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    The Old Bridge Girls Soccer League fall registration for girls ages 3½ to 18 (pre- K to 12th grade) began June 1. A discount rate will be in place through Aug. 1. After Aug. 1, players will be accepted at a nondiscounted rate. For more information visit www.gslob.com. Registration is under way for the SayrevilleAthleticAssociation’s…

  • Sayreville LL 9U stars seeking more titles

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Sayreville Little League 9U allstars own a fine 10-5 overall record that includes one tournament title to its credit and a second-place finish in another. Sayreville still has some baseball to play. Coach Jeff Campbell’s team entered the week in the quarterfinals of the Colonia and Bordentown tourneys. “This is…

  • E.B.’s Quintin wants to repeat that championship experience

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Funny thing about championships. Once you’ve experienced the joy of winning one, you become motivated to taste victory again. And again. And again. Julian Quintin and his fellow football team members enjoyed winning the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship last fall and hope to do it again. That essentially is…

  • Rachel Alexandra thrills Monmouth Park fans

    Wins stakes race; Izod Haskell Invitational is Sunday Rachel Alexandra and Monmouth Park go well together. The 2009 Horse of the Year was back in Oceanport on Saturday and did not disappoint the nearly 13,000 fans who came to see her race. Rachel Alexandra dominated her rivals in winning the $400,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes in…

  • Christie unveils salary cap plan at local school

    Says many school supers’ salaries are out of proportion with economic realities BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Just after signing a law capping property tax increases at 2 percent, Gov. Chris Christie announced another cap proposal, this one intended to cut school spending and direct more money to the classroom. Gov. Chris Christie takes questions…

  • Teen’s dedication, drive land him at West Point

    Smith participated in ROTC program all four years at OBHS BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Travis Smith OLD BRIDGE — Many 2010 graduates of Old Bridge High School will be continuing their education at colleges or trade schools in September. But only one will be setting out to tackle four years of intense academics and…

  • Theresa Russo

    Mrs. Russo, 86, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died July 15, 2010, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for 22 years as a sales clerk and floor person at Kresge’s department store in the former Sayre Woods Shopping Center, Old Bridge. After that, she worked in the kitchen…

  • Janet Evanoff

    Mrs. Evanoff, 70, of Howell, previously of Old Bridge, died July 24, 2010, at UMDNJ University Hospital, Newark. Mrs. Evanoff retired in 1995 as a bookkeeper for Standard Confectionary, East Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Evanoff Sr., and two brothers, Peter Lees and Clement Lees. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Joseph…

  • Ann Rastak

    Mrs. Rastak, 99, of Edison, formerly of East Brunswick, died July 16, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for many years as a cafeteria worker for the East Brunswick Board of Education. Her husband, Gustav, died in 1967. Surviving are a daughter, Judy Adams, and…

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