• Knights, Bombers pick up dominating wins on gridiron

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School quarterback Nick LeVecchia picks up yardage downfield against North Brunswick Township High School during the Oct. 4 game played in North Brunswick. The Knights picked up a road win, besting the Raiders, 35-6. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Both the Old Bridge High School and Sayreville War Memorial High School…

  • ‘Kansas City Swing’ celebrates baseball, jazz

    Rob Karma Robinson as Satchel Paige I t’s the fall of 1947 in Kansas City. The Satchel Paige All- Stars of the Negro Leagues are gearing up to play the all-white Bob Feller All-Stars during the teams’ cross-country barnstorming tour. Jackie Robinson has recently broken baseball’s “color line.” Change is in the air — for…

  • Coldwell Banker Previews Int’l survey shows more young money entering luxury real estate market

    A new survey by Coldwell Banker Previews International and the Luxury Institute finds that wealthy younger buyers are driving the luxury real estate market, and they are willing to pay more than similar wealthy buyers age 55 and older. According to the survey of Americans age 21 or older with a minimum gross annual household…

  • All ears

    Richie Policano and his son Daniel enjoy a walk through the maze at Cheesequake Farms in Old Bridge to begin the Halloween season family tradition. PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTOPHER POLICANO

  • County 4-H to sponsor Halloween Tricky Tray

    The Middlesex County 4-H Association will hold its Halloween Tricky Tray Oct. 12 at the 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Drawings will begin at 7 p.m. Admission is $15 and includes a page of tickets. Guests who wear a not-too-scary Halloween costume will receive an extra prize…

  • Improv benefit to aid breast-cancer research

    Death By Improv, a central-Jersey based improv-comedy troupe, will present a benefit comedy show 8 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Tickets cost $5 each. For more information, email [email protected] or call…

  • House-decorating contest underway

    The Sayreville Recreation Department will sponsor its annual Halloween House- Decorating Contest. Registration deadline is Oct. 18. Judging will take place after 5 p.m. Oct. 22. Prizes will be awarded. For more information and to register, call 732-390-7092 or 732-390-7096.

  • Dining event to fund YMCA scholarships

    Sciortino’s Harbor Lights Restaurant and the South Amboy Branch YMCA will team up for a Proceeds Day to benefit the Y’s Strong Kids program, 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Sciortino’s, 132 S. Broadway, South Amboy. The restaurant will donate 15 percent of all bills — dine-in only — to the Y’s scholarship…

  • Rosary Rally set for Oct. 12 in So. Amboy

    An America Needs Fatima Rosary Rally will be held noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 12, rain or shine, at the gazebo on Bordentown Avenue, between South Pine Avenue and Stevens Avenue, South Amboy. Attendees should bring their own chairs. For more information, call Rita at 732- 588-5272.

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