Students learn horrors, challenges of injuries Two men share advice on avoiding spinal cord injuries BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer       OLD BRIDGE - Tom Spadaro and Sam Spencer want to make sure schoolchildren do not end up like them. Though the two men have learned to live happy and healthy lives after suffering major spinal cord injuries, they paid a visit to the Voorhees Elementary School Friday in order to teach kids how to ... More ... School board expects $4M boost in state aid New textbooks, football field among funding priorities BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer       OLD BRIDGE - The new school funding formula approved by state legislators earlier thismonth is expected bring a 20 percent increase in school aid to the township. More ... Bee a winner      Sayreville Middle School student Max Calsetta, winner of the school's geography bee, with his teacher, Anthony Malara. More ... Disability Awareness Day      JEFF GRANIT staff Brian Gray, a kindergartner at Voorhees Elementary School, looks through Jordy glasses, which magnify text for people with visual impairments, during Disability Awareness Day at the Old Bridge school Friday. The program featured assemblies for students in grades three, four and fiv... More ...