Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Redbirds look to get healthy in key part of wrestling schedule

    Redbirds look to get healthy in key part of wrestling schedule

    By Wayne Witkowski Wrestling Allentown High School’s wrestling team will look to get its lineup that is riddled with injuries and illness back to full strength as it heads into this key week of the schedule. As many as four wrestlers may return to action — senior David Fischer at 220 pounds, junior Anthony Heinz…

  • Returning boys’ hoops lineup piling up wins at Woodbridge

    Returning boys’ hoops lineup piling up wins at Woodbridge

    By Jeff Appelblatt With a lineup identical to last year, Woodbridge High School boys’ basketball coach Matt Gigliello expected his team to start the 2016-17 campaign strong. And the way the Barrons have looked so far, the team’s coach couldn’t have anticipated much better. The team won each of its first eight games. “It’s been…

  • Edison bowlers making noise in White Division

    Edison bowlers making noise in White Division

    By Jimmy Allinder Edison Edison High School boys’ and girls’ coach Tracie Smith admits bowling is somewhat of a secret among the students and faculty. That is until team and individual accomplishments dominate the morning announcements when the season is in full swing. This is the Eagles’ first season as members of the Greater Middlesex…

  • Preston to serve as Freehold Township mayor in 2017

    Preston to serve as Freehold Township mayor in 2017

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The newest member of the Township Committee will serve as Freehold Township’s mayor during 2017. The committee held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 6. Republican Committeewoman Barbara McMorrow, the winning candidate in the Nov. 8 election, was sworn in by state Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) to…

  • Metuchen library exhibiting ’70s artwork from high school

    Metuchen library exhibiting ’70s artwork from high school

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Aside from maybe the wardrobe and the motor vehicles of the 1970s, the artwork displayed this month in the art gallery at the Metuchen Public Library has stood the test of time. Art students at Metuchen High School in the 1970s worked to create seven large, realistic paintings…

  • Love for family takes back seat to a breakfast burrito

    Love for family takes back seat to a breakfast burrito

    By Lori Clinch We did not raise our four sons to be selfish, but we did raise them to be independent. These days they can do their own laundry, pay their own bills and, if need be, bring home their chicken and fry it up in a pan. Yet, there is a fine line between…

  • Summonses issued in wake of dog attack

    Summonses issued in wake of dog attack

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer JACKSON – An attack by two dogs described as pit bulls caused the death of a 7-year-old Yorkshire Terrier and resulted in summonses being issued to a Jackson resident who owns a pair of pit bulls. According to the Jackson Police Department, Officer Christopher Kelly responded to a home on…

  • Colts Neck girls’ hoops team looks to get back on winning track

    Colts Neck girls’ hoops team looks to get back on winning track

    By Jeff Appelblatt It could not have been what Colts Neck High School girls’ basketball coach Glenn Jansen hoped for when his team followed finishing December as winners of three straight with two straight home losses to Toms River High School North and Holmdel High School to open January. Toms River North entered the game…

  • Manalapan, Marlboro each looking to contend in A North

    Manalapan, Marlboro each looking to contend in A North

    By Jeff Appelblatt Manalapan High School was coming off a win, but coach Rick Garretson knew that its rival from Marlboro High School would be a difficult matchup. He also knew his club couldn’t contend with the Mustangs if it was as sloppy as it was in the win a few days prior against Toms…