• Students excel at Academic Bowl

    On April 13, the fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade academic teams from St. Veronica School, Howell, took part in the Carl W. Goetz Middle School Academic Bowl in Jackson. More than 41 schools, public and private, participated in the event. Students are divided into teams by their grade level and then paired with schools in…

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    Marlboro High School will be hosting the ’Stang Wrestling Camp June 28-July 2 from 5-8 p.m. each night. Marlboro’s head wrestling coach William Wernst, Bill Terrell, former Manalapan head coach and current Marlboro assistant and Keith Masi, assistant coach at Marlboro, are the staff. Among the guest clinicians are Rutgers University’s Scott Winston, the former…

  • Brown, Krawiec enjoy action at Raceway Park

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Antron Brown calls Raceway Park in Old Bridge his “home track.” The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Top Fuel driver is a native of Chesterfield, Burlington County, and remembers going to Raceway Park with his family when he was very young. New Jersey drag racer Antron Brown, who calls Raceway…

  • Game time

    Above: Sayreville Middle School students, including Azra Mazhar, enjoyed a day of games and tests of knowledge and athletics in the annual Sixth Grade Olympics May 31. Students vied for the title of best team by answering questions about history, math and spelling, and competed in contests such as capture the flag, relay races, a…

  • Margaret Anne Johnson

    Mrs. Johnson, 91, of East Brunswick, died June 1, 2010, in Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. Surviving are a daughter, Jacqueline Lopardo, and her husband, Richard, of the Forked River section of Lacey; a sister, Rosemary Esposito, and her husband, Donald, of Tucson, Ariz.; two brothers, Peter Johnson, and his wife, Jean, of Levittown, N.Y.,…

  • Elizabeth A. Day

    Ms. Day, 68, of Old Bridge, died June 7, 2010, at home. She was predeceased by her parents, William and Veronica Tereska Day, and by a sister, Barbara Szabo. Surviving are a sister, Katherine Wasilewski of Sarasota, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews. Services and cremation were private. Arrangements were under the direction of Day…

  • Helen M. Rosenberg Harmis

    Mrs. Harmis, 90, of East Brunswick, died June 11, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Frank; a son, Keith, and his wife, Stacey, of Metuchen; a daughter, Harlene Chomko, and her husband, Nicholas, of Old Bridge; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Services were held…

  • Linda M. Pakela

    Mrs. Pakela, 60, of Old Bridge, died June 9, 2010. She was predeceased by a sister, Terrye Barbash. Surviving are her husband, Jack Bauereiss; a daughter, Nicole Czerula, and her husband, Tony, of Old Bridge; a son, Joel Pakela, of New York; and three grandchildren. A service was held at Old Bridge Funeral Home. Interment…

  • Harry E. Kurtz

    Mr. Kurtz, 81, of Old Bridge, died June 10, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was predeceased by a brother, Ronald Redfield. Surviving are his wife, Beatrice Kurtz; five children, Harry Kurtz Jr., and his wife, Gayle, of Jackson, Robert Kurtz, and his wife, Patricia, of Batavia, N.Y., and Carol Dolan,…

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