-

Spotswood boys good when they’re clicking
Transfer from Va. brings first bona fide big man presence BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Spotswood High School’s boys basketball team finished last year with a lot of almosts. Spotswood High School’s Tom Pareti drives to the hoop, guarded by Metuchen High School’s Elijah Sellers, Monday night. The Chargers enjoyed a convincing 66-39 victory over Metuchen…
-

Communities have good reason to fight developer’s plan
Ihave been following the fight in Helmetta with Kaplan Cos. wanting to change their planned adult community to a family community. Kaplan uses the excuse that 20 percent will be affordable housing and that only the three-bedroom units will have children that will add to the school population in Spotswood. If you believe this, I…
-

Well-run TNR programs good for community
The North Brunswick Humane Association (NBHA) applauds South River for its recent initiative to allow its Board of Health to form a Feral Cat Committee in order to improve the effectiveness of the town’s Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) efforts. Opponents of TNR often offer distortions about feral cats to scare the public away from TNR. However, TNR…
-

New zero-tolerance policy may change sports world
Coda • GREG BEAN Isee this on television from time to time, and I think it’s a good idea. So here it is: Warning! Part of this column deals with adult subject matter— and that subject matter is sex. When I was growing up, we didn’t have any professional sports teams in our neck of…
-

-

NOTESAround Town
St. Benedict School, Holmdel, donated an estimated 500 toys to the local Toys for Tots for their annual Advent project. Master Sgt. Hislip and Lance Cpl. Williams from the U.S. Marines Corps came to the school to collect the toys. By the time they were finished loading their van, it was completely full. The St.…
-

Recycling the news to create art
Middletown sculptor creates art from newsprint BY LINDA DENICOLA Correspondent Italy’s loss is the American contemporary art world’s gain. And for Italian sculptor Riccardo Berlingeri, who now lives in Middletown, the loss of his teaching job released a fury of pent-up self-expression and discomfort with what was going on in the world. The twin needs…
-

Snow snarls switches on local rail line
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Commuters heading to midtown Manhattan faced delays of up to 40 minutes due to icy track switches on the North Jersey Coast Line earlier this week. The switch problems occurred near New York Penn Station and affected all trains going inbound toward New York City and outbound toward the Jersey…
-

Matawan approves water plant bond ordinance
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council approved a bond ordinance Dec. 15, providing an appropriation of $6.5 million for improvements to the borough’s water treatment plant. The ordinance, introduced Dec. 1, will address various facility upgrades, including the rehabilitation of two water tanks and improvements to the distribution system. T he…
View our current articles
Stay connected to your community
