• Long Branch Class of 1952 reunion announced

    Long Branch Class of 1952 reunion announced

    The Long Branch High School Class of 1952 Reunion Luncheon will be held on Sept. 13, 2017. Invitation to follow. New address in the last five years? If so, please submit new mailing address by calling 732-222-7989. Leave a message before 8 p.m.

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Brian A. Cha, Anant A. Gupta and Emma B. Howard of North Brunswick have been named to the dean’s list at Boston University for the Fall 2016 semester. Each school and college at Boston University has its own criterion for the dean’s list, but students generally must attain a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale, or be…

  • Mystery-theater event to raise funds for library

    Mystery-theater event to raise funds for library

    The New Jersey Mystery Theater and the Friends of the Jamesburg Public Library will present “Murder by Munchies,” a fundraising mystery-theater event, 2 p.m. March 12 at Playhouse 22, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. The plot follows members of the Friends of the Library as they excitedly host auditions for a new reality show, “American…

  • Barrons’ girls look to move past struggles in sectional play

    Barrons’ girls look to move past struggles in sectional play

    By Jeff Appelblatt Woobridge High School’s girls’ basketball team not only won its first six games of the regular season, but it did so by an average of 27.5 points. Things just didn’t go as well the rest of the way. The Barrons lost five of their next six games and hovered around the .500…

  • Dialog Series set for March 5

    Dialog Series set for March 5

    The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County (UUCMC) will hold the Sunday Morning Dialog series at 9 a.m. on March 5 in the Community Room at 1475 W. Front St., Lincroft. The free, hour-long program offers as an opportunity to cover a broad range of topics each Sunday. On March 5, “¡Ya Es Hora! Low Wage Immigrant…

  • Mary Ellen B. McSweeney Smith

    Mary Ellen B. McSweeney Smith

    Mary Ellen B. McSweeney Smith, 64, of Manalapan, passed away Feb. 22, 2017, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., she moved with her family to Manalapan in 1985. Mary Ellen was a registered nurse in Labor and Delivery/Mother Baby for 40 years, ending her career at CentraState…

  • Area teams vying for state sectional basketball championships

    Area teams vying for state sectional basketball championships

    By Jimmy Allinder The NJSIAA boys’ and girls’ basketball tournaments kicked off with first-round games Feb. 27 and 28, hosted by higher-seeded teams. Boys’ basketball Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen (25-1) — fresh off its seventh Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament championship in eight years — was seeded second in Non-Public A South. That…

  • Businessman thanked for donation to playground

    Businessman thanked for donation to playground

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A donation to a playground in Freehold Township has received praise from municipal officials. On Feb. 21, Township Committee members presented Jim Marturano of the Marturano Recreation Company with a certificate of appreciation recognizing his donation of two Powerscape playground units to the township’s My Playground. According…

  • French students ultimately denied trip to UN

    French students ultimately denied trip to UN

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — After weeks of debate, the French Honor Society students did not get a oui regarding their New York trip request. Recently, a proposed honor society trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a French restaurant was denied. Students at Sayreville War Memorial High School petitioned the Sayreville Board…

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