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Cat in the Hat
Students at the Southwood Elementary School, Old Bridge, get a visit from the Cat in the Hat courtesy of the New Jersey Education Association on March 1 in honor of “Read Across America Day.” CHRIS KELLY staff
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Sports Shorts
The Sayreville Bomber Golf Outing, sponsored by the Sayreville Bomber Baseball Booster Club, will be held April 17 at Bunker Hill Golf Course, Princeton. There is a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The individual entry fee is $125. Four-some entry fee is $460, or $115 each; must sign-up with names of four players. Entry fee includes…
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Golf program open to service members’ children
Plainfield West Nine Golf Course will host The First Tee of Metropolitan New York’s no-cost program for children of National Guardsmen and Reservists. The program will offer golf instruction combined with character and life skills education to children of guardsmen and reservists. The initiative is part of a two-year agreement between The First Tee, a…
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Mat Rats bring home the gold
Pin to win! The Old Bridge Mat Rats youth wrestling team captured the team title in the Mid-Jersey Jr. Wrestling League March 2. The squad, comprised of wrestlers ages 6-12, went 2-0 against the area’s best, defeating the Fords Bearcats and Marlboro Mustangs en route to the championship at Marlboro Middle School. The Mat Rats…
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Bombers put together solid season on hardwood
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Sayreville High School girls basketball team put together a solid season and scored victories in both the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) and NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV tourneys. The Bombers finished the campaign with a 16-9 record, including triumphs against Hamilton West, Perth Amboy, Monroe, Carteret, South Plainfield, Colonia and…
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Old Bridge girls continued track and field success
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent For the third successive season, the Old Bridge High School girls winter track team’s 4×400 relay team captured both the Greater Middlesex County (GMC) and NHSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championships. Seniors Nina Veneziale and Chelsea Lodato have teamed with juniors Samantha Bartelli and Jillian Grant to give the Lady Knights…
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NJSIAA State Indvidual Wrestling Tournament
Old Bridge High School’s Conor Hayes (r) tangles with Eastern’s Hank Stinson during the 140-pound match in the quarterfinals at the NJSIAA State Indvidual Wrestling Tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Hayes went on to finish sixth in his weigh class. JEFF G RANIT staff
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Speed skating team returns to O.B. sporting medals
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Township officials honored a group of local athletes who enjoyed a string of impressive performances at last month’s Special Olympics winter games. The Camp R.O.B.I.N. (Recreation in Old Bridge for those In Need) speed skating team took home numerous medals in the state competition, and were recognized…
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‘Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape’
Monmouth University is hosting “Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape,” an exhibition of photographs and interviews by Jonathan Torgovnik. with her daughters Amelie and Inez This exhibition, which has been previously seen at the United Nations, will be at the Pollak Theatre Gallery in West Long Branch during March and April. Hours are Monday-Friday…
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