• Jackson announces sports physical times

    Jackson School District students who want to play a sport next year should sign up now for sports physicals, taking place on June 11 and June 12. All physicals will take place at Jackson Liberty High School, but at varying times depending on the sport and the sending school. Students who attend either Goetz Middle…

  • Walthers’ time arrived at CJ IV with title, school record throw

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Melody Walthers, who won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV javelin title, will be throwing the spear at the June 5 NJSIAA Meet of Champions at Frank Jost Field in South Plainfield. Melody Walthers owes Kendal Hand a big thank you. It was her former Howell High School teammate (Hand…

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    Howell High School’s Dawson Jones shot an even-par 72 at the Ike Sectional Qualifier at Trump National in Colts Neck on May 28 to win medalist honors. Jones, competing for MGA eClub N.J., led the field of 156 players, 20 of whom qualified for the Ike Championship at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, N.Y.,…

  • Liberty Lions roar into SCT finals

    Jackson Liberty High School’s Matt Castronuova (r) slides into third base as Christian Brothers Academy’s Pete Papcun awaits the throw during the May 29 Shore Conference Tournament (SCT) semifinals played at Count Basie Field in Red Bank. The Liberty Lions advanced to the SCT finals with a 3-1 win over the Colts. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC…

  • New Egypt’s baseball season concludes in CJ I semifinals

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent New Egypt High School’s record-laden baseball season ended earlier than the team wanted when it lost to Shore Regional High School, 5-1, in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I semifinals last week. “We had a pretty good season and we should’ve won a lot more games, but we lost some close…

  • Eckett wins Group III title, qualifies for spot at MOC

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Liberty High School’s Nick Eckett, an underrated 13th seed in the NJSIAA Group III championships in South Plainfield on June 1, scoffed at the skeptics when he had the best measure of any Group winner in the pole vault by clearing 15 feet on his first try to earn his…

  • Color Me Rad

    Melanie Levenson and Michelle Chraplyvy seem to enjoy being plastered with paint at the Color Me Rad Jersey Shore 5K held at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on May 19. Runners in this event are hit with color bombs every five minutes during their 5K sojourn. Thousands participated in the race that raised…

  • 27th annual New Jersey Seafood Festival

    For the past 26 years, visitors from all over New Jersey and the region have marked the beginning of summer with one of the Shore’s favorite traditions — the New Jersey Seafood Festival. This year, the festival celebrates its 27th consecutive year in Belmar on June 7, 8 and 9. More than 175,000 people are…

  • Michael Joseph Kranowski

    Mr. Kranowski, 60, of North Brunswick, died May 12, 2013, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in New Brunswick, he was a lifelong North Brunswick resident. He was the owner of a local landscaping business for more that 20 years. He was predeceased by his parents, Joseph Charles and Rosella (Stotlak) Kranowski. Surviving are…

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