Police are looking for a lightskinned male approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall with a thin build, who is accused of robbing at gunpoint a 34-year-old delivery man for Chicken Galore last week of $100 in cash and food. The incident occurred at a Sixth Avenue residence in Port Reading at 9:20 p.m. Oct. 17, police said. More...
St. John's Episcopal Church, Hoy and Hamilton avenues, Fords, is collecting clean, used but usable clothes, shoes, belts, handbags, bedding, linens, stuffed animals, etc., Oct. 31, from 9 a.m. to noon. The items will distributed overseas to underdeveloped countries. Please drop off donated items in large black garbage bags. More...
Recently I was asked by a colleague, "Why do they hate the Jews?" This was in response to the bias attacks on my synagogue, Congregation Beth El of Edison. I was at a loss for an answer, because this is 2009, isn't it? And hate crimes against Jewish people have all but disappeared, haven't they? I remember an incident in the late 1950s when traveling with my family. More...
When I was a kid, there weren't many bookstores in our town. There were a couple of places where you could pick up paperbacks, but because they doubled as pool halls, cigar shops and betting parlors, we weren't allowed to go in them. More...
CHRIS KELLY staff John F. Kennedy High School goaltender Crystal Carlucci makes a save against Woodbridge's Annmarie Paskovich (9) during an Oct. 24 game. Woodbridge advanced to 13-4 this season by defeating JFK, 5-0. More...
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