• St. Patrick’s Day meal fundraiser set at church

    Sayreville United Methodist Church, 406 Main St., will hold its fundraising St. Patrick’s Day Dinner 6-8 p.m. March 7. Guests will have a choice of corned beef or spaghetti and meatballs. Boiled potatoes, bread, a beverage and dessert also will be served. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, students and youngsters ages 5-12.…

  • Community yard sale scheduled for March 7

    Lighthouse Christian Fellowship will hold a community bazaar and indoor yard sale in the John Deegan Hall, 100 Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 7. Admission is free. For more information, call 732-422- 7065 or visit www.lcfeb.net.

  • Buddy Ball’s big game is Feb. 28 at Churchill

    East Brunswick Fast Break Buddy Ball basketball will hold its eighth annual Big Game Day at Churchill Junior High School, 18 Norton Road, East Brunswick, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Feb. 28. Admission is free. The program involves 65 children and young adults with special needs playing in the annual big game. Approximately 110 high school-age students have…

  • Rutgers freshman dies after collapse on basketball court

    An 18-year-old Rutgers University student collapsed during a recreation basketball game on campus and later died despite efforts to resuscitate him. Patrick Awosogba, a former East Brunswick High School baseball player, collapsed at the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center on the New Brunswick campus shortly after 2 p.m. Feb. 22 and was pronounced dead at Robert Wood…

  • Buildings demolished to make way for South River firehouse

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Efforts to move ahead with a new firehouse on Jackson Street reached a major milestone last week, as the Knights of Columbus building and the gas station on the property were demolished. Business Administrator Fred Carr said on Feb. 9 that the boxing club building on the former…

  • Greater Media Newspapers win in N.J. Press Association contest

    Members of Greater Media Newspapers’ advertising, editorial, photography and production staffs scooped up 16 awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. “We are blessed with an exceptional and dedicated staff,” Greater Media Newspapers General Manager and Publisher Ben Cannizzaro said. “I am extremely pleased with the well-deserved recognition from the New Jersey…

  • Voters should decide on fluoride in water

    At the Feb. 2 meeting of the East Brunswick Township Council, Mayor David Stahl announced his intention to stop adding fluoride to the East Brunswick water supply. Adding fluoride to East Brunswick’s water has kept the township’s children low in cavities for many years. Fluoride has been added to East Brunswick’s water since 1954, when…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Children of all ages take advantage of a recent snowstorm by bringing their sleds to the hill at Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch, on Feb. 17.

  • Wrestling for a cause

    Clockwise from top left: Kyle “The Beast” Winant flies through the air over Tommy “Gunz” Kobryn during the UWA Elite Pro Wrestling fundraiser held Feb. 21 to benefit the DeSarno family of Sayreville after they lost their home in a December fire. Friends Hunter Gordon and Ethan Gottshall (left to right), both 9-year-old Sayreville residents,…

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