• Lady Knights begin conference tournament on 10-game win streak

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent A fter winning the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division title, Old Bridge High School’s girls soccer team has set its sights on the conference tournament. The Lady Knights entered the tournament with a 10-game winning streak, and extended it to 11 straight matches with a 3-0 victory over North Brunswick…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Power Wheel claimed the lead at the head of the backstretch and never was pressed, winning the $25,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes – Green Acres Final for 3-year-old trotting colts on Oct. 25 at Freehold Raceway. The son of Muscles Yankee trotted the mile in 2:00.1, finishing two lengths ahead of Fandango Tornado (by Revenue)…

  • Old Bridge maintains lead in division, power points race

    OLD BRIDGE By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School’s football team took another big step toward winning the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division title on Oct. 25 with a convincing 28-0 win over Edison High School (3-3). In front of a large Homecoming and Senior Night crowd, the Knights scored a touchdown in…

  • For the win

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Old Bridge High School’s Rachel Belmont captured the Greater Middlesex Conference Cross-Country Championships on Oct. 26 at Jamesburg’s Thompson Park. She completed the 5,000-meter course in 18:38 and was the only harrier under 19:00. Belmont’s win helped the Knights take the team championship with a low score of 46 points.

  • ‘Luna Mexicana’ celebrates with dance, music and costumes

    Lustig Dance Theatre will open its season with a special presentation of its “Luna Mexicana” at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick. “Luna Mexicana” pays tribute to the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead, and this presentation will conveniently land at 7 p.m. Nov. 2, the second day of the annual festival. Colorful music…

  • Zimmerli Art Museum to unveil sculpture

    The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick, will formally unveil the glass sculpture “Rivera Blue Macchia Chartreuse Lip Wrap” by Dale Chihuly, in memory of Tyler Clementi, at 1 p.m. Nov. 3. The sculpture will be on view through July 31, 2014. Prior to the unveiling, the program “The Letter…

  • Mukhtar A. “Bobby” Husain

    Mr. Husain, of Manalapan, formerly of Old Bridge, died Oct. 18, 2013, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring in 2012, he was employed as a senior director of marketing for Hilton Corp., New York City. Surviving are his wife, Jill; a son, Rizvan Husain, of Old Bridge; a daughter, Alya Kayal, of…

  • Albert Petak

    Mr. Petak, 91, of Delray Beach, Fla., formerly of Old Bridge, died Oct. 22, 2013. He was predeceased by his first wife, Florence Petak, and by a daughter-in-law, Emily Rachael Petak. Surviving are his wife, Edythe Brent-Petak; a daughter, Leslie Petak and her husband, Allen Smith, of Columbia, Md.; two sons, Reed Petak of the…

  • Antoinette Donatelli Rarus

    Mrs. Rarus, 83, of South Amboy, died Oct. 23, 2013. She was employed for 27 years as an office worker for the township of Old Bridge Senior Center. She was predeceased by four siblings, Sam Donatelli, Lucy Karcz, Jack Donatelli and Marcello Donatelli. Surviving are a daughter, Nancy Reich and her husband, James, of South…

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