• Tickets available for bus trip to A.C.

    Polish National Alliance Lodge No. 1728 will sponsor an Aug. 8 bus trip to Trump Marina Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 10 a.m. from the Sayreville Borough Hall parking lot, 167 Main St. Cost is $22; the casino will provide participants with a $25 play return and a $5 food voucher. For…

  • Thompson mobile office coming to O.B.

    Assemblyman Sam Thompson (R-13) will sponsor a mobile office 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 2 at the George Bush Senior Center in the municipal complex, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, Old Bridge. Staff members will be available to assist residents who want to file for the Property Tax Rebate (PTR), also known as the Senior Tax Freeze,…

  • Church seeks vendors for Aug. 28 yard sale

    Vendors offering new and used merchandise and homemade crafts are sought for the Spotswood Reformed Church Flea Market and Yard Sale set for 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 28 at the church, 429 Main St. The event will be held rain or shine. Rental cost is $20 per table; $15 for vendors who provide their own…

  • Austrian drama next entry at film fest

    The International Film Festival at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, will continue Aug. 1 with 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. screenings of the Austrian film “The White Ribbon,” the winner of the Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. The R-rated feature tells the tale of a German village beset…

  • Nine BCC student-athletes are academic All-Americans

    Brookdale Community College (BCC) student-athletes distinguished themselves in the classroom as well as in the athletic arena in 2009-10. It was a big year for BCC athletics with Bo Scannapieco’s women’s softball team capturing their third national championship. But it was just as big of a season in academics as nine Brookdale student-athletes were named…

  • Tinton Falls captures District 10 LL crown

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Tinton Falls defeated Marlboro North, 11-5, to win the 8-and-9- year-old District 19 Little League Tournament championship. Through four innings, the Tinton Falls Bombers could not find any offense and found themselves down 5-0. “I spoke to the players about believing in themselves, and I told them we are a comeback…

  • Red clay tennis courts Red Bank’s best secret

    BY ANDREW CONSTANT Correspondent If you’re driving down Broad Street in Red Bank and see red clay tennis courts, don’t do a double take and think you’re suddenly in Roland Garros in France for the French Open. It’s just Marine Park, where the clay courts have been since 1930 (in 1939 Don Budge, the first…

  • 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…

  • Marilyn J. Heinsius

    Mrs. Heinsius, 81, of Shrewsbury and formerly of Red Bank, Little Silver and Rumson, died July 16, 2010, at the Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation facility in Shrewsbury. She was a substitute teacher in the Rumson school system and later a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker. Mrs. Heinsius was a member of the Deal Country…

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