• SPORT SHORTS

    The East Brunswick Baseball League will be holding spring 2014 registration on Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. to noon at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 715 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. For additional information, go to ebbl.org and download the registration form in its entirety and bring it to the Dec. 14 registration.

  • Area teams prepare for first round of state football tournaments

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent SOUTH RIVER W ith South River High School’s football team capping the regular season with a 14-3 victory over archrival Spotswood High School on Nov. 2, and also clinching the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division title, the Rams (8-1) did not take off the past weekend. Head coach Rich Marchesi…

  • Monroe making another run in state soccer tournament

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent East Brunswick High School’s Katrina Nguyen-DeMary (9) kicks the ball ahead to a teammate as Jackson Memorial’s Chandler Lages defends during the Nov. 7 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV quarterfinals game played in East Brunswick. The Bears, seeded second, won the match, 2-1, to advance to the semifinals. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI For…

  • Rutgers troupe brings ‘theater of the senses’

    Kate Villanova, Dalton Gray and Gabriel Barre, foreground, rehearse for “Cyrano de Bergerac.” LARRY LEVANTI Good, old-fashioned romance is rhyming, swashbuckling and sword-fighting its way to the stage of the Philip J. Levin Theater. The Rutgers Theater Co.’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” opens Nov. 15. New Jersey residents involved in the production include cast members Shamsuddin…

  • Frost School PTA to hold vendor sale

    The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at Frost Elementary School will sponsor a vendor sale 6:30-9 p.m. Nov. 15 at the school, 65 Frost Ave., East Brunswick. There will be cosmetics, sports memorabilia, comic books, candles, Tupperware, tutoring and jewelry vendors on site. The event is free. Baked goods will be available for purchase. All proceeds…

  • Christmas Bazaar, Santa Breakfast set

    Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 44 Cleveland Ave., Milltown, will host its Christmas Bazaar 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 7. The event will offer a day of holiday shopping and food. Highlights will include an Old-Fashioned Bake Sale; a “New to You Christmas” booth; games; basket raffles, including a Gift Card Christmas Tree raffle;…

  • Community invited to interfaith service

    Congregation Beth Ohr, 70 Route 516, Old Bridge, in conjunction with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Old Bridge, Congregation Etz Chaim of Monroe, St. Ambrose Church, St. Thomas the Apostle Church and Simpson United Methodist Church, all in Old Bridge, will host an Interfaith Thanksgiving service 7 p.m. Nov. 26. All are invited to attend.…

  • Donors needed for DECA blood drive

    Spotswood High School DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) will host its Rock and Roll Up Your Sleeve Blood Drive 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Nov. 22 in the media center at the high school, Summerhill Road. For more information or to make an appointment, call 732-723-2278.

  • Visit with Santa to aid Toys for Tots

    Parents and children are invited to visit with Santa and view the holiday lights and decorations at a private home at 55 Valley Vale Drive, Old Bridge, 6-9 p.m. Dec. 13 and 14. The house won the Clark Griswold Award five years ago in the Old Bridge Holiday Decorating Contest. Interested parents should bring a…

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