Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Seraphs look to mix of veterans, newcomers to get back into division race

    Seraphs look to mix of veterans, newcomers to get back into division race

    By Wayne Witkowski Mater Dei Prep’s girls’ basketball team is what coach Brian Laux calls a “bookend squad.” Five seniors and four freshmen comprise much of the current version of the Seraphs that look to bounce back into the Shore Conference B Central Division race in January after an up-and-down 2-3 start. They helped themselves…

  • Improved Warriors rolling as boys’ basketball season enters 2017

    Improved Warriors rolling as boys’ basketball season enters 2017

    By Wayne Witkowski It’s a happier year for the New Egypt High School boys’ basketball team and its fans. New Egypt is off to a 4-0 start, including winning its own 15th annual Warrior Holiday Tournament championship for the first time since 2011. The team is lodging a realistic bid for its first Burlington County…

  • Continuing discussions cite Broadway as a hot spot in South Amboy

    Continuing discussions cite Broadway as a hot spot in South Amboy

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Councilman Tom Reilly wants prospective business owners to see Broadway in the best shape it can be in so they will be encouraged to choose the location to open up shop. At the last council meeting of 2016 that was held on Dec. 14, Reilly briefly thanked code…

  • Long Branch man among two charged with 2015 murder in Eatontown

    Long Branch man among two charged with 2015 murder in Eatontown

    FREEHOLD – Police have charged two men, including one from Long Branch, in connection with a July, 2015, murder in Eatontown. The arrests are the result of a joint investigation between the Eatontown Police Department and Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, which begun on July 10, 2015 and continued over the course of almost a year and a…

  • Plumsted officials and PBA settle comp time issue

    Plumsted officials and PBA settle comp time issue

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer PLUMSTED – The Township Committee has reached a settlement with PBA Local 390 regarding the accrual of compensatory time by a former member of the Plumsted Township Police Department. According to the settlement agreement, “An unfair labor practice claim was filed by PBA Local 390 against the township regarding the…

  • Edison adds first responders

    Edison adds first responders

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Public safety officials ended the year with the addition of five firefighters and nine police officers. They held a standing-room-only swearing-in Dec. 28 at the township’s municipal building. Mayor Thomas Lankey, who swore in each of the new officials, addressed the township’s public safety goals. “One of the things…

  • Middletown’s Karcz earns rookie honor with Loyola

    Middletown’s Karcz earns rookie honor with Loyola

    By Wayne Witkowksi Loyola University Maryland freshman Stephanie Karcz of Middletown was named The Rock Patriot League Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Week recently. She is the first Greyhound to earn that honor in the past two seasons. Current junior Bri Betz-White was selected once in 2014-15 and current senior Lisa March twice won the…

  • Jaguars’ swim teams look to build on last season’s success

    Jaguars’ swim teams look to build on last season’s success

    By Wayne Witkowski Last year was a season that will be long remembered for the Jackson Memorial High School girls’ and boys’ swim teams as perhaps the best one ever. While the Jaguars’ girls rolled through the Shore Conference A South Division to their first division championship, the boys’ team suffered its only loss in…

  • Lady Buccaneers happy with start to basketball season

    Lady Buccaneers happy with start to basketball season

    By Matthew Rocco A veteran Red Bank Regional High School girls’ basketball team is off to a quick start. The Lady Buccaneers officially put their rivals on notice at the WOBM Christmas Classic, where they took down a Shore Conference powerhouse. Red Bank Regional came into the season with high hopes. The team welcomed back…