• Word Power coasts to win at Freehold Raceway

    George Brennan put odds-on favorite Word Power on the lead, coasting to victory in the $41,125 New Jersey Futurity on Oct. 12 at Freehold Raceway. Word Power (by Western Ideal) won by two and 1/2 lengths over Rockaholic (Rocknroll Hanover) with a 10-length margin to Sky Is The Limit (Western Ideal) in third. The mile…

  • Women’s soccer brings Brookdale its 100th GSAC championship

    When the Brookdale Community College women’s soccer team clinched the 2013 Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) championship, it was a very special one for the college. It marked Brookdale’s 100th GSAC championship in school history. Brookdale’s first GSAC title goes back to 1971, which was won by Hall of Fame coach Paul MacLaughlin’s baseball team.…

  • Raiders volleyball rebounds with four wins in five matches

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent South Brunswick High School’s Cagney Antczak uses her head to direct the ball to a teammate during the Vikings’ Oct. 17 match against Sayreville War Memorial High School held in Monmouth Junction. South Brunswick won the match, 2-1. The Vikings are the No. 3 seed for the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament,…

  • Holiday harbinger: the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival

    Sculpture by Martin Silverman of Jackson The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival will host more than 275 nationally known artists and craftsmen beginning Friday, Oct. 25, through Sunday, Oct. 27, at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset. The festival showcases one-of-a-kind, handcrafted work by jury-selected artists from around the country who will be showing their seasonally…

  • Nominees sought for Hall of Fame

    The Sayreville War Memorial High School (SWMHS) Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations for induction into the 2014 Hall of Fame. Nominees must be graduates of SWMHS who have made outstanding contributions to their profession, community or organization. The annual induction banquet has enabled the committee to provide monetary awards to two outstanding seniors…

  • Spots available for science program

    The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will offer the Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program on Wednesdays, Jan. 8 to May 14, 2014, at the EARTH Center, Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. The goal is for graduates to expand their awareness of science-based information on environmental issues and facilitate positive change in…

  • Russell D. Faust

    Mr. Faust, 89, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 5, 2013, in New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison. He was predeceased by six brothers and sisters, William Faust, Marie Hamarlund, Charles Faust, John Faust, Virginia Capano and Harold Faust. He worked for 40 years at Johnson & Johnson Personal Products, Milltown. Surviving are…

  • Walter W. Webster

    Mr. Webster, 59, of East Brunswick and the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, died Oct. 2, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his father, Edward Webster, and by a brother, Edward. Surviving are his mother, Lorraine Webster of East Brunswick; five siblings, Carol Lorraine Polgar and her…

  • Mary Delores Perrone

    Mrs. Perrone, 82, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 17, 2013, at home. She was an executive with AT&T in Cherry Hill and had previously worked with New York Telephone. She is survived by her cousins, Mary Mascolo, Ursula Cancila, Jean Casey Lewandowski and Father Vincent Salamoni, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held…

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