The Bowne-Munro PTA will hold a clothing drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 4 at the school, 120 Main St., East Brunswick. Items sought include clothes, shoes, handbags, belts, sheets, towels, stuffed animals, etc. Donations should be placed in tightly tied plastic bags. The PTA will receive money for every pound of merchandise collected during the drive. More...

Iwould like to comment on the letter to the editor from Frank J. Coury ("On Economic Effect of Open Space Programs," Sentinel, March 19) regarding the Heavenly Farms purchase. Mr. Coury has a number of issues that he repackages from time to time — the pistol range, the bus contract, the Golden Triangle. On most of these, he makes a valid case. More...

My friend's child has just turned a year old. As the birthday girl licked the frosting off a flower cookie that didn't look so much like a flower, my friend observed that she didn't know where the last year had gone and then wondered, "Will the time always go so fast? More...

It was the late, great Hunter S. Thompson who observed that "when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." And these days, it looks like we've got a whole passel of people looking to shed their amateur rags and exchange them for the flashy professional variety. More...

Mr. Villare, 43, of Monroe, died recently in Staten Island, N.Y. Surviving are his wife, Nicole; two sons, Christopher and Peter, and a daughter, Olivia; his mother, Jacqueline; and a brother, Robert. A liturgy was offered at Immaculate Conception Church, Spotswood. Interment was private. More...

PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff From top: The Sayreville Bombers' Glen Cannon connects with a pitch during a scrimmage in Sayreville on Saturday. Joe Bongiorno of Sayreville War Memorial High School tries to put the tag on Bishop Ahr's Joe Post. More...