• Trespasser fatally struck by train in Long Branch

    By Kenny Walter LONG BRANCH—An adult male was struck and fatally injured by a NJ Transit North Jersey Coastline train Thursday in Long Branch. Nancy Snyder, senior director of public information and corporate communications for NJ Transit, confirmed the death occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 17 at the Brighton Avenue grade crossing just…

  • Bongiorno, Burke team up for pair of Sire Stakes-Green Acres victories

    Driver Joe Bongiorno and trainer Ron Burke teamed to win a pair of New Jersey Sire Stakes-Green Acres Sept. 5 at Freehold Raceway. Both events were pre-card, non-wagering races and both were $7,000 opening legs for 3-year-old pacers. In the event for fillies, Bongiorno, a Howell High School graduate, guided Lissan to a wire-to-wire victory…

  • Winston leads Redbirds to come-from-behind victory

    ALLENTOWN VARSITY REPORT By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent It was a baptism of fire for Jordan Winston when he got his first start at quarterback for Allentown High School’s football team against Pennsylvania powerhouse Archbishop Wood High School — a 62-21 victor in the Sept. 5 showdown in Warrington, Pennsylvania. But a week later, Winston showed…

  • New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

    TOP PICK The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies, present the New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015. Showcasing new international films, American independent features, experimental and short subjects, classic revivals, and cutting-edge documentaries, the festival will feature more than 30 film screenings. The 25…

  • Delicious Orchards to host Apple Fest

    COLTS NECK — Delicious Orchards, Route 34, Colts Neck, will host its eighth annual Apple Fest on Sept. 19-20 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine, on both days. “We are really excited about how great of a response the local community has shown for this family friendly event,” said Chris McDonald, general…

  • Model Grand Opening Sept. 19-20 at new Monroe Township 55+ community

    The finishing touches are being put in place as construction wraps up on the first two model homes at K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Monroe, a new active-adult lifestyle community being developed off Prospect Plains Road in Middlesex County’s Monroe Township. The builder will unveil the new models for the first time during the weekend…

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    REBECCA NOWALSKI Brianna Blake, 9 months, is delighted to pick out her first pumpkin at the annual Millstone Day on Sept. 13.

  • Vito Anthony Naturale

    Vito Anthony Naturale, 85, passed away Sept. 6. He was a devoted father and grandfather. Vito, who was a lifelong resident of Belleville, retired from Hoffmann La Roche in Nutley as a supervisor. An Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, he was a member of the Italian Fiorente Club and the Belleville High School Hall…

  • Community garden comes up smelling like roses in Millstone

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Let it grow! That is what participants in the Millstone Community Garden did and now they are celebrating a successful first year that has continued to blossom and bloom. Anne Haines, a founding member of the Millstone Community Garden, said she is planning a potluck dinner to mark the…

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