• Monroe’s Filiault ready to be focal point of hoops team

    Monroe’s Filiault ready to be focal point of hoops team

    By Jimmy Allinder It’s going to be a different Casey Filiault when the guard for the Monroe Township High School girls’ basketball team steps on the court this season. A member of the rotation for teams that won 20-plus games the past two seasons, Filiault showed flashes of potential. However, according to head coach Leigh…

  • Ask our broker with Peter G. Miller

    Ask our broker with Peter G. Miller

    Time to sell? by Peter G. Miller CTW Features Question: We’re thinking of selling our home but are very concerned about timing. We know that large numbers of home sales take place in the summer, but does it matter if we sell at other times of the year when there might be fewer competing homes…

  • Six shocking facts facing first-time home buyers

    Six shocking facts facing first-time home buyers

    Purchasing a home isn’t just about French doors and big backyards by Nancy Mattia CTW Features For anyone planning to plunge into the world of home buying, there are a few truths you’ve probably heard about: Spend as much as you can on a down payment to lower your monthly mortgage payment and carefully compare…

  • Performers of the Week

    Performers of the Week

    Thanksgiving Day football rivalries capped the season for most of the area teams this past week. So it was a time when players delivered sparkling efforts that increased their appetite for what was to be served on the dinner table later that day. Shore Regional High School was bounced from the NJSIAA state football sectional…

  • ‘Messiah’ concert slated at Red Bank church

    ‘Messiah’ concert slated at Red Bank church

    The Church of St. Anthony of Padua will present Handel’s “Messiah, Part One” at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 9 at 121 Bridge Ave., Red Bank. The performance will feature the combined talents of the Red Bank Oratory Chorus and Orchestra and the Diocesan Festival Choir under the direction of Shawn Mack. Tickets are $20 for…

  • Grobelny–Rossidis

    Kelly Anne Rossidis, daughter of Susan and Steven Rossidis of Matawan, was married May 7, 2016, to Steven Joseph Grobelny, son of Kathleen and Paul L. Grobelny Sr. of Middletown. The Rev. Thomas Vala and Deacon Mark Micali performed the ceremony at Saint Clement’s Roman Catholic Church, Matawan, where the bride was given in marriage…

  • Lions look to end state football championship drought

    Lions look to end state football championship drought

    By Wayne Witkowski Donald Glenn and two-way standouts Brandon Kube and Dwight Wilkerson have been playing hard for four seasons as starters for this moment: the NJSIAA state sectional championship game. Middletown High School North, which takes on Sayreville War Memorial High School in the North Jersey, Section II, Group IV finale at Rutgers University’s…

  • Grobelny–Keefe

    Kathleen Erin Keefe, daughter of Kevin Keefe of Manasquan and the late Anita Keefe of Stuart, Fla., was married March 4, 2016, to Paul Lee Grobelny Jr., son of Kathleen and Paul L. Grobelny Sr. of Middletown. Rachel Greelish officiated at the wedding ceremony at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort and Spa, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,…

  • Old Bridge man charged with allegedly murdering his mother

    Old Bridge man charged with allegedly murdering his mother

    OLD BRIDGE — An Old Bridge man has been charged with killing his mother. Frank Polera, 30, was charged on Nov. 27 with one count of murder in the death of Patricia Polera, 61, the day before, according to a statement prepared by Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief William Volkert of the Old Bridge Police…

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