• Four easy steps to shopping for a mortgage

    By Erik J. Martin CTW Features You want to buy a home. That’s the easy part. Understanding everything that goes into securing a loan? Not so easy. Follow these points to simplify the financing process. I t’s easy to understand why the concept of buying a home is a feel-good notion. In fact, nearly all…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The founder of the Ace Club, renowned pitching instructor Matt Sweeney, has expanded his instructional offerings and has developed The Advanced Pitching Academy. The program is designed to prepare pitchers for the skill-set and mindset necessary to succeed over the course of a long season through a baseline of proper mechanical and foundational strength development…

  • Falcons hope versatility leads to boys soccer team’s success

    MONROE TOWNSHIP By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Whether the Monroe Township High School boys soccer team (8-1-1) mounts a serious challenge for the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division and NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV titles depends on the players’ versatility. So says Steve MacKenzie, who enters his 16th season as head coach. The Falcons finished…

  • Spotswood girls challenging top teams in division

    SPOTSWOOD By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent The Spotswood High School girls soccer team is currently 5-2-2; however, the Chargers are still looking at two teams ahead of them in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division standings. The front-runner is Metuchen High School, which is currently 8-1-1, and Wardlaw-Hartridge School occupies second place with a 6-2-1…

  • Eyes on the ball

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Spotswood High School’s Justin Vizzi (9) gets ready for a header while North Brunswick Township High School’s G.P. Baier watches during the match played on Sept. 24 at Spotswood’s home pitch. The visiting Raiders left the field with a 2-1 win.

  • Masons lodge holds Oct. 11 blood drive

    The Square and Compasses Day Open House and Blood Drive will be held 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Oct. 11 at Union Lodge No. 19 Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM), 60 Cedar Ave., North Brunswick. Union Lodge No. 19 F&AM and Highland Park Lodge No. 240 F&AM will host a blood drive for the Blood Center…

  • Lecture to discuss domestic abuse

    Rabbi Joel Mishkin will offer a program titled “Domestic Abuse in Biblical Times and Today: The Rape of Dinah and the NFL — Has Anything Changed?” at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 12 at Congregation Beth Ohr, Route 516, Old Bridge. The program — presented by the Beth Ohr Sisterhood and Men’s Club, and sponsored by the…

  • Pups get ‘pug shots’ featured on TV show

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A family of pugs from East Brunswick was filmed at the North Brunswick Public Library for an episode of Animal Planet’s “Too Cute!” TV series. KATHY CHANG/STAFF I t wasn’t a normal occurrence when a family of seven pug puppies and their mom hit up the North Brunswick Public Library…

  • Kendall–Battistelli

    MILESTONES William Battistelli and Noel Kendall Lori Fama and Todd Kendall announce the engagement of their daughter, Noel Marie Kendall, to William Stephen Battistelli, son of Linda Battistelli and the late William Battistelli. The future bride is a graduate of East Brunswick High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and education…

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