• EBHS lacrosse hopes to regain momentum

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Matt Severino, in his fourth season as head coach for East Brunswick High School’s boys lacrosse team, has watched his program grow each year. So when the Bears vaulted out of the gate with a 4-1 record, including a win over one of the perennial top teams in the state, St.…

  • Monroe girls lacrosse strong in first season

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Normally, you would expect a program embarking on its first year of varsity competition to be looking for nothing more than respectability. Monroe Township High School’s initial season participating in girls lacrosse has gained more than respectability. It has thrived. The Falcons were 8-5 heading into this week’s Greater Middlesex Conference…

  • Making contact

    CHRIS KELLY staff Left: Tanay Patel, a first singles player for Sayreville War Memorial High School’s boys tennis team, returns a serve against St. Joseph’s Frank Osolnick at Kennedy Park May 1. Patel won the match 6-1, 6-1, helping the Bombers to a team victory. Right: Sayreville’s Amar Karki competes against St. Joseph’s, defeating Joe…

  • Make a donation, wear a poppy to honor veterans

    For more than 70 years, the American Legion Auxiliary has sponsored Poppy Day to remind America that millions have sacrificed their lives and health to keep our nation strong and free. The poppy, which grew wild on the battlefields of Flanders, became, in the minds of the doughboys of World War I, a symbol of…

  • Wants residents to ask questions, expect truthful answers

    On April 21 the East Brunswick Board of Education election recognized one of the historically lowest voter turnouts on record and yet one of the highest approval ratings for the school budget. While campaigning for a seat on the school board, I had the pleasure of meeting with hundreds of community members. I explained my…

  • Candidates offer thanks for support

    We would like to thank the residents of South River for allowing us the opportunity to represent them on the Board of Education. We spent several weeks walking door-to-door within our borough. This allowed people to get to know who we are and ask questions of us. We now understand what our community concerns and…

  • Turned off after latest ‘political episode’

    Kudos to New Jersey’s Gov. Jon Corzine and state Attorney General Anne Milgram for breaking up one of the biggest and oldest pay-to-play schemes in state history. I am talking about the selling of raffle tickets during bowling leagues that involve thousands and thousands of New Jerseyans both young and old, both Democrat and Republican.…

  • Nightly newscast: Be afraid, be very afraid

    Coda • GREG BEAN Whenever someone asked what I did for a living, I never said I’m in “the media.” “I’m a local newspaperman,” I told them. “There’s a big difference.” Fact is, most local newspaper people of my long acquaintance are idealists who really do want to change the world by making a positive…

  • IN THE ARTS

    John Monahan Photographs The New Jersey Emerging Artists Series continues in the Monmouth Museum’s Nilson Gallery with an exhibition of photographs by artist John Monahan. The exhibit runs through May 31. “Recovery Room” In a gallery talk 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, Monahan will share insights on his work in a discussion at the…

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