Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1451 will host a Spaghetti Dinner 3-7 p.m. March 28 at the post home, 31 Reid St., South River. Dinner will include spaghetti, meatballs, sausage, salad, bread, coffee, tea, soda and dessert. More...

It's that time of year again — budget season for both the school board and the municipality. The difference this year is that the proverbial chickens are coming home to roost. Mayor David Stahl is facing the predictable results of several years of Golden Triangle nonsense and the Board of Education needs to face up to many, many years of foolish spending. More...

Well, the Marcus Borden school prayer saga is finally over (at least in the courts), bringing to an end one of the saddest chapters in New Jersey education. I've had mixed feelings about this business from the start. I understood the stance taken by the East Brunswick school district, which had to try to restrict Borden's role in prayer before games. More...

Mr. Drew, 90, of Aberdeen, died Feb. 26, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a retired accounting supervisor at Western Electric, where he was employed 45 years. He was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Anne E. Lillis Drew. He is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Judith D. More...

The problem with wrestling is that unless you win a state championship, you usually finish your season on a losing note. So it wasn't shocking that Monroe Township High School's Sam Emburgia (125 pounds) and Marc Tyson (189 pounds), as well as South River's Adam Mongelli (135 pounds), were defeated in the state finals this past weekend in Atlantic City. More...