Tag: Spotswood
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Bears’ Schleifer among top wrestlers at District 20 tourney
By Jimmy Allinder In the NJSIAA District 20 wrestling tournament Feb. 19-20, East Brunswick High School 120-pounder Mark Schleifer scored a 4-3 decision over Stephen Nadera of Old Bridge High School, earning the Bears’ junior the competition’s Best Wrestler Award. Other area wrestlers who won gold medals were at 106 pounds: Mitchell Polito (East Brunswick),…
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Legion offers trip to Tropicana, A.C.
American Legion Post No. 253, 60 DeVoe Ave., Spotswood, will offer a March 20 fundraising bus trip to the Tropicana Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 10 a.m. from the post home. Return will be at approximately 8 p.m. Cost is $30 and includes a $25 return in casino cash, a light continental…
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Plenty of contenders in GMC girls hoops tourney
By Jimmy Allinder The Monroe Township High School girls basketball team (19-2) is the top seed in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. However, as many as four teams could have earned that distinction, which promises this year’s tournament will be a wide-open fight to the finish. Based on its record, East Brunswick High School…
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Bears, Rams, Chargers gear up for GMC hoops tourney
By Jimmy Allinder The East Brunswick High School boys team is 10-7 following a 59-53 victory over Old Bridge High School Feb. 4 — a victory that improves the Bears’ chances of receiving a high seed in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. East Brunswick faces a tough assignment when it hosts South Brunswick High…
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Girls hoops teams striving for high tournament seeds
By Jimmy Allinder The girls basketball game between East Brunswick High School (15-2) and Piscataway Township High School (14-3) Feb. 9 (weather permitting) may have been a preview of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) championship game. Both Red Division teams have proved they belong among the best in the conference and should be seeded accordingly…
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Spotswood Library sets February events for youngsters, adults
A variety of programs are planned for the month of February at the Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St. Youth events will include storytime programs for toddlers, “Tween Crafts,” and evening stories and crafts for ages 5 and up. Adults are invited to the library’s Movies on Mondays at 1:30 p.m., and to the Knitting…
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Residents slam Spotswood council on EMS outsourcing
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – At a packed Borough Council meeting, residents of three towns voiced their fierce opposition to disbanding the borough’s Emergency Medical Service. “We have the best EMS. They work for us. Why are we getting rid of any of them? It doesn’t make sense. What really doesn’t make sense…
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Spotswood not taking on-court success for granted
By Jimmy Allinder It would be tempting for the Spotswood High School boys basketball team to consider the rest of the regular season a cakewalk. The Chargers had little trouble dispatching the five rivals that make up the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division in their first go-around and are currently the only team with…
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Young Spotswood musicians join mixed chorus
SPOTSWOOD – Two chorus students from Memorial Middle School successfully auditioned into the Central Jersey Music Educators Association Intermediate Mixed Chorus. Sheliza Dolette and Emilia Savarese prepared given audition material to sing in front of a panel of judges. Sheliza, an eighth grader, and Emilia, a seventh grader, were both placed into the alto section of the…
