• EMS squad commended for life-saving response

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Walter Kapica, center, stands with the Sayreville Emergency Squad members who helped save his life. ADAM C. UZIALKO/STAFF SAYREVILLE — Members of the Sayreville Emergency Squad were commended at a Borough Council meeting for saving the life of resident Walter Kapica. Kapica stood at the podium in council chambers…

  • Web of social services buoys adult with autism

    The Autism Puzzle: A New Jersey Angle By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Kevin Petranich performs his tasks at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI This is part six in an occasional series of stories about people with autism in New Jersey. The entire series can be found at www.gmnews.com/autism. K evin Petranich…

  • Ust keeps job among infighting

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Beleaguered Sayreville Recreation Director Jerry Ust still has his job after a contentious Borough Council meeting. But Ust’s request for a contract was denied in a split vote, with Mayor Kennedy O’Brien breaking the tie with his vote against the contract and reimbursement of $5,900 in legal fees. “At…

  • D-Day legacy of service and sacrifice lives on

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Rudolph Schasney, a U.S. Navy gunner first mate who was involved in the D-Day invasion of France on June 6, 1944, participates in a Memorial Day ceremony on May 24 at Thorne Middle School in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. MATT DENTON Seventy years after D-Day — the Allied…

  • Bulletin Board items

    – Open house set at nursery school Gateway Christian Nursery School, in Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 568 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, will hold an open house 4-7 p.m. June 5. Visitors are invited to tour the school and meet the staff. Classes are offered on a flexible schedule for children ages 2 ½-4, with extended…

  • Resources Real Estate participates in the Red Bank Wedding Walk

    Resources Real Estate participated in the Red Bank Wedding Walk 2014 on March 30. “The Red Bank Wedding Walk is a smorgasbord of information for newlyweds to-be,” said Carolynn Diakon, broker/ senior partner. “There are so many things to consider when planning a wedding and a life with someone. We offered facts about the business…

  • Davis Realtors to hold free home buying seminar on June 11 at Ocean office

    Phyllis Garden, broker/manager of Davis Realtors’ new Ocean Township office, invites the public to a free home buying seminar on June 11 from 6-9 p.m. Experts will be on hand to educate and answer questions about the home buying process including, financing, credit scores, the legal process, and avoiding pitfalls. Suzanne Hoffman, a Jersey Mortgage…

  • Colts Neck High School hosting the 28th NJ International Meet

    The New Jersey International Track and Field Meet will present its 28th edition on June 7 at Colts Neck High School. The javelin and hammer throws will compete separately at Monmouth University. Competition will start at 2 p.m. This event began in 1987 in honor of Bob Roggy, the Holmdel High School graduate who died…

  • Blue Devils win sectional title

    Shore Regional High School players celebrate after getting the final out of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I championship game and winning the state sectional title on May 30. The Blue Devils edged New Egypt High School, 3-2, for the championship. The game was played in Plumsted Township.

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community