• Sport Shorts

    The Old Bridge Knights Pop Warner football and cheerleading organization will be accepting applications for all levels at the Knights Field House, 432 Marlboro Road, Old Bridge. Registration is also open for the new Challenger Division, which provides opportunities for children with disabilities. Registration will continue from 6-8 p.m. on July 29. Visit www.obknights.com for…

  • Sayreville sophomores strong in Legion league

    Bombers benefit from solid pitching, timely hitting BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Sayreville War Memorial High School sophomore American Legion baseball team is sporting an 11-5 record, including four straight wins, and is sitting in third place in the league. The top eight teams — out of 13 in the league — qualify for the…

  • Local players come up big for charity at Snapple Bowl

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent The final score of the Snapple Bowl all-star football game last Thursday was Middlesex over Union, 24-6. Left to right: South River’s Matt Yost (top right) and Woodbridge’s Kimo Elsayed (bottom l) try to bring down Union’s Dion Nesmith during the first quarter of Snapple Bowl XV at Kean University’s Alumni…

  • Questions letter writer’s statements regarding failure of TNR

    Iwrite to respond to the letter to the editor from David Blumig claiming that Trap-Neuter- Return (TNR) does not work to reduce feral-cat populations (“Disputes Claims That Studies Show TNR To Be Successful,” Suburban, July 9). David Blumig’s family owns Blumig Kennels, which contracts with many towns to hold and euthanize their cats. It is…

  • Thanks go out to carnival volunteers, etc.

    On behalf of the Rev. Ken Murphy and St. Stan’s Parish, I would like to thank everyone who supported our carnival in any way. Thank you to our chairmen, supervisors and volunteers. You are the best. We would like to extend special recognition to the following entertainers for volunteering their fantastic performances: Triple H Productions,…

  • Governor’s race comes down to dollars, cents

    Chris Christie’s 12-point lead in the latest Quinnipiac poll shows that voters are judging this campaign by their wallets. The past eight years of Mc- Greevey-Corzine have failed our state. Gov. Jon Corzine has broken every promise he made, most recently on property-tax rebates. Unemployment remains at 8 percent, the latest state budget relies on…

  • Oh yes, it’s ladies night, and the feeling is right

    Coda • GREG BEAN This presentation of the Greg Bean Common Sense Award goes to New Jersey Senate Republican leader Tom Kean, who has struck a blow against stupid bureaucratic intervention in the private sector. Specifically, Kean — who represents Essex, Union, Somerset and Morris counties — called on state Democrats last week to support…

  • NOTES

    Jacqueline Gottuso and Lindsay Tapke donated books to Marie Chisvette, a nurse at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. The Fair Haven students stocked and organized the bookshelves in the children’s wings at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch and the Booker Family Health Center at Jersey Shore. They donated some 200 books to the hospitals…

  • Obama lends star power to Corzine rally

    More than 17K attend re-election stump BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Despite the heat and humidity, thousands of people packed the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel last week to hear President Barack Obama speak about his health care initiative and urge voters to support the re-election campaign of Gov. Jon Corzine. JEFF GRANIT…

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