A variety of activities and events will take place during March at the South River Office on Aging/Senior Center, 55 Reid St. The center is open from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mondays-Fridays. The schedule is as follows: • fitness room — 9:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. More...

It saddened me to read the letter to the editor titled "Cut School Budget, Not Trash Services" (Sentinel, Feb. 12) that implied there is some tradeoff between money spent on garbage pickup and education. More...

Iget a lot of reader response to this column. Sometimes, I opine about something that rubs some people the wrong way, and I hear about it. Once in a while, though, I write something that strikes a positive chord with readers, and I hear about that, too. More...

Mr. Petruzzi, 84, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Feb. 19, 2009, at home. Surviving are his wife, Antoinette Cascella Petruzzi; two sons and their wives, Paul and Carma Petruzzi of Changewater and John and Linda of Sayreville; a sister, Dorothy Dolce of Clearwater, Fla.; and three grandchildren. A Mass was offered at Our Lady of Victories Church, Sayreville. More...

After two days of tryouts, 26 players sat silently in a semicircle, waiting to hear if they had made the cut. On Feb. More...