• Knights solidify state playoff berth with win over Monroe

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School’s football team bounced back from a threeweek layoff to defeat Monroe Township High School, 28-21, and solidify its position in the race for the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group V playoffs. With the win, the Knights have now accumulated 95 power points, good for sixth place ahead of…

  • Lady Knights successfully defend GMC volleyball title

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent A fter pocketing its second Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament championship in as many years, Old Bridge High School’s girls volleyball team has turned its attention to the NJSIAA Public Group IV tournament. The Lady Knights (20-3) earned the fifth seed and were set to host 28th-seeded Columbia High School (17-9)…

  • Moving on to GMC finals

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN East Brunswick High School’s Sydney Rosa (22) moves the ball up the field past South Brunswick High School’s Sarah Shaffer during the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament semifinals at East Brunswick High School on Oct. 30. The Bears upset the top-seeded Vikings, 1-0, to advance to the finals, which will be played on…

  • Not feeling stuffed: Holidays and preventing the weight gain dread

    By Joanne Gerr, M.S.W., C.S.W. With Halloween over and Thanksgiving on the way, holiday excitement is building.This is the season of dreams, hope, and family good will. But underneath, some of us have a creeping concern — fear of weight gain. Holiday treats add up and up and turn into extra pounds that are hard…

  • Total exchange of the joint

    By Yuliya Nemykina CTW Features Today, baby boomers and seniors have a desire to stay active longer. As such, there has been a rise in total joint replacement procedures and along with it a more efficient, effective and safer surgery Crack open a tabloid magazine or tune into any “Real Housewives” show and it would…

  • Holiday pierogi, blintz sale underway

    St. Stanislaus Kostka Rosary Altar Society, Sayreville, is holding its Fresh Pierogi and Blintz Sale for the holidays. Many varieties of pierogi, including cheese, cottage cheese, potato, potato and cheddar cheese, potato and onion, sauer- kraut, sauerkraut and mushroom, are available. Cheese, apricot, blueberry, cherry and strawberry blintzes are offered. Cost is $4.95 per dozen…

  • Job search, résumés to be topics at library

    Colleen Georges, a job search and résumé expert, will be the guest presenter at a program scheduled for 6:30-8 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Sayreville Public Library, Washington Road. Georges will share her tips on how to successfully search for and find a job. To register, email Alaina at [email protected] or call 732-727-0212, ext. 25.

  • Artist to demonstrate oil-painting technique

    Award-winning artist Ellen Gavin will offer an oil-painting demonstration at the next meeting of the Suburban Artist Guild of Central New Jersey (SAG) set for 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at the East Brunswick Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Gavin, whose style is painterly-realism with emotional brushstrokes, will explain her painting techniques. Her subject matter includes…

  • Threats would carry tougher sentence

    Threatening to kill a police officer could eventually carry stricter penalties in New Jersey if a bill proposed in the state Assembly is enacted into law. The bill was introduced on Sept. 11 by Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex and Burlington) and would make death threats against law enforcement officials a second-degree crime. “Any…

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