• J.P. Stevens returns many from last year’s football team

    Hawks open season against Middletown North BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer There is no doubt that the J.P. Stevens High School football team took its lumps last season, finishing the year with a 1-9 record. Fortunately, nearly everyone is back from last year’s lineup, with the exception of standout lineman Herb Smith, and no one…

  • JFK football wants to rebound from one-win season

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Despite a strong crop of talented returners to the sidelines, the John F. Kennedy High School football team remains a very young squad. The inexperience reared its ugly head last season as the Mustangs stumbled to a 1-9 finish. Hopefully, the tough year will pay dividends this fall. “I think…

  • Bulldogs football team looking to duplicate ’08 success

    Deep playoff run for Metuchen last season thanks to playoff upsets BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The postseason run that the Metuchen High School football team made last season was a historic one for the Bulldogs. Metuchen opened the playoffs with a 12-10 upset of No. 2 Shore Regional High School and followed with another…

  • Ricigliano should be held accountable for her promises

    At the last Wednesday town council meeting, I was relieved to see that the Edison Township Council voted 5-2 to switch the township from a fiscalyear budget to a calendar-year budget. This vote was a no-brainer, a move that will help cut the town’s deficit by over $3.5 million and could help provide long-term relief…

  • Sports Shorts

    The Metuchen 10-year-old tournament baseball team completed its summer tournament season with a 15-9 record and a first-place finish in the Fords/Clara Barton tournament. In the team’s finale in Fords, closer Luke Spallone closed the win over Spotswood by completing the final two innings. Starter Nick Loffredo and Michael Farr pitched four strong innings before…

  • Christie’s reform plan will eliminate corruption

    We have all seen how the upcoming gubernatorial election’s back-andforth has spilled over into negative TV advertisements. As voters however, we cannot allow the candidates to cloud our statewide conversation on the issues with nonsense and personal attacks. While Chris Christie may not be able to instantly alleviate the nastiness that characterizes New Jersey politics,…

  • Ahr football to rely on Meade, Dumchus in ’09

    Duo combined for 1,800 yards a season ago BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The Bishop Ahr High School football team will look to pick up where it left off last season when the new year kicks off on Sept. 11 with a visit from Raritan High School. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Tim Haggerty, a sophomore, pulls in…

  • A call for civility at Edison municipal council sessions

    There is a point at which spirited free speech can cross the line into thuggish mob behavior. Recent sessions of Edison’s Municipal Council have been marred by regular heckling, jeering, and a general obstruction of differing points of view on the part of a group of residents who are fit to be tied with the…

  • Taking my maiden voyage on Facebook

    Are We There Yet? Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH I got the strangest invitation a couple of weeks ago. Not to a shower or a wedding or anything like that. No sir, this invitation was via an email and asked me to be Trixie Mattery’s friend — on Facebook.   The trouble is…

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