Author: Greater Media

  • Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey

    TOP PICK Lighthouses and selected museums throughout the state will hold the Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey Oct. 17-18. Begin the challenge at any of the 11 participating New Jersey land-based lighthouses, one museum and two lifesaving stations. Purchase a $1 souvenir that will be proof of one’s visit. During the weekend, those age 11…

  • Practicing her serve

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Emily Tate and the Jackson Memorial High School girls’ volleyball team go through warm-ups before taking on Southern Regional High School in Jackson Oct. 12. The Jaguars fell, 25-11, 25-23, in the match.

  • Tortoriello, defense lead the Warriors to another shutout

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent NEW EGYPT Gino Tortoriello scored three touchdowns and rushed for more than 200 yards, and the defense again opened the scoring when Kyle Frimel ran back an interception 45 yards for a touchdown as New Egypt High School’s football team secured its second straight shutout victory, 27-0, over Maple Shade High…

  • Jackson field hockey teams gear up for postseason play

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Jackson Memorial High School and Jackson Liberty High School field hockey teams will finish their respective seasons in November as both head into the Shore Conference and NJSIAA tournaments with impressive records. For Jackson Memorial, enjoying a 10-1- 1 season, it will be the fourth straight year the seniors will…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Fourth Annual Step Up For Sarcoma 5K was held Sept. 27 at the Manalapan Recreation Center. Hundreds of runners and racewalkes completed the 3.1-mile race that benefits sarcoma research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Over the four-year history of the race, the event has raised $62,000 for sarcoma research. The overall male and…

  • New models a huge success at Monroe Township 55+ community

    More than 500 visitors and interested buyers attended the model grand opening last month at K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Monroe, a new active-adult lifestyle community being developed off Prospect Plains Road in Middlesex County’s Monroe Township. The community’s first two models opened the weekend of Sept. 19-20 and, according to the builder, guests were…

  • New Jersey coalition steps up its fight against domestic violence

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer October marks domestic violence awareness month. In New Jersey, the call to action to combat domestic violence was marked in part by the renaming of the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women to the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence. On Oct. 1 at the steps of the New…

  • IN THE SERVICE

    Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Howard Gates, of Red Bank, received an end-of-tour award from Capt. Keith Henry, commanding officer of Naval Air Facility in Misawa, Japan.

  • Schools make improvements with state funding

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Schools in three districts have upgraded facilities and added new learning space for students with grant funding from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA). The authority’s Regular Operating District (ROD) grant program funds at least 40 percent of eligible costs for projects, which address health and safety issues,…