• Open houses set for Jan. 25, 30 at St. Bart’s

    St. Bartholomew School, 470 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, will hold open houses 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 25, and 9:30- 10:30 a.m. and 12:15-1:15 p.m. Jan. 30. The school offers a 3- and 4-year-old preschool program, full-day kindergarten, classes for grades 1-8, before-school and after-school care and extracurricular activities including clubs, sports, band, chorus, drama and…

  • Authorities investigate police shooting of resident in Old Bridge

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is continuing an investigation into the fatal shooting of a resident by an Old Bridge police officer. Jim O’Neill, public information officer for the prosecutor’s office, said on Jan. 20 he could not comment on the ongoing investigation. Talbot Schroeder, 75, of…

  • 4-H members spend MLK Day baking and making for others

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer This text will be replaced 4-H members, from left, Kelly Rich, Nicole Sitarik, Jaimee Frock, Kylee Bosserman, Fiona Moore and Katie Rich make Valentine’s Day cards for children at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service project at the…

  • Questions loom over New Jersey’s fiscal health

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie’s State of the State address did not sufficiently outline a plan to overcome the economic challenges facing New Jersey in the eyes of some local officials. State Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin (D-Middlesex) said she was dissatisfied with the speech because she felt the governor did not meaningfully…

  • Sayreville football victim to seek $1.5 million in suit

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer An attorney representing one of the victims of alleged sexual assault in the Sayreville War Memorial High School football program has notified the borough and the Board of Education that he intends to file a lawsuit. The borough received the notice of intent to sue in December from Randall…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Sayreville High School’s Zach Alessi, right, and Woodbridge’s Charles Cole duel for a rebound during a Jan. 15 game played in Woodbridge. The Barrons defeated the Bombers 53-50 on a buzzer-beater from Quassim Glover.

  • Zip rules

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: Recently you and others who were describing driver bullying tactics mentioned the person who doesn’t merge early when there’s notice of a lane closure ahead, but keeps moving ahead in the soon-to-close lane until the very end, then moves over in front of others into the one open lane. Bad…

  • Cheapest cars with the best fuel economy

    Why spend a fortune for a hybrid or electric car? Here are 15 affordable conventional models that get 40 mpg or more By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features MITSUBISHI MIRAGE While full-electric and gas/electric hybrid-power cars can get phenomenal fuel economy, they command stiff price premiums that are difficult to recover in savings at the pump,…

  • Monmouth County Assoc. of Realtors and South Monmouth Board of Realtors announce merger

    The Monmouth County Association of Realtors (MCAR) and the South Monmouth Board of Realtors (SMBOR) announce their merger into one association. The merger will combine SMBOR’S 550 members with MCAR’S nearly 6,000 members and will be known as the Monmouth County Association of Realtors. Donald Willis, executive vice president of MCAR, will serve as the…

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