• ‘Who says you can’t go home?’

    Habitat for Humanity volunteers help Sandy victims return home BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Habitat for Humanity volunteer John Calkin sands newly installed sheetrock at the Union Beach residence of Ron Reda on Feb. 7. Numerous Habitat for Humanity volunteers have stepped up to help repair and rebuild central New Jersey homes that were damaged…

  • Spring is in the air at Fountainhead

    This is the time many active adults will begin their research for active adult communities with budget friendly prices, the right combination of leisure activities, and the perfect location. Fountainhead, just off North Cooks Bridge Road in Jackson, answers the call. The Vivianos, builder-developers of this community for the independent 55+, offers buyers a selection…

  • Toll Brother is having a national sales event Feb. 9-24

    Toll Brothers, the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, will host a spectacular national sales event from Feb. 9-24, 2013, offering substantial savings and incentive packages. The event will take place in Toll Brothers communities nationwide, and locally throughout Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Somerset, and Sussex counties in New Jersey. Homebuyers will be…

  • New Egypt improving heading into girls basketball CJ I tournament

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent New Egypt High School’s girls basketball team has an interesting game on Feb. 14 when it plays at Burlington City, the team it opens against in the opening round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I (CJ I) tournament on Feb. 26. New Egypt is the No. 12 seed. Burlington City…

  • Liberty Lions Wrestling Team

    Jackson Liberty High School The Jackson Liberty High School wrestling team captured the Shore Conference B South Division championship this winter. The Liberty Lions captured their first B South crown when they defeated Barnegat High School, 37-28. Jackson Liberty marched through the division schedule undefeated. The team qualified for the Shore Conference Tournament and NJSIAA…

  • Team effort turns Warriors’ boys basketball season around

    New Egypt to play South Amboy in CJ I opening round BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent I t didn’t take long for New Egypt High School’s boys basketball team to regain its winning ways under a new coach. After weathering a 2-3 start, the Warriors have won 11 of their last 15 games behind a well-balanced…

  • National Signing Day

    Jackson Memorial High School girls soccer players Sydney Lavan (l) and Maura Peters signed their National Letters of Intent on Feb. 6, National Signing Day. Lavan, a goalie, will be attending Monmouth University and Peters is headed to Wagner College. They were four-year starters for the Jaguars and led the team to back-to-back NJSIAA Central…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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