• Police: Drivers getting the message on DWI

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Police officers with the Monmouth County DWI Task Force set up a command center for a checkpoint in Neptune Township on May 24. It is 11 p.m. on Friday, the start of the Memorial Day weekend. While many people at the Shore are out celebrating the unofficial start of summer,…

  • Birdsall sold to CA. engineering firm for $5.6m

    BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer While seven former Birdsall Services Group (BSG) executives await trial on criminal charges of campaign finance violations, much of the nearly 100-year-old company is being sold to a California-based engineering firm.  On June 5, a federal Bankruptcy Court judge approved the sale of BSG’s name, trademarks and other assets to…

  • Temple’s tasting event June 6

    Jack Murtha MARLBORO — Magic will be in the air at Temple Rodeph Torah’s first “A Taste of New Jersey” culinary showcase to be held from 6:30-9:30 p.m. June 6 at the Grand Marquis, Old Bridge. Magician and entertainer Ran’D Shine, who performed at President Barack Obama’s inaugural banquet and ball in 2009, will bring…

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    The Raider Volleyball Clinic at North Brunswick Township High School will be held over eight nights this summer — July 8-11 and July 15-18 from 6:30-8 p.m. The clinic, run by North Brunswick’s boys volleyball coach Jim Biolsi, is open to boys and girls entering grades 7-9. The cost of the clinic is $100. The…

  • Falcons extend Jarmusz’s career, capture CJ II baseball crown

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Monmouth Regional High School head baseball coach Ted Jarmusz announced on May 31 that he will be stepping down at the conclusion of the season. The Falcons weren’t ready to see him leave. In the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II title game later that day, Monmouth Regional had a four-run rally…

  • How to get your sports news in the paper

    If you would like your sports news published, please submit a press release at least two weeks in advance of an event such as team registration or tryouts. Results of youth games and tournaments may also be submitted, as well as collegiate news about former high school athletes. Email to [email protected], fax to 732-780-4192, or…

  • RFH rally falls shorts in SJ II girls lacrosse sectional finals

    BY NEIL BORENSTEIN Staff Writer Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s Kelsey Cuje (l) tries to get around Allentown High School defender Maura McNutt during the May 29 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II championship game played in Allentown. The Bulldogs’ second-half rally fell one goal short as they lost to the top-seed Redbirds, 13-12. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI…

  • RBC’s Napolitano kicks his way to Non-Public A 1,600 state title

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Red Bank Regional High School’s Kyrsten Gilmartin (9) competes in the Group II 800-meter run at the NJSIAA Group Track and Field Championships held on June 1 at Frank Jost Field in South Plainfield. Gilmartin qualified for the June 5 Meet of Champions back in South Plainfield by finishing sixth…

  • ‘Micah Williams: Portrait Artist’

    Aaron Smock, circa January 1819 (Gift of Sarena V. Roome, 1957) The Monmouth County Historical Association will host the first exhibition dedicated to the portraiture of 19th-century New Jersey artist Micah Williams. “Micah Williams: Portrait Artist” will run through Sept. 29 at the Monmouth County Historical Association Museum at 70 Court St. in Freehold Borough.…

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