• Patriots’ baseball team picks up wins during break

    Patriots’ baseball team picks up wins during break

    By Jeff Appelblatt Spring break started strong for Freehold Township High School’s baseball team, which is good for a team that entered the nine-day span away from the classroom without a win. The Patriots went back to school April 17 after winning three of four games. The first win was April 8 — the day…

  • Team effort expected from Colts Neck baseball team

    Team effort expected from Colts Neck baseball team

    By Jeff Appelblatt It’s been an up-and-down start for the baseball team at Colts Neck High School. Through the first few weeks of the season the team has shown it’s capable of winning, but it has also shown that it may have fewer answers to avoid losses than it did in the past. For instance,…

  • Cougars’ volleyball team doesn’t miss a beat with coaching change

    Cougars’ volleyball team doesn’t miss a beat with coaching change

    By Jeff Appelblatt There have been a few years over the last decade that Colts Neck High School’s boys’ volleyball team wasn’t one of the top teams to beat in the Shore Conference A North Division, but the Cougars are fighting for the top spot most seasons — including this one. Fourteen-year coach Glenn Jansen…

  • All-star hockey game to benefit Monroe’s Mike Nichols

    All-star hockey game to benefit Monroe’s Mike Nichols

    WFAN and the Prudential Center will serve as the co-hosts to an all-star game that will support The Nichols Family Trust and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation on April 21 at the Prudential Center in Newark. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. The all-star game will feature former NHL…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Linda Wallentine of Monroe has been named to the dean’s list at the Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the fall 2016 semester. Wallentine has a GPA of 3.6 or higher. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. She is a 2016 graduate of Monroe Township High School.

  • Old Bridge Police Department seeks public comments during re-accreditation process

    Old Bridge Police Department seeks public comments during re-accreditation process

    The Old Bridge Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of its program to achieve re-accreditation by verifying that it meets recognized professional best practices. Administered by the N.J. State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP), the accreditation program requires agencies to comply with best practice standards in five basic areas: administrative,…

  • Garden Club meeting scheduled in Metuchen

    Garden Club meeting scheduled in Metuchen

    “Proper Pruning” will be the topic of the next Garden Club of Metuchen meeting on May 1. Information will be presented by Richard Miller, Garden Club member and local landscape architect. The meeting will take place at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Fryer Hall, 27 Oak Ave., Metuchen. The meeting begins at 6:45 p.m. with light…

  • Two killed, three injured in Easter morning crash

    Two killed, three injured in Easter morning crash

    SOUTH AMBOY – Police are investigating a fatal head-on collision in which two drivers were killed and three passengers were injured in a crash on Route 9 early Easter morning. Miguel Mendoza-Chong, 31, of Perth Amboy, was killed when his vehicle was struck by a minivan driven by Percell Livingston Jr., 51, of East Orange, according to…

  • Earth Day events include cleanup, celebration

    Earth Day events include cleanup, celebration

    The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership will hold a cleanup in South Brunswick from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on April 23 in honor of Earth Day. Volunteers will meet at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave. Wear clothing coverings arms and legs, and wear stout shoes. Registration is required in advance by visiting www.southbrunswicknj.gov/2017-volunteer-release-formb. Volunteers…

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