Author: Greater Media

  • Noise concerns sink motocross application

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer The Tinton Falls Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a hotly debated motocross facility that was proposed off Shafto Road. After nearly 18 months of hearings, the board unanimously voted down the proposal by Jersey Shore Motocross to locate the facility on 21 acres next to Mazza & Sons Demolition and…

  • CBA is hosting Golden Gloves

    The Golden Gloves competition is the goal for all aspiring young boxers. The first step that they take toward the New Jersey Golden Gloves championships begins on Feb. 28 at Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) in Lincroft, where the Alumni Fathers Club of CBA is hosting a New Jersey Golden Gloves Tournament in the McKay Gymnasium.…

  • Red Bank Regional students embrace Black History Month

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer “Amazing Grace” was one of the songs and hymns from African-American culture that students in Red Bank Regional High School’s strings program performed at the Black History Month celebration on Feb. 18. FRANK GALIPO Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. are major figures in African-American history, but perhaps Americans…

  • Riding in cars with dogs

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Pet safety is paramount when traveling. Here are a few tips to help make the trip less ‘ruff’ for everyone. Whether undertaking a short jaunt or a major excursion, family road trips can be hard enough on mom and dad, but adding one or more dogs to the passenger list…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Children of all ages take advantage of a recent snowstorm by bringing their sleds to the hill at Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch, on Feb. 17.

  • Changes needed in Common Core standards

    I believe the Common Core curriculum is a disaster. It telescopes learning far too quickly; forces teachers to move rapidly; teach to the test; and, worst of all, frustrates students to the extent that school is no longer a place children want to go. Math and science topics that were taught in grades 10-11 are…

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    PHOTO COURTESY OF LYNNE RICHMOND Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, from left, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher, Julianna Ezzo of Kendall Park and State Board of Agriculture President Richard Norz recognize Julianna as a lead ambassador of the Middlesex County 4-H at the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention Delegates’ Feb. 4 dinner in Atlantic…

  • Students to compete in national youth cybersecurity competition

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Three teams from Red Bank Regional High School and Markham Place School will head to a national competition run by the U.S. Air Force that aims to inspire young people’s interest in cybersecurity. The central New Jersey group will compete in the finals of the seventh…

  • Easter Seals tricky tray auction set for Feb. 27

    The Easter Seals will hold a tricky tray gift auction fundraiser at 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Middlesex County Vo-Tech School, 112 Rues Lane, East Brunswick. The snow date is March 6. Tickets are $20 in advance by purchasing at www.eastersealsnj.org or $25 at the door, cash or credit card only. The fees include…