• Raritan Bay Cougars program receives AED, related training

    OLD BRIDGE — The Raritan Bay Cougars Pop Warner program has become a recipient of the Janet Zilinski Memorial Fund’s AED donation grant. The AED will ensure that the youth athletics program is equipped with the necessary training, equipment and resources to help prevent sudden cardiac arrest, an instant killer of thousands each year. After…

  • Kids Triathlon to aid St. Jude Hospital

    Old Bridge ATA will sponsor a St. Jude Kids Triathlon Sept. 12 at the Lombardi Football Field at Carl Sandburg Middle School, Route 516 and Ticetown Road, Old Bridge. The schedule is as follows: kindergarten-second grade, 9-10:30 a.m.; third and fourth grades, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; fifth and sixth grades, noon-1 p.m. Rain date is Sept.…

  • Fundraisers

    Sept. 5 • Car Wash, sponsored by the Spotswood High School Touchdown Club, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Spotswood High School, 105 Summerhill Road. Cost is $5 per car. Proceeds benefit the school’s football program. Saturdays, Sept. 5-26 • Weekend Warrior Camps for a Cause, to benefit the South River Food Bank, sponsored by Total Core…

  • Dancers invited to Sept. 13, 20 auditions

    The New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble will hold auditions for its upcoming fall season Sept. 13 and 20 in the dance studios at the Simon Forum and Athletic Center at Drew University, 26 Madison Ave., Madison. There is a $30 audition fee. NJDTE is a nonprofit, preprofessional company that offers training in classical and contemporary…

  • Playhouse slates shows thru June at new home

    Comedy kicks off first season at Community Arts Center EAST BRUNSWICK — Playhouse 22, the township’s community theater troupe, is gearing up for its first shows in four years. In fact, the company has a full season of shows slated, beginning this month and running through June. The season is the troupe’s first at its…

  • Old Bridge plans 9/11 memorial service

    Mayor James T. Phillips and the Old Bridge Township Council will honor and remember family, friends and neighbors who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, during a wreathlaying memorial service set for 11 a.m. Sept. 11 at the 9/11 Memorial, Old Bridge municipal complex, Route 516 and…

  • Monroe teenager killed in Englishtown crash

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — An 18-year-old Monroe man died in a two-vehicle crash on Wood Avenue (Route 522) on the night of Aug. 25. Englishtown police Sgt. Richard Settele said the driver of one of the vehicles, Matthew Bowdenhodge, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in front of…

  • Sayreville to host ‘Blast from the Past’

    The Sayreville Recreation Department will hold a “Blast from the Past” classic car show featuring music from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s 6-10 p.m. Sept. 12 at Kennedy Park, Washington Road. That same evening, “Madagascar,” rated G, will also be shown at 8 p.m. Lawn chairs are suggested. For more information, call 732-390-7096.

  • Strike up the band

    JEFF GRANIT staff Members of the Sayreville War Memorial High School Marching Band perform on the evening of Aug. 27 for an audience on the school grounds. The band spent five full days last week learning music, precision marching and show designs as they prepared for the upcoming 2009-10 USSBA Group 1 competition season.

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