• Braves hopeful competitive year ahead on baseball field

    Braves hopeful competitive year ahead on baseball field

    By Jeff Appelblatt Brian Boyce wasn’t too excited thinking of last year’s sub-.500 baseball season at Manalapan High School. “We were 12-15,” the 12-year coach said. “It might have been our only losing season. “Unfortunately last year, we never jelled as a team. We have seven kids playing in college [from that team], so we…

  • Pierce Brosnan trades Bond for The Bandit War in AMC’s sweeping drama “The Son”

    Pierce Brosnan trades Bond for The Bandit War in AMC’s sweeping drama “The Son”

    By Lori Acken Pierce Brosnan sits across from me at a bistro table in the Southern California sunshine. He wears an impeccably tailored, steel gray suit that complements his salt-and-pepper hair. His blue eyes gleam. That voice — Brosnan doesn’t just answer questions, he orates. And all I (and most likely the diners stealing glances…

  • Book sale, blood drive part of programs offered at Sayreville Library

    Book sale, blood drive part of programs offered at Sayreville Library

    Jamie Novak will return to the Sayreville Public Library at 6:30 p.m. on April 11 to “Jumpstart Your Spring Decluttering.” The organizing expert will discuss cleaning closets, clothes and piles of paperwork. Celebrate Earth Day by attending the library’s seed swap. Stop by the library before April 21 to drop off seeds in the collection bin in the lobby,…

  • Bill deems damage to graves a bias crime

    State Assemblyman Ron Dancer (R-Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex, Burlington) has introduced legislation that would, if passed in the Legislature and signed into law, allow people who intentionally desecrate grave sites to be charged with bias intimidation. “Recent cemetery attacks in the national news have all had an element of bias intimidation, targeting and desecrating Jewish cemeteries,”…

  • Monroe bike route dedicated to late public information officer

    Monroe bike route dedicated to late public information officer

    MONROE – Last summer, shock and heartbreak spread through Joseph Harvie’s hometown of Monroe when news broke that a bicycle-automobile accident had claimed the life of the 36-year-old devoted cyclist and fundraiser. Moved to pay tribute, local officials dedicated a five-mile bicycle route on Monroe’s Half Acre Road to Harvie on March 25, according to information…

  • North Brunswick is on the right track for train station funding

    North Brunswick is on the right track for train station funding

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – What seemed like a distant dream when the idea first surfaced almost a decade ago could soon become a reality. With the signing of Senate Bill 3076 on March 30, North Brunswick is on the list to receive funding for the North Brunswick Rail Station along New Jersey Transit’s Northeast Corridor…

  • YMCA to hold Easter egg hunt for children age 11 and under

    YMCA to hold Easter egg hunt for children age 11 and under

    The South Amboy YMCA will hold an Easter egg hunt from 1-3 p.m. on April 8 at the Y, 200 John T. O’Leary Blvd., South Amboy. Children ages 5 and under will begin to hunt at 1 p.m., followed by ages 6-11 at 2 p.m. For family members, the cost is $5 for one child or…

  • Iselin men sentenced in credit card scam

    Iselin men sentenced in credit card scam

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer TRENTON — The two owners of a Jersey City jewelry store were sentenced to jail time and home confinement in their respective roles in what Acting United States Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick called one of the largest credit card fraud schemes — $200 million — charged by the U.S. Department…

  • Business Brief

    Business Brief

    ACE-Rx Specialty Pharmacy will hold a grand opening celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 7 at its new location, 2628 Route 516, Old Bridge. There will be cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a ribbon cutting ceremony with Mayor Owen Henry at noon. For more information, visit www.chamberofcommerceobssa.org.  

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