• Team state championships are next for area wrestling squads

    The Pine Belt Arena is the goal for area wrestling teams this week. Located on the campus of Toms River High School North, the arena will host the NJSIAA Group state championships on Feb. 17. Getting there will be the challenge for the local teams that have qualified for the state tournament. The road to…

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    Linda Toscano, Chapter Seven and Walnridge Farm were among the honorees at the 56th Annual New Jersey Breeders Awards Luncheon on Jan. 27 at Charley’s Other Brother. Toscano, who is from Freehold and the trainer of Chapter Seven, was saluted with the Governor’s Cup. Walnridge Farm of Cream Ridge was recognized as Breeder of the…

  • Matawan boys basketball enters SCT as the 24th seed

    The Shore Conference Basketball Tournament got under way this week. Joe Piscopo, here in a game against Raritan High School earlier this season, and the Matawan Regional High School Huskies were given the 24th seed and played at Red Bank Catholic High School on Feb. 12. The Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals are on Feb. 17…

  • Middletown’s girls basketball teams are gearing up for the postseason

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Middletown High School South and Middletown High School North girls basketball teams are both enjoying winning seasons and have clinched postseason berths. They head into the Shore Conference Tournament this week with well-founded hopes of advancing far. Middletown South, unbeaten and having clinched a second straight Shore Conference A North…

  • Teen artists’ collage joins library art collection

    “Identity” A collage created by local teen artists has become part of the permanent art collection at the Eastern Branch Library in Shrewsbury. The collage of 12 canvases individually painted and lettered, and titled “Identity,” has been on display for the enjoyment and delight of library patrons for most of the past year. The Eastern…

  • Everclear concert will aid Shores United relief effort

    As seen in TheBeachBeat.com I n the throes of a nightmare storm, while the winds howled, the water levels rose and the lack of power cloaked almost everyone in darkness, strangers came together via social networking and started something huge. With a resolve that surpassed that of Sandy’s will to destroy, they gave birth the…

  • Patrick A. Moore

    Mr. Moore, 83, of Keyport, died Feb. 7, 2013, at Bayshore Health Care Center, Holmdel. Born in the Bronx, he moved to Keyport in 1954, where he raised his family. He worked for I.F.F. in Union Beach for 25 years, retiring in 1991. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Alberta; two daughters,…

  • Ella Mary Smith-Ort

    Mrs. Smith-Ort, 78, of Keyport, died Jan. 19, 2013, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was born Ella Mary Smith on Feb. 28, 1934, in Wharton. She lived in East Orange and Cliffwood Beach before settling in Keyport in 2000. She was predeceased by her husband, Francis Gilbert Ort; and a grandson. She is survived…

  • George W. Connelly Jr.

    Mr. Connelly, 72, of Hazlet, died Feb. 8, 2013. He was born on April 20, 1940. He served in the U.S. Army. He worked at IFF in Union Beach, retiring in 2000 after 33 years of service. He also worked as a special police officer in Union Beach and was a member of Union Beach…

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