• Birdsall defendants plead not guilty

    BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Birdsall Services Group (BSG) and seven of its former executives and shareholders pleaded not guilty on May 20 to alleged violations of campaign finance laws, agreeing to post bails ranging from $75,000 to $90,000. The defendants, who appeared before Judge Wendel Daniels in state Superior Court in Toms River last…

  • Sandy Hook beaches are ready for summer

    BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Two cyclists walk their bikes past a beachside pavilion at Sandy Hook on May 18. The park reopened to the public on May 1, after being shuttered for six months following a massive tidal surge during Sandy. PHOTOS BY KEITH HEUMILLER In the wake of superstorm Sandy, after Sandy Hook…

  • Community for homeless vets planned for fort

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer A five-year plan to provide a community for homeless veterans at Fort Monmouth is coming to fruition with the recent designation of a 10-acre parcel on Eatontown’s area of the fort. Members of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) approved a resolution to offer the parcel, known as Parcel…

  • Summer fun: New Jersey style

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Outdoor festivals and fairs signal summer in New Jersey. Here’s a compilation of some major events during June, July and August. Red Bank Riverfest: Red Bank’s Riverfest food and musical festival will be held rain or shine at Marine Park, Wharf Avenue, Red Bank, May 31 through June 2. The…

  • Lautenberg dead at 89

    U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, who has represented New Jersey by serving five terms in the Senate since 1982, passed away due to complications from viral pneumonia in the early hours of June 3 at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He was 89 years old. Lautenberg’s office posted news of his passing, describing him…

  • Obama, Christie announce the start of summer at Jersey Shore

    BY KEITH HEUMILLER and NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writers President Barack Obama and Gov. Chris Christie reunited to tour the Shore Tuesday, addressing a crowd of hundreds gathered on the Asbury Park boardwalk and announcing to the nation that New Jersey is officially open for the summer. “There’s still a lot of work to be done,”…

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    Allentown High School pitcher Hayley Peterson gets ready to whip a pitch to a Middletown High School North batter during the May 23 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III quarterfinals game played in Allentown. Peterson held the Lions to just three hits, and the Redbirds advanced to the semifinals with a 6-0 victory. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI

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    Ashley Higginson, the fourth-ranked women’s steeplechase runner in the country, got her outdoor season off to a great start. The former Colts Neck High School and Princeton University great, who now runs professionally for Saucony and is a member of the New Jersey-New York Track Club, won her first steeplechase of the season at the…

  • NJ Cheetahs to host summer softball invitational in Allentown

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Teams from as far as Illinois, Massachusetts and Maryland, as well as New York and Pennsylvania, will compete in the first Cheetah Super 12 Summer Invitational for fastpitch softball teams with players under 18 years old from June 13-16 at Allentown. It will give added exposure to the New Jersey Cheetahs,…

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