• Meet mounted police at Eastern Branch Lib.

    The Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch Library will host “Meet the Asbury Park Mounted Police” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 22. Rain date is June 29. Meet the police officers of the Asbury Park Mounted Police Unit along with their equine partners. Participants will learn about the care and training of the horses and…

  • Juneteenth Festival’ to take place June 10

    The sixth annual Metuchen Edison Area Branch NAACP “Juneteenth Festival,” featuring the Afro-Brazilian Cultural Center of New Jersey (ABCCNJ), will be held at the Edison Job Corps Academy, 500 Plainfield Ave., Edison, 7-9 p.m. June 10. ABCCNJ’s Music and Dance Ensemble will bring to their audiences the rich African-influenced rhythms and dances. Capoeira is an…

  • ‘Novel Art at NovelTeas’

    Ashow of bookart, collage and drawings by Mike Quon will open Saturday, June 12, at NovelTeas in Red Bank. Postcard illustrations by Mike Quon An opening reception for “Novel Art at NovelTeas” will be held 6-9 p.m. Saturday. Quon is a graphic artist best known for his colorful, bold brushstroke style and whimsical depictions of…

  • South Brunswick’s Browne wins MOC triple jump

    South Brunswick’s Melissa Gardani hands the baton off to teammate Mariah Browne during the girls 4×100 relay at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in South Plainfield on June 3. The Viking girls finished second in the relay and later in the day, Browne won the triple jump. JEFF GRANIT staff South Brunswick’s extraordinary girls track…

  • North Brunswick’s Kyle Davis steals second base

    North Brunswick’s Kyle Davis steals second base against South Brunswick during the Greater Middlesex Conference Baseball Tournament championship game played at the Middlesex County Vo-Tech High School in East Brunswick. South Brunswick won this neighborhood rivalry final, 9-2, SCOTT FRIEDMAN

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    The South Brunswick 9U Vikings finished second in the Hillsborough Memorial Day Tournament. The Vikings completed the tournament with a 4-1 overall record. The Vikings are: Dan O’Brien, Jacob McIntyre, Stephen Peters, Matt Lauri, Mason Jenne, Grant Holmes, Jonathan Szurkus, William Beck, Jacob Ciccone, Sean Goldsmith, Marcus James And Matthew Kirchheimer. Andrew Goldstein is the…

  • Vikings capture GMC baseball championship

    Top North Brunswick in tournament final BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The South Brunswick High School baseball team finished the season on a high note, winning the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) championship for the sixth time. Above: South Brunswick players charge the field following the last out of the Greater Middlesex Conference Baseball Tournament final at…

  • Special times

    Students from Parsons Elementary School in North Brunswick last month visited Special Strides Therapeutic Riding Center, a horse farm in Monroe Township that specializes in working with children with special needs. The children, along with their teachers Shira Rivlin and Francie Meth, rode and groomed horses and petted farm animals.

  • Student assistance personnel provide important services

    On behalf of the Association of Student Assistance Professionals of New Jersey (ASAP-NJ), I am writing to alert you of a potentially catastrophic situation that is occurring in our schools statewide. Due to the devastating effects of massive budget cuts in every school district in the state, we have been notified that numerous school districts,…

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