• MONROE: PNC Bank bandit sought

    MONROE: PNC Bank bandit sought

    Picasa Police photos Video surveillance photos of the man police believe robbed two PNC Bank branches inside Stop&Shop supermarkets in Monroe and Franklin Park May 22.

  • BORDENTOWN: Fundraisers benefit Clara Barton playground

       The Clara Barton PTO is launching fundraising events to benefit the Clara Barton Playground Project. The PTO hopes that the funds raised in these events will make the dream of a playground a reality for students.    A Walk-A-Thon on Thursday, May 30, kicks off the first in a series of fun fundraising events. Students “walk”…

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    Rutgers University football has created several promotional days for the 2013 football season. Fans can purchase discount tickets for five home games, in addition to season tickets and full-price tickets for the Sept. 21 home game against Arkansas from the SEC. This is the final year before the Scarlet Knights head to the Big Ten…

  • BCC men’s lacrosse team makes Region XIX history

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The Brookdale Community College men’s lacrosse team welcomes all the pressures that go with being Region XIX’s dominant team. “We embrace being the team in the region everyone wants to beat,” head coach Steve Heller said. “The sophomores don’t want to be the first ones to give it back and…

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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…

  • Brookdale set single-season wins mark as national softball runner-up

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The odds were stacked against the Brookdale Community College women’s softball team. In order to be crowned the 2013 National Junior College Athletic Association Division III national champions, the Jersey Blues would have to win five games in one day — a Herculean task at best. That didn’t stop Bo…

  • Goldstein continues mastery of FRHSD golf tournament

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer There’s something about the Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) Golf Tournament that brings out the best in Freehold Township High School’s Jared Goldstein. “It’s to my liking,” the senior said. “It’s the whole district, and it’s fun.” Goldstein added that he looked forward to the cheeseburgers that every golfer…

  • Marlboro baseball team advances in state playoffs

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold High School’s Mike Bolton dives back to first base ahead of the tag of Middletown High School South first baseman Robert Grilli during the May 20 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III playoff game in Middletown. The Eagles beat the Colonials in eight innings, 2-1, to end Freehold’s bid for…

  • Howell’s Jones finishes second at state golf TOC

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School’s Dawson Jones capped his memorable sophomore season with a second-place finish at the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions played on May 20 at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club. The Rebels’ golfer carded a 3-under-par 69. FILE PHOTO Dawson Jones went to the NJISAA Golf Tournament of Champions (TOC)…

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