• Despite lack of experience, SRHS came up big in 2009

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Staff Writer Consider these numbers. South River High School’s baseball team finished 6-15 last year, graduated 12 seniors and returned just three with varsity experience. Yet the Rams completed this spring at 11-11, including victories in seven out of their last nine contests. Is there any wonder why Mike Lepore Jr. should…

  • Busy summer session to help Chargers rebuild

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Staff Writer Glenn Fredricks, one of the architects in the formation of the GMC Summer Baseball League — which commences play on Monday — is eager to begin the games. That’s because the Spotswood High School coach plans to use the summer season to hopefully correct the defensive miscues that contributed to…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff A goalie makes a save during Sky Blue FC’s training session at Heavenly Farms in East Brunswick May 26. Members of the East Brunswick Soccer Club were on hand to watch the training session and meet with members of the professional women’s league team.

  • Board has worked to keep superintendent search an open enterprise

    This letter is written in response to “Board Being Secretive About Selection Process for Superintendent” (Letters to the Editor, Sentinel, May 21). In the letter, the author wondered, “What is the Spotswood Board of Education up to now?” and then went on to list a number of suppositions that are entirely inaccurate. As we have…

  • Open forts to housing for homeless veterans

    There are about 20 million U.S. military veterans ages 20-90 in the U.S.A. About 500,000 of them are homeless, and who knows how many are unemployed. Congress should consider making surplus government housing available to homeless veterans. Places like Governors Island, Fort Hancock and Fort Monmouth have thousands of housing units that are empty. Veterans…

  • Suburban schools entitled to state aid

    Iwould like to thank the residents of Monroe for taking the time to come out and vote in the last school board election and for helping me win a seat on the Board of Education. While campaigning, I met and spoke with many residents who voiced their opinions on the betterment of education for their…

  • NOTES

    Nick Weaver, Middletown, performs with the band Fruit of the Loom during a Battle of the Bands competition held at Red Bank Catholic High School on May 22. The event was a fund-raiser for Holmdel-based nonprofit Sylvia’s Children, which helps orphaned children in Uganda, Africa. Aberdeen Republican Executive Committeewill hold a pasta dinner from 6:30-9:30…

  • Fun at the fair

    Clockwise from top left: Braden Dupey, of Aberdeen, takes in the games and rides on May 27 at the annual St. Joseph Fair held last week at St. Joseph Parish in Keyport. Casey Osterkorn of Union Beach enjoys a whirl on the Scrambler. The operator of the Gravitron watches over riders.

  • Special kids will have their best day ever at the beach

    Best Day Foundation promotes outdoor events for special-needs children BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer ACalifornia-based nonprofit will host the “Best Day at the Beach” series of events for special-needs kids at beaches along the Jersey Shore. A young girl catches a wave with the help of surfer Johnny Bowling during a day at the beach…

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