• Monroe wants compensation for removal of 100-year-old tree

    By: Maria Prato – Staff Writer MONROE – The township could seek compensation from a local developer after a longtime Monroe resident was chopped down in the prime of life – an oak tree standing 100 feet tall at the Greenbriar at Stonebridge, a retirement property near Federal Road. Laurie Winters, a neighbor of the…

  • Police launch fundraiser for hospitalized 8-year-old

    By: centraljersey.com Kasey LaStella and Joseph Mathewson’s 8-year-old son Joey was a healthy child, active in the Hillsborough Little League, Hillsborough Dukes and attends Sunnymead Elementary School, until he became suddenly ill April 19. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance and since that day, he has been in a medically-induced coma and in…

  • sports shorts

    The Monroe Hoops Association will hold its eighth annual golf outing at the Concordia Golf Course in Monroe at 1 p.m. July 26. The outing is for the Ryan Walp- D.J. Blish-Joe Kunigonis-Tom Allen Memorial Scholarship Fund. The cost is $130 per player. Tee sponsorships are available. Contact Joe Costa at 908-413-4776 or [email protected] or…

  • Snapple Bowl provides quality scholastic football

    East Brunswick hosting 17th annual game tonight BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Would you like to see some highquality high school football even though it’s summer? And would you like to help two worthy charities in the process? Then venture over to East Brunswick’s Jay Doyle Field tonight and watch the Middlesex County all-stars go for…

  • E.B. Wildcats win soccer tournament

    After a successful second-place finish in the Manalapan Invitational Tournament over the Memorial Day weekend, expectations were high when the East Brunswick Soccer Club Wildcats (U11G) headed to Hershey, Pa., for a Father’s Day weekend tournament. The Wildcats opened up with a 2-0 victory over Falls Church 98 United, and just two hours later, followed…

  • Little League playoffs

    Sayreville shortstop Chris Hauber makes a diving attempt to come up with the ground ball against Perth Amboy during the July 10 Little League District 10 playoff game held at the Sayreville Little League Complex. Perth Amboy won the game and advanced. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Monroe’s Brix always working on his game

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Most high school basketball players would be happy to post the numbers Danny Brix has in his career: 559 points, 273 rebounds and 152 assists. But then, how many can look forward to two more years on the court? Monroe’s Danny Brix is one of the reasons there is a lot…

  • $1.3M grant will help fund E.B. school projects

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The recent school budget crisis has left the township’s Board of Education, like many others, unable to allocate much funding for new projects and programs. But with help from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA), East Brunswick Public Schools can continue to make improvements. The SDA…

  • Sandra Mae Cruickshanks Mason

    Mrs. Mason, 71, of Holly, Mich., formerly of Monroe, died June 30, 2010, in McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, Mich. Prior to her retirement in 1998, she was employed as an administrative assistant with Johnson and Johnson Corp., New Brunswick. She was predeceased by a daughter, Ginger Booth. Surviving are her husband, Charles A. Mason;…

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