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  • Marshall, Mitchell muscle way to Group III meet

    GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: The pair advanced by taking second place in the discus and javelin events at last weekend’s Central Jersey Group III Championships. By: Neil Hay    For Sara Mitchell and Amanada Marshall, the 2002 track and field season is not over, at least not yet. And if these two Hightstown High standouts have…

  • A real-life lesson on drinking and driving

    Monroe Township High School students got a sobering message about the dangers of drunken driving from one of its many victims. By: Nick D’Amore    MONROE — With prom and graduation season upon them, Monroe Township High School students got a sobering message Thursday about the dangers of drunken driving from one of its many victims.…

  • Hightstown may banish Jake-braking trucks

    The council is considering an ordinance that will make it illegal for truck drivers in Hightstown to use a noisy method of slowing their vehicles. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — It is an imposing sound, a deep throaty growl recognizable to anyone who has ever heard it.    In technical spheres, it is called "compression release…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Fithen resigns as softball coach

    Cards’ coach plans to spend more time with family By: Steve Feitl    Following the Cardinals’ final regular season game Thursday, Lawrence High School softball coach Keith Fithen announced to the team that this was his last season as head softball coach.    Fithen, a teacher at Lawrence Middle School, will stay on as boys soccer coach…

  • PHS boys fall in state lacrosse tourney

    Little Tigers rally twice vs. No. 5 Mountain Lakes By: Justin Feil    Down by three goals three times in the first three quarters against fifth-seeded Mountain Lakes, the Princeton High boys’ lacrossse team rallied the first two times to bring themselves within a single score in the second round of the state tournament Wednesday.    "That’s…

  • PHS rally falls short

    Tigers fall to Mountain Lakes in NJSIAA second-round game By: Justin Feil    Down by three goals three times in the first three quarters against fifth-seeded Mountain Lakes, the Princeton High boys’ lacrossse team rallied the first two times to bring themselves within a single score in the second round of the state tournament Wednesday.    "That’s…

  • Nicholas – Middletown

    World-class cuisine (New American with French influences), refined service and exquisite attention to style make this Middletown restaurant a Shore destination of its own. By: Pat Tanner Nicholas 160 Highway 35 Middletown (Monmouth County) (732) 345-9977 www.restaurantnicholas.com Food: Excellent Service: Professional; European in style Prices: Expensive Cuisine: New American with French influences Ambiance: Serenely modernist…

  • Dorothy M. "Dot" Bailey

       UPPER FREEHOLD — Dorothy M. "Dot" Bailey, 80, died Monday at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township.    Born in Cumberland, Md., she lived in Hightstown before moving to Cream Ridge 32 years ago.    She worked in the admissions department at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson and had been a telephone operator for RCA Corp. in…