• OT victory a positive start for Spotswood

    Chargers ‘raising the bar’ in hopes of a winning season BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent It has been six long seasons since Spotswood High School’s football team has tasted a better than .500 season, and coach Andy Cammarano believes it’s time the Chargers return to their winning ways. The task won’t be easy. Following an important…

  • Grateful to S.R. police, Sayreville first aid

    My family and I would like to express our sincere thanks to South River police officers Chris Moneck, Michael Kucharski and Alfonso Saucedo and to the Sayreville First Aid Squad, who all responded to our call for help when my husband, Larry, became ill. Their help and kindness in our time of need will never…

  • Tension builds for 9/25 E.B.-Monroe showdown

    Bears defeat Woodbridge; Falcons down RBC in opener BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent It would be tempting for East Brunswick High School’s football team (1-0) to look ahead to Sept. 25, when the Bears will host Monroe Township High School in their first home game of the season. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff East Brunswick High…

  • TNR can work if residents are patient

    Let me set the record straight regarding TNR (trapneuter release) in South River. There have been various letters to the editor regarding TNR in South River in the newspapers recently. I had the TNR ordinance passed in my town 2 1/2 years ago. I have been practicing TNR in my town for the last 11…

  • Wilson took page from Manalapan’s playbook

    Coda • GREG BEAN It looks like South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilsonwasn’t listening when I called for an end to rude behavior a few weeks ago. By now, everyone’s heard about the moment when Wilson — forgetting that he was in the well of the U.S. House of Representatives instead of in Britain’s House…

  • Julia T. Lonardo

    Mrs. Lonardo, 88, of Holmdel, died Sept. 8, 2009, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. She was predeceased by her husband, Fred Lonardo. She is survived by two children, Rose and Ronald Kubik of Hazlet, and Enrico and Elizabeth Lonardo of Holmdel; a brother and sister in-law, Dominick and Anna Vitrone of New Jersey; a…

  • Robert J. Wolf Sr.

    Mr. Wolf, 74, of the Belford section of Middletown, died Sept. 6, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was an electrician at I.B.E.W. Local 164, Maplewood, for 40 years, retiring in 1997. He was predeceased by first wife, Marylou Wolf, in 1995. He is survived by his wife of 13 years, Lois Wolf;…

  • Lois Frederick

    Mrs. Frederick, 82, of Middletown, died Sept. 6, 2009. She is survived by five children and their families, Vicki Potapow, Sheila Lightcap, Robin Havener, Mark Frederick and Joy Frederick; a brother, Leon Reeves; two sisters, Ruth Hardin and Sue Reeves; and eight grandchildren. Arrangements were by John F. Pfleger Funeral Home, Middletown. Memorial donations may…

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