• Cut-a-thon to aid local children with cancer

    Isabella’s Hair Salon, 881 Main St., Sayreville, will hold a “Cutting Away Cancer” cut-a-thon to benefit three local children with cancer from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 22 (rain date Sept. 29). Women’s haircuts will be $20 and men’s haircuts will be $10. All proceeds will go toward the healthcare and benefit of the…

  • Charity aids South Amboy teen fighting cancer

    When a friend told Jenny Perez- Rosado about a 14-year-old girl who was battling cancer, there was no hesitation in deciding to use her charitable foundation to help the child. Kaitlyn Kehoe of South Amboy was diagnosed in March with osteogenic chondroblastic sarcoma, the eighth most common form of childhood cancer. She has since had…

  • Death By Improv yields live laughter

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Death By Improv troupe members Michael Hochman (l-r), Kate Walsh, Andrew Young, Ryan Smith, Mick Murtha, Dimo, Ryan Engelstad and Tim E. Norek. The comedy troupe performs in Metuchen and Parlin. PHOTO COURTESY OF DEATH BY IMPROV I t’s often said that laughter is the best medicine. Although the name…

  • Old Bridge teen kick-starts effort to aid children in need

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Pooja Shah began Kreative Kickstart to assist children in third-world countries. The group will hold a school supply drive at Old Bridge High School this school year. OLD BRIDGE — Pooja Shah is a busy young woman. The soon-to-be Old Bridge High School senior is a National Honor Society member…

  • Police: Woman driving in wrong direction dies after crash

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Police, fire and rescue squads shut down Route 18 for more than an hour after a two-vehicle collision fatally injured a Bergen County woman on Aug. 16. Ashley Chieco, 26, of Wood-Ridge, was driving a black 2011 Hyundai Tucson in the wrong direction in the southbound fast…

  • Summer program keeps students’ minds sharp

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Parents support their children’s efforts during the Aug. 14 Family Night celebration for students of the summer enrichment program at Samsel Upper Elementary School in Sayreville. SCOTT FRIEDMAN SAYREVILLE — Samsel Upper Elementary School’s (SUES) Summer Enrichment Program is no summer school. The annual program, which culminated with an Aug.…

  • Tchoukball catching on in Old Bridge

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Old Bridge High School teacher Richard Torok uncovered a box with tchoukball sporting equipment, and has since begun a Sunday league at the school that anyone is welcome to join. OLD BRIDGE — As Richard Torok was sorting through a gymnasium closet at Old Bridge High School (OBHS) one day,…

  • Baseball’s penalty for Rodriguez is unfair

    Major League Baseball (MLB) issued a 211-game suspension to Alex Rodriguez for alleged use of performance enhancing drugs (PED) and obstruction of baseball’s PED investigation. If the charge is admitted by A-Rod or proven in a fair hearing, then A-Rod is a cheat deserving of a just penalty. But 211 games is surely not just.…

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    Boats docked at the Belmar Marina. AMY ROSEN/STAFF

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