• Colts hopeful bats heat up in state tournament play

    Colts hopeful bats heat up in state tournament play

    By Wayne Witkowski Christian Brothers Academy’s (CBA) baseball team is enjoying a 17-8 season, but it hopes to change its occasional struggles scoring runs in its final tournament run. It was scheduled to play Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen in its New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association South Jersey, Non-Public A opener May 30.…

  • Suspect in Old Bridge murder taken into custody

    Suspect in Old Bridge murder taken into custody

    A Sayreville man sought in a brutal attack and murder is now in custody. Earl Allayne Jr., 20, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, was reportedly apprehended on May 27 after a foot pursuit by an Old Bridge police officer led them into the Glenwood Apartments where the attack allegedly took place on May 24,…

  • By the Numbers: The Jersey Shore

    By the Numbers: The Jersey Shore

    60 beaches offer lifeguard supervision 47,000 acres of preserved natural shoreline on the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge  22 penguins at Jenkinson’s Aquarium in Point Pleasant 103 days of the 2017 summer flounder fishing season 8 self-guided trails under a mile at the undeveloped Island Beach State Park 1,050 feet of track on the…

  • Bombers’ softball seasons ends in state sectional semifinals

    Bombers’ softball seasons ends in state sectional semifinals

    By Warren Rappleyea The Sayreville War Memorial High School softball team ended the spring with an 18-5 record and made its way to the semifinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Central Jersey, Group IV tournament. Top-seeded Montgomery High School pitcher Peyton Schnackenberg struck out 10 and limited the fifth-seeded Bombers to just…

  • Film will explore the war on coal

    Film will explore the war on coal

    Panico’s will hold a special advance film screening of “From The Ashes,” a new documentary that goes beyond the rhetoric of the “war on coal” from 7-9 p.m. on June 7 at the pizzeria, 94 Church St., New Brunswick. The film takes a look at what is at stake for the economy, health and climate.…

  • Knights capture GMC Tournament title in double-OT victory

    Knights capture GMC Tournament title in double-OT victory

    By Warren Rappleyea The Old Bridge High School boys’ lacrosse team persevered through bad weather and a slow start and went on to win the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament with a double-overtime victory, 8-7, against Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen May 15. Knights goalkeeper Thomas Francy, who scored 43 goals as an attacker…

  • Lady Vikings return to GMC Softball Tournament finals

    Lady Vikings return to GMC Softball Tournament finals

    By Warren Rappleyea South Brunswick High School’s softball team split two key tournament games with Sayreville War Memorial High School, but the win propelled the Lady Vikings into the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament championship against second-seeded South Plainfield High School. Second-seeded South Brunswick edged the top-seeded Bombers, 2-1, May 21 in a GMC Tournament…

  • Falcons rebound from conference tourney loss in state opener

    Falcons rebound from conference tourney loss in state opener

    By Matthew Rocco After an upset loss to open the Shore Conference Tournament, the Monmouth Regional High School baseball team did something they normally wouldn’t do. The Falcons called a team-wide meeting, and the message was clear: The season is far from over. “We had a good talk with our seniors, and they had a…

  • Rutkowski continues to be Barrons’ leader on mound, at plate

    Rutkowski continues to be Barrons’ leader on mound, at plate

    By Jeff Appelblatt Year after year, Woodbridge High School could only guarantee a victory when ace pitcher Harry Rutkowski was on the hill. But he was never throwing more than once every five days, so the Barrons never knew what was in store the other games. Even early this season, head coach Lou Urbano wasn’t…

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