Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor
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Jaguars look to get back on winning track as tourneys approach
By Wayne Witkowski The Jackson Memorial High School baseball team is suffering an identity crisis. Instead of playing at its best like it typically does for tournaments, the Jaguars struggled through an eight-game losing streak following a 6-0 start to the season. The Jaguars are trying to figure ways to win like they have done…
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Red Bank is planning ideas to improve the borough
By Michael Nunes Staff Writer RED BANK— Members of the borough’s planning board were assigned homework at the last meeting — figure out ways to make the town better. “Think of an area in town that you might not like the way it looks now, and then think what would we do to make that…
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Sea Bright still split on paid parking
By Kenny Walter Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT- The ongoing debate over paid parking continued last week with the council now seemingly more split than ever on the issue. During the May 3 meeting, the council voted on three separate measures involving paid parking, with each vote resulting in a 3-3 split. Despite the split votes…
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Liberty Hose Company firehouse gets new lease on life
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer RED BANK — Prospective renters might soon get a chance to live in the borough’s historic 100-year-old firehouse. A plan that would have the two-floor Liberty Hose Company building on White Street converted into first-floor retail space and two residential units on the second floor unanimously passed the borough’s Zoning…
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Fair Haven educator honored as an Emerging Leader
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer FAIR HAVEN – Chris Aviles, EDTech Coach for the Fair Haven School District, has been recognized for his work in implementing a variety of technological advances into the classroom and for transforming learning in the digital age. The nonprofit International Society for Technology in Education has named Aviles as a…
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Red Bank High School inducts six alumni into hall of fame
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Students, faculty, staff and community members alike gathered at Red Bank Regional High School to welcome six new members into its Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. Every year, Red Bank Regional’s Buc Backer Foundation sponsors the induction of alumni who have enjoyed long, distinguished careers both…
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PSE&G begins repairs to four miles of gas pipes in Sayreville
SAYREVILLE – Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G) will be working in Sayreville to replace approximately four miles of older gas pipes with new, durable plastic and/or coated steel piping beginning this week. “These upgrades are part of PSE&G’s three-year program to replace up to 510 miles of aging gas infrastructure throughout New Jersey,”…
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Arizona man denies murdering five-year-old in 1991
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Bernard Joseph McShane took the stand on his own free will last week and told the jury he did not kill five-year-old Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey in 1991 at a carnival in Sayreville. The state, in the trial of Michelle Lodzinski, who is being tried for the murder…
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Lodzinski chooses not to testify in her murder trial
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — In a soft voice, Michelle Lodzinski told Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves last week that she has decided not to testify in the murder case against her. Lodzinski is on trial on charges that she “did knowingly or willfully” murder her five-year-old son Timothy “Timmy”…
