• Catch a ride if you catch a buzz during holidays

    The holiday season is supposed to be a time for family, friends, and festive celebrations, but it is unfortunately also a time when there is a tragic jump in the number of alcohol-related highway fatalities each year between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. That is why Prevention First is joining with other national, state and local…

  • Passage of health care bill is a betrayal to New Jerseyans

    (Open letter to Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez) Congratulations, gentlemen, on passing the Senate health care bill. A bill that the majority of the nation did not want. A bill that we do not need. A bill that must be paid for with money we do not have. A bill that is no longer…

  • Don’t let Old Man Winter sap you

    As fall turns to winter and temperatures plunge, we remember how expensive it is to heat our homes. But you may not know that the New Jersey Office of Clean Energy (NJOCE) can help homeowners increase the energy efficiency of their homes. An energy efficient home is less expensive home to heat. Heating and cooling…

  • Sports Shorts

    2009 Women’s Professional Soccer Champion Sky Blue FC will train at Rutgers Preparatory School next season. The facilities, which are located in Somerset, are only miles from the home of Sky Blue FC at Yurcak Field on the campus of Rutgers University. Rutgers Preparatory School is the oldest independent school in the state of New…

  • Photo

    Left: North Brunswick Township High School’s Durva Bhandare (No. 24) goes up for a basket against New Brunswick’s Taryana Kelly (l) during a game on Dec. 21. Above: North Brunswick’s Jasmine Walker fights for the ball against two New Brunswick defenders. The North Brunswick Raiders outscored New Brunswick, 46-31. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • 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…

  • Bands rock for good cause at Stone Pony

    Greater Media Newspapers benefit aids Samaritan Center BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer For several weeks faithful readers of Greater Media Newspapers probably couldn’t help noticing the articles and advertisements informing them about a special event Greater Media Newspapers was hosting at the historic Stone Pony in Asbury Park Dec. 13 to help feed the hungry.…

  • NOTES Around Town

      The first Long Branch Mayor’s Cup Taekwondo Championship was held at Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch on Dec. 6. The tournament director was Grandmaster Kyong H. Kim, the official USA National Team head coach for taekwondo and also head master at the U.S. Taekwondo Center in West Long Branch. Long Branch…

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