• SPORT SHORTS

    The Sayreville U8 Jr. MetroStars are a high-level boys travel soccer team playing for Sayreville Soccer Club in the MAPS league. The team is comprised of 7- and 8-year-old boys from South Amboy, Sayreville, South River and Avenel. They completed their regular season undefeated at 10-0 with 49 goals scored and six goals against. They…

  • Monmouth’s Robinson named National Player of the Week

    It’s been a historic season for the Monmouth University men’s basketball team, and December is just beginning. During the month of November, Monmouth stunned national power UCLA on the Bruins’ legendary home floor, Pauley Pavilion. The Hawks followed that up at the AdvoCare Invitational in Orlando, Florida, by scoring their first victory over a top-25…

  • Returning Knights players look to build on last season

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent With a strong cast of returnees, Old Bridge High School’s girls’ basketball team is looking to improve on last year’s 5-16 record. There is plenty of reason for optimism as the Lady Knights prepare for their Dec. 18 season-opener at Perth Amboy High School. A year ago, coach Dan DiMino’s youthful…

  • Knights set to meet Vikings in state championship game

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent With its annual clash against East Brunswick High School out of the way, Old Bridge High School’s football team has been focused on its Dec. 5 showdown with South Brunswick High School (10-1) in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group V championship game. Benefiting from a pair of big plays, the Vikings…

  • NJSIAA Cross-Country Meet of Champions

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Spotswood High School’s Alexandra Coghlan finishes the 5K course at Holmdel Park in a sprint at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions Nov. 21. The Chargers’ standout runner posted a time of 20:35 for the race.

  • 25th annual Holiday Model Train Exhibit

    TOP PICK In the tradition of family exhibitions for the holiday season, the Barron Arts Center in Woodbridge will serve as the host to the 25th annual exhibition of model trains. The trains can be viewed through Dec. 27 on Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 2…

  • Did you know …

    Mariah Carey Hallmark Channel’s original movie “A Christmas Melody,” directed by and starring musical legend and Grammy award-winning superstar Mariah Carey, is set to debut Saturday, Dec. 19, at 8 p.m., as the network’s final feature for its Countdown to Christmas programming event. Mariah stars along Lacey Chabert (“Mean Girls”), Brennan Elliott (“Debbie Macomber’s Cedar…

  • Days of future past: Retrofuturism

    By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine Retrofuturism defined is: “The future as seen from the past and the past as seen from the future.” Pondering what advances the coming years may bring can be challenging, thought-provoking — even frightening. But sometimes the prophecies that artists, designers and filmmakers make about everything from technology to food…

  • A knockout performance

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Creed is the latest installment of the extremely successful Rocky series of films. While Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is back for this film, the focus is on Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), the son of the late Apollo Creed. Adonis never knew his father — Apollo died before…

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