• Sports Shorts

    The U11 Blaze, a travel team with the Central New Jersey Silver Bullets Soccer Club in East Brunswick, seeks additional players. Birthdays should be between Aug. 1, 1998, and July 31, 1999. Training is held 5-6 p.m. Thursday nights at the East Brunswick Jewish Center, Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. Email coach Helene at [email protected], coach…

  • Community service part of District 20 wrestling tourney

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent The mind-set on the mat is altogether different now that the concept of team wrestling has ended with the conclusion of the district wrestling championships this past weekend. Beginning this past Tuesday, when the Region V Tournament kicked off with its preliminary round at Hunterdon Central High School in Flemington, and…

  • Falcons ready to go to next level

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent For all that the Monroe Township High School boys basketball team has accomplished — a 20-3 record and top seed in next week’s Central Jersey Group IV sectional tournament — coach Bob Turco believes it won’t nearly be as significant as how his team fared last night. The opponent was Sayreville,…

  • NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV Championships

    East Brunswick’s Leonard Robbins is on his way to winning the 400-meter dash at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV Championships held Feb. 12 at the Bennett Indoor Complex in Toms River. Robbins clocked 51.25. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • CILU to hold meeting, potluck supper

    Citizens for Informed Land Use (CILU), Holmdel, will host its annual meeting and potluck supper at 6 p.m. Friday, March 19, at the Senior/Community Center, Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel. Members of CILU will elect their executive board of officers for 2010-12. Following dinner and elections, there will be a program of extemporaneous poetry recited by…

  • Poker tournament at Forsgate March 7

    Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township, will hold a Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament on March 7. Doors open at 2 p.m. A seminar at 2:30 p.m. will be led by “Ultimate Poker” host and teacher Dr. Richard Lederer, a poker player and author of more than 30 books who is also the father…

  • Mid’twn Youth Job Fair to be held March 24

    The 19th annual Middletown Township Youth Job Fair will be held 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, in the Middletown High School North cafeteria, 63 Tindall Road. There are no fees to participate. Each employer is given table space to conduct interviews and accept applications. Employers located in Middletown and the surrounding areas are welcome to…

  • First Presbyterian Church to host fish fry March 27

    The First Presbyterian Church of Matawan, 883 Route 34, will serve a fish and chips dinner on Saturday, March 27. The dinner will be catered by The Argyle of Kearny. Take-out dinners will be available 5-6 p.m. The dinner will be served in Fellowship Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. Dinner includes beverage and dessert,…

  • Even the playing field in school negotiations

    Guest Column • Dr. Marc Gaswirth No major political figure in the state today other than perhaps the new governor, Chris Christie, appears ready to tackle and finally act on a significant public policy question. Can hundreds of local school boards without the financial, professional and legal resources available to them effectively compete today at…

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