• Howell’s Esposito captures Region 6 wrestling title

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Ben Esposito led three Howell High School wrestlers through the NJSIAA Region 6 tournament to this weekend’s NJSIAA Individual Wrestling Championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City from March 8-10. It will be the first trip to Atlantic City for Esposito (132 pounds) and teammates Joey Schultz (160 pounds) and…

  • Jackson wrestlers advance to state championship in A.C.

    Jaguars sending four wrestlers and Lions sending three to Boardwalk Hall, March 8-10 BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Brian Hamann of Jackson Memorial High School’s wrestling team gets a shot to surpass the fourth-place finishes he had in the NJSIAA wrestling championships in two of the last three years as he leads a brigade of four…

  • Freehold Raceway stakes schedule includes Dexter Cup, sire stakes

    The Grand Circuit Dexter Cup is one of the highlights of Freehold Raceway’s 2013 stakes schedule. Along with the stakes races, Freehold Raceway has added the Kenneth Fischer Memorial Spring Late Closing Series for 3- and 4-year-old pacers. The stakes season kicks off with the Grand Circuit 3-year-old Dexter Cup trot eliminations on April 27,…

  • Carter the centerpiece for the Jaguars’ boys basketball team

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School’s Eric Carter (23) puts up a shot over the defense of North Brunswick Township High School’s Virlil Boykin during the Feb. 27 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV quarterfinals game in North Brunswick. The Raiders won, 50-43. ERIC SUCAR staff Jackson Memorial High School’s boys basketball team exceeded…

  • The Algonquin brings a taste of the Romantic era ‘Bach’

    Classical pianist Vladimir Zaitsev The Algonquin Arts Theatre will feature Vladimir Zaitsev, a Russian classical pianist who will perform a compilation of Romantic era favorites. The concert is scheduled for March 13 at 10 a.m. in Manasquan. With a program titled “Rock Stars of Romanticism,” Zaitsev’s repertoire includes a combination of music from Chopin, Liszt…

  • Edward A. Hegstetter

    Mr. Hegstetter, 76, of Jackson, formerly of Holmdel, died Feb. 24, 2013, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to retiring in 1993, he was employed as a special agent for the FBI in Newark for 38 years. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Mr. Hegstetter was predeceased by a daughter, Allison. Surviving are his…

  • Marie Caufield

    Mrs. Caufield, 80, of Philadelphia, Pa., formerly of Brick Township and Jackson, died Feb. 23, 2013, at St. Monica Manor, Philadelphia. Prior to retiring, she was employed as a cashier for Foodtown in Jackson for 22 years. Mrs. Caufield was predeceased by her first husband, Peter Colatrella, in 1975. Surviving are her husband, Wilson Caufield;…

  • John Richard Demspey

    Mr. Demspey, 77, of Jackson, formerly of Trenton, died Feb. 22, 2013, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring, he was employed as a groundskeeper for Mercer County Airport, Ewing, for 14 years. Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Joyce; two daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie and Mike Vitella of Freehold, and Linda…

  • Patricia J. McCormack

    Mrs. McCormack, 77, of Lakewood, formerly of Jackson, died Feb. 21, 2013, at Ocean Medical Center, Brick Towship. She was a homemaker. Mrs. McCormack was predeceased by her husband, John; two sons, Joseph and Michael; and a daughter, Mary Catherine. Surviving are four daughters, Theresa Dobovich of Lakehurst, Kathleen Nickerson of Brick Township, and Ellen…

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