• Ginsburg, Fusco win Freehold driver, trainer championships

    It was all in the family when Vincent Ginsburg captured top driver honors and Vincent Fusco Jr. was the leading trainer when the 109-date Freehold Raceway meet concluded Dec. 12. Ginsburg is Fusco’s nephew. In the driver standings, Ginsburg posted 154 wins from 875 starters for earnings of $573,914. Finishing second was Eric Abbatiello with…

  • Young Old Bridge bowlers look to keep improving

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School’s youthful boys’ bowling team has shown much promise this season, and coach Ed Bucior is looking for his team to continue to improve over the second half of the campaign. A year ago, Old Bridge posted an 11-4- 1 ledger, but the team lost several seniors, including…

  • Veteran wrestlers expected to lead way for Bombers

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent With several key athletes back from a team that went 16-3 and won the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) White Division championship, Sayreville War Memorial High School wrestling coach Marcus Ivy is confident his team will have another solid season. The Bombers’ lineup will once again feature heavyweight Anthony Porcaro, who is…

  • Working toward a pin

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Old Bridge High School’s T.J. Angstadt, top, won his 145-pound match against Donovan Catholic’s Shane Harrigfeld by pin at the Ice Breaker Wrestling Tournament held at Old Bridge Dec. 19. Angstadt went on to place fourth in his weight division.

  • Did you know …

    Ryan Seacrest ABC/LOU ROCCO Global super-group One Direction returns to headline the Billboard Hollywood Party on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016” beginning Thursday, Dec. 31, at 8 p.m. on ABC and broadcasting non-stop until 2:13 a.m.. One Direction will perform three songs throughout the show during a bi-coastal celebration. They…

  • Nat King Cole

    By Ali Datko, ReMIND Magazine Among the many joys of the holiday season are the classic, beloved songs that have been passed down from one generation to the next, bringing together listeners young and old. Among the most notable and nostalgia-provoking is the delightfully ubiquitous “The Christmas Song,” subtitled “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.”…

  • You can go home again

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Sisters lets two women we absolutely love bring their comic genius to the screen. Maura (Amy Poehler) and Kate Ellis (Tina Fey) are tasked with the responsibility of cleaning out their room at their childhood home as their parents are moving to a condo. But in rehashing the…

  • Meredith Baxter and her ‘Family Ties’ husband enjoy reunion as Christmas’ power couple

    By Kellie Freeze, www.channelguidemag.com In Lifetime’s holiday original movie Becoming Santa, Holly (Laura Bell Bundy) brings her boyfriend (Jesse Hutch) to meet her family and reveals that not only are her parents Santa and Mrs. Claus, but also whoever she marries will become the next Santa. There’s no one better to play the quintessential holiday…

  • 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 time.

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