• Knights look to shake off spring rust on links

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer The Old Bridge High School boys golf team opened the campaign with a success against Woodbridge and will be looking to add another victory tomorrow when it hosts South Brunswick at the Glenwood Country Club. Coach Nick Renzi’s Knights are coming off a 9-9 season, but Old Bridge did make…

  • O.B. Junior Knights’ team captures state championship

    The Old Bridge Junior Knights Squirt A hockey team stormed thier way to the New Jersey Red Division state title with a total team effort on March 13 and 14 in Toms River. They topped the Colonials of Morristown 5-2 in the semi-finals and edged the Devils of West Orange for the championship in a…

  • Experience, talent propel girls track squad to wins

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer With plenty of young talent on board, the Sayreville High School girls spring track team is off to an excellent start. The blue and gray began the season with a strong overall showing in winning two events and finishing third in two others on Saturday at the Greater Middlesex Conference…

  • South River High School’s Chris Tompkins

    South River High School’s Chris Tompkins (r) tries to evade a tag from Highland Park’s Angelo Odato at second base during an April 1 game. The Rams won the home game, 3-0. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Old Bridge

    Top: Ray Totten of Old Bridge gets set to throw out a runner at first base during Saturday’s softball tournament to benefit Camp Quality. More than 100 players from eight teams converged on Veterans Park, off Englishtown Road, to help the Blairestown camp, a volunteerdriven operation that offers week-long overnight camping and year-round support programs…

  • Jacob Landau’s Holocaust Suite

    Monmouth University is hosting an exhibit of Jacob Landau’s “The Holocaust Suite” (1968) April 8-23 in the Monmouth University library, Seminar Room 102, Cedar Avenue in West Long Branch. “Holocaust” “The Holocaust Suite,” by the internationally known painter and printmaker, is considered a beautiful and disturbing set of seven lithographic prints. Commissioned by the Union…

  • Parks are ‘50 and Looking Forward’

    The Monmouth County Park System continues to celebrate its 50th anniversary by hosting “50 and Looking Forward” at 2 p.m. April 25 at the Thompson Park Visitor Center. Join Park System Director Jim Truncer for an afternoon of tea and talk as he discusses the growth and direction of the nation’s first accredited park agency.…

  • NOTES

    Red Bank Regional High School (RBR) and its predecessor, Red Bank High School, has graduated some very accomplished citizens over the past 100 years. In the ninth annual Distinguished Alumni Dinner celebration, to be held 6 p.m. April 16 at Branches in West Long Branch, the Education Foundation will honor 10 deserving graduates, ranging from…

  • Rutgers master gardeners branch out

    Need a speaker for your organization’s meeting? The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Monmouth County are available to provide knowledgeable speakers on a wealth of subjects. With the goal of educating the public so that they may enjoy the true joy of gardening, the master gardeners have PowerPoint presentations and hands-on demos about rain gardens, container…

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