SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Each Appleby Drama Club production holds a special place in the hearts of the fifth graders who participate and the annual spring play never disappoints. Charlie, Willy Wonka and a large cast of Oompa Loompas graced the stage at the Spotswood High School cafetorium on Thursday for their opening night performance. After giving in a golden ticket, audience members entered a world of ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - If weekend plans are up in the air, the Immaculate Conception School Theater Group will be heading under the sea with a two-night performance of "Little Mermaid Jr." The Disney musical features fourth through eighth grade students at the pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school.

The ICS Theater Group have been working hard for months to learn their lines and songs ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Each Appleby Drama Club production holds a special place in the hearts of the fifth graders who participate and the annual spring play never disappoints. Charlie, Willy Wonka and a large cast of Oompa Loompas graced the stage at the Spotswood High School cafetorium on Thursday for their opening night performance. After giving in a golden ticket, audience members entered a world of ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Spotswood PTA is holding a Dine-To-Donate fundraiser on Thursday, April 26 at Five Guys from 4 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Twenty percent of the receipt will be donated to the Spotswood PTA simply by letting the server know the person is dining with the Spotswood PTA. Five Guys is located at 50 Racetrack Road.

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - If weekend plans are up in the air, the Immaculate Conception School Theater Group will be heading under the sea with a two-night performance of "Little Mermaid Jr." The Disney musical features fourth through eighth grade students at the pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school.

The ICS Theater Group have been working hard for months to learn their lines and songs ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Chase away the chilly spring weather this week with two dine-to-donate fundraisers to benefit next month's Eighth Grade Semi-Formal. The dance is an annual spring tradition, bringing together Memorial eighth graders with Milltown's Joyce Kilmer School eighth graders. It is the first meeting between the two classes that will make up Spotswood High School's incoming ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Spotswood PTA is holding a Dine-To-Donate fundraiser on Thursday, April 26 at Five Guys from 4 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Twenty percent of the receipt will be donated to the Spotswood PTA simply by letting the server know the person is dining with the Spotswood PTA. Five Guys is located at 50 Racetrack Road.

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Chase away the chilly spring weather this week with two dine-to-donate fundraisers to benefit next month's Eighth Grade Semi-Formal. The dance is an annual spring tradition, bringing together Memorial eighth graders with Milltown's Joyce Kilmer School eighth graders. It is the first meeting between the two classes that will make up Spotswood High School's incoming ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - A spring blood drive is set for Monday, May 7 from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Spotswood VFW Post 4589. All donors in the upcoming blood drive will receive a 15 percent coupon to MJ's Pizza, Bar & Grill on Summerhill Road in the borough. The coupon is valid from Sunday through Wednesday.

Donors should be between the ages of 17 and 75 and be in good physical health. A ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - A spring blood drive is set for Monday, May 7 from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Spotswood VFW Post 4589. All donors in the upcoming blood drive will receive a 15 percent coupon to MJ's Pizza, Bar & Grill on Summerhill Road in the borough. The coupon is valid from Sunday through Wednesday.

Donors should be between the ages of 17 and 75 and be in good physical health. A ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ – Jenalyn Engstrom is a Jersey girl with a Southern twist. Engstrom comes to the Garden state via her native Arkansas. The world traveler moved  from Texas to New Jersey more than ten years ago when her husband Josh’s job was transferred to the area. Together, the young family settled into the borough, making it their home. It didn’t take the mom of three long ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Spring hydrant flushing will begin in the borough on Monday, April 16 and continue through Friday, May 11. Hydrant flushing will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

The following street schedule will be followed:

April 16 to April 20 - Manalapan Road area from Immaculate Conception Church to the Helmetta border and streets west of Brunswick area, ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Lilies add long-lasting color and fragrance to flower gardens and summer bouquets. These stately flowers provide vertical interest and blend nicely with other perennials. And best of all, with very little care, you’ll be enjoying them for years to come.

Plant different types of lilies to extend your enjoyment from early summer into fall. The colorful and often ...

ELIZABETH, NJ - The Union County Prosecutor's Office handed down four indictments on Monday to four Middlesex County residents. All four men are being charged in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred outside of an Elizabeth restaurant in January.

Tyquan Fuqua, 23, Almalik Fuqua, 27,  Allan Blackburn, 29, and Derek Fuqua, 40, were all indicted by a Union County grand jury on ...

CARTERET, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity softball team dropped a pair of games on Saturday at the Civic Center Park Sports Center. Spotswood lost to Edison High School 19-11 before being shutout 10-0 by Bishop Ahr High School.

A nine-run third and a seven-run fourth put the game against Edison out of reach for the Chargers. Jessica Hoover went the distance for Edison, giving up 11 runs ...

CARTERET, NJ - It was a beautiful Saturday for baseball and the Spotswood High School varsity baseball team played two games, coming away with a win and a loss yesterday. The Chargers defeated Carteret High School, 7-0, and lost to Jersey City's William Dickinson High School, 9-7. The split gives Spotswood a 7-3 overall record on the season and a 5-0 division record.

Dylan Seel pitched a ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School boys varsity tennis team completed the season sweep over South Amboy High School on Friday. Playing with a revamped lineup due to two players attending the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, the Chargers defeated South Amboy, 4-1.

Derek Miller won his first singles match over Daniel 'Pocho' Pena, (6-2, 6-0). Miller is ...

MIDDLEBURG, Va. — Lyonell, racing in the colors of Robert A. Kinsley of Seven Valleys, Pa., took the lead over the last national fence and went on to win Saturday’s $75,000, Grade 2 Temple Gwathmey Handicap, the feature race of the 98th annual Middleburg Spring Races.

With leading 'chasing rider Jack Doyle of Monkton, Md. in the saddle for trainer Elizabeth Voss, the ...

WACO, Texas — The Auburn University equestrian team capped its season by winning the 2018 NCEA team title, followed by wins in the Equitation over Fences and Horsemanship events competitions. Success there helped the Tigers earn the Western and Hunt Seat discipline titles as well. There were seven championships available on April 21 — Auburn went home with five.

Auburn defeated top ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Eclipse Award winner Heavenly Prize has been elected to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame.

She will be inducted at ceremonies onFriday, Aug. 3 at 10:30 a.m. at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion. The public is invited and admission is free.

The Phipps Family color-bearer was the only contemporary selection from among 10 finalists chosen by the Hall ...

OCEANPORT, N.J. — Kellyn Gorder's Draxhall Woods, who has been wintering at Fair Grounds, was the first horse to arrive at Monmouth Park when the back stretch opened in preparation for the 2018 season.

Veteran trainer Greg Sacco was on the halter when the gelding arrived to race for the 62nd time in his career when the Monmouth racing season opens on May 5.

Fifty-two racing ...

MILFORD, Pa. — Dawn Benko a volunteer at G.A.I.T. Inc. was honored by as part of the EQUUS Foundation's Champions program which aims to inspire and reward equine service.

"The horse's innate ability to touch and heal the human soul, as well as the human body, is unparalleled by any other animal," said Dawn Benko, EQUUS Foundation Champion. "The more I am ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania national Horse Show (PNHS) will welcome the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) National Championships to Harrisburg and the Farm Show Complex, May 3 to 6.

The IHSA is comprised of over 400 colleges and universities and 10,000 members across the U.S. and Canada.Teams are traveling to nationals from schools in New Jersey, New York and ...