Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Falcons’ baseball team looks to senior leadership, pitching

    Falcons’ baseball team looks to senior leadership, pitching

    By Matthew Rocco A combination of veteran starters and young newcomers is looking to carry the Monmouth Regional High School baseball team back to postseason glory in 2016. Turnover definitely hit the Falcons after last season, as a dozen seniors were lost to graduation. One of those seniors was top hitter Matt Vincenti, who led…

  • Rutkowski looks to keeping excelling on mound for Barrons

    Rutkowski looks to keeping excelling on mound for Barrons

    By Jeff Appelblatt The ace on the mound has already committed to college, but junior pitcher Harry Rutkowski’s focus right now is on doing his best for Woodbridge High School before he moves on to Rutgers University — the school he made a verbal agreement with in June 2015 — following next year. Woodbridge’s coach,…

  • Witnesses build case against Lodzinski

    Witnesses build case against Lodzinski

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Almost two weeks after five-year-old Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey was reported missing in May 1991, the different agencies of law enforcement working the case were in agreement that his mother, Michelle Lodzinski, was the primary suspect in his disappearance. Sayreville Detective Sgt. Richard Sloan, now retired, told the…

  • Allentown softball team seeks defensive improvement

    Allentown softball team seeks defensive improvement

    By Wayne Witkowski Stellar pitcher and first baseman Abby Stroud is off to a college softball career at NCAA Division I Saint Joseph’s University, but the returning Allentown High School softball players have been ready to fill that void. Stroud went down with an ankle injury seven games into last season and did not come…

  • Pascocello of Weichert in Jackson recognized for regional award

    Pascocello of Weichert in Jackson recognized for regional award

    Carlo Siracusa, regional vice president of Weichert, Realtors, announces that sales associate Kathleen Pascocello of the Jackson office was recognized for her industry success during the month of February. Pascocello led the region, which is comprised of locations throughout Ocean and Monmouth counties, in resale revenue units. Pascocello can be reached in Weichert’s Jackson office…

  • Edison PBA president says no to oversight

    Edison PBA president says no to oversight

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — The police department does not want and, more importantly, does not need, the state Attorney General’s office to take over its internal affairs division. That was the opinion of Chris Teleposky, president of Edison PBA Local 75, who said as much at the March 21 Township Council meeting. Teleposky,…

  • Rockets looking to ace Coppolino, young lineup

    Rockets looking to ace Coppolino, young lineup

    By Matthew Rocco The Raritan High School softball team will be much younger this season. But with a senior ace in the circle and a hungry lineup, the Rockets expect another big year on the field. The Rockets went 19-10 in their 2015 campaign and made it as far as the quarterfinals in the Shore…

  • Coldwell Banker Previews International enhances luxury digital and social platform

    Coldwell Banker Previews International enhances luxury digital and social platform

    Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC, a leader in luxury home sales, has enhanced its Coldwell Banker Previews International program with a new digital platform fueled by global content, exclusive videos and social media channels focused on the luxury real estate consumer. Last year, Coldwell Banker affiliated agents closed more than 25,000 transaction sides on United…

  • Coldwell Banker of Manalapan to host Olympics Day for Freehold YMCA

    Coldwell Banker of Manalapan to host Olympics Day for Freehold YMCA

    Volunteers from the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Manalapan office will be hosting an Olympics Day Event for children in the afterschool program at the Freehold Boro YMCA as part of the statewide Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Day event. The event will be held April 14 from 3-6 p.m. The agents will be hosting…