • Rain can’t penetrate half of NJ’s surface area

    Many of us breathed a sigh of relief as many mandatory bans on unnecessary water use were lifted. But be warned: We’re polluting our drinking water in New Jersey. Our drinking water comes from two sources, surface water from rivers and streams that is stored in reservoirs, and underground water that we access using wells.…

  • Obama health care plan has to begin somewhere

    This letter is in response to the letter titled “By the People and for the People,” Sentinel, Aug. 18. In this letter, the writer discussed all the things that are wrong with President Barack Obama’s health bill. I would like to address two of his points: 1) Abortion coverage that Americans don’t want. I am…

  • Trenton fashion: This fall they’re all wearing black

    CODA GREG BEAN I guess you could say this whole sordid mess is just another black eye for the New Jersey Education Association, but that organization has gotten so many black eyes in the last year you can hardly tell the difference. It’s certainly a black eye for (now former) N.J. Department of Education Commissioner…

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