• Soccer champs

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Top: Shehbaz Ahmad does whatever he can to stop Lord Jones during the 8-9- year-old Division 5 championship game of the North Brunswick Soccer club on Saturday. Above: Shehbaz Ahmad (r) looks to get past Jai Budhirja during the championship game.

  • Local athlete experiences national championship

    Erin Dunne of North Brunswick watches her college win top title BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Erin Dunne began playing lacrosse during the fifth grade, inspired by her brother who also played. Erin Dunne She joined a club team in seventh grade, playing in tournaments and in showcases, since there was no team established at…

  • Hide the children; he’s got a new power saw

    Coda • GREG BEAN Now that the weather is nicer, I’ve been doing some home improvement and maintenance projects. And those who have been reading this column for a long time know that’s about as dangerous for me as driving the wrong way down a one-way street, blindfolded. Although I hate to admit it, I…

  • Business Briefs

    Optometrist Dr. Marshall Field has opened a larger office at 1825 Route 130 south, North Brunswick, which replaces his office at the Wal-Mart Vision Center, North Brunswick. His wife, Dr. Debbie Field, is an optometrist in Brick, and Dr. Marshall Field also sees patients in the Brick location. Dr. Field provides eye examinations, contact lens…

  • Crash causes gas leak

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Residents at the Middlebrook Apartment Complex are resting easy again this week after being evacuated from their homes as a result of a gas leak. On June 4 at approximately 11:23 a.m., the Ocean Township Police Department and the Oakhurst Fire Department were called to the apartment complex in response to a…

  • Twin Lights beacon was nation’s first radio station

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HIGHLANDS — The year was 1899, and an Italian American named Guglielmo Marconi placed a receiving station, complete with an antenna, at the Twin Lights, sending results of the America’s Cup yacht races off the tip of Sandy Hook to editors at the New York Herald and demonstrating the…

  • NOTES

    The Long Branch Rotary Club recently held its Community Service Award Dinner. Pictured (l-r) at the event held at Branches in West Long Branch are: William Richards, Long Branch director of public safety and Community Service Award recipient; Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini; and Peggy Bills, President, Long Branch Rotary Club. A “Rock n Roll Summer…

  • Classic cool

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from above: Despite the inclement weather, classic car owners showed off their rides during the Invitational Classic Car Show held at the Ocean Township Pool and Tennis Facility on June 14. Fins and V-8’s were the order of the day.

  • In the Service

    The U.S.S. Columbus Veterans Association is seeking Navy and Marine Corps shipmates who served on the USS Columbus CA-74/CG-12 from 1944-76, and USS Columbus past and present wishing to share memories and camaraderie with old friends or to make new ones. Shipmates are also sought for a reunion Sept. 30-Oct. 3 at Holiday Inn Select,…

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