Tag: Spotswood

  • Rabies clinics offered throughout Middlesex County

    Rabies clinics offered throughout Middlesex County

    Middlesex County has released the 2017 calendar dates for rabies clinics throughout the area: March 4, Monroe Recreation Center, 120 Monmouth Rd., Monroe: 9 a.m. to noon dogs and cats; March 11, Jamesburg Firehouse, 82 West Railroad Ave., Jamesburg: 1-2 p.m. cats only, 2-3:30 p.m. dogs only, or 3:30-4 p.m. dogs and cats; March 27,…

  • Children of all ages invited to meet superheroes

    Children of all ages invited to meet superheroes

    Immaculate Conception School will hold a fun-filled evening featuring professionally dressed superheroes from 6-9 p.m. Jan. 28 at the school, 23 Manalapan Rd., Spotswood. Comic-related crafts and vendors, basket raffles and a 50/50 raffle will accompany photographs with the superheroes. For tickets, email [email protected].

  • Spotswood boys’ basketball team looking to reverse struggles

    Spotswood boys’ basketball team looking to reverse struggles

    By Jimmy Allinder Turnover ratio can sometimes be misleading when measuring a basketball team’s success and, in the case of Spotswood High School’s boys’ team, its shortcomings. Head coach Steve Mate believes that statistic and his team’s inability to play 32 minutes of defense are why the Chargers are 5-9 overall and 1-4 in the…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Michael Thomas Pascal, son of Mickey and Lisa Pascal of Monroe, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Seton Hall University, South Orange, where he achieved a 4.0 GPA. A graduate of Monroe Township High School, he is majoring in business/sports management while pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree…

  • Festive events celebrate holiday season

    Festive events celebrate holiday season

    OLD BRIDGE – A multitude of traditional sing-alongs, socials and performances were just the beginning of holiday events held by Reformed Church Home (RCH). The senior living community offering assisted living, skilled nursing and rehabilitation services in Old Bridge also offered Pastor Sam’s Revival Week. In keeping with the annual ritual he began in 2003,…

  • Mayor and council expected to bring ‘new energy’ to Spotswood

    Mayor and council expected to bring ‘new energy’ to Spotswood

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD–The oath of office has been administered, the gavel has been passed and the elected candidates gave their thanks as Mayor Edward T. Seely and Councilmembers Jose Rivera and John F. Melillo were officially sworn into the Spotswood Borough Council. Municipal Clerk Patricia DeStefano lead the inauguration/reorganization meeting on Jan. 4, starting off…

  • Spotswood looks to improve as wrestlers gain experience

    Spotswood looks to improve as wrestlers gain experience

    By Jimmy Allinder Spotswood High School’s wrestling team struggled mightily last season, finishing 2-18 overall in dual meets and 2-5 in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division. The Chargers are a small Group II school, where it is commonplace for a team to not have enough wrestlers to fill all 14 weight classes. Another…

  • East Brunswick Tech baseball field wins statewide award

    East Brunswick Tech baseball field wins statewide award

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The baseball field on the East Brunswick campus of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) has been named Field of the Year in New Jersey by a field managers’ group. The field, renamed earlier this year to honor the late MCVTS Athletic Director Raymond Cipperly, was honored by the Sports…

  • Ladies Auxiliary to hold bus trip to Atlantic City

    Ladies Auxiliary to hold bus trip to Atlantic City

    The Ladies Auxiliary Unit of Spotswood American Legion Post 253 will sponsor a bus trip to the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City on March 19. The cost is $25 per person before Jan. 15, or $30 per person until Feb. 12. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/events/1842688082645092/