• Budget talks begin in South Brunswick

    First discussion proposes a 5-cent increase; will likely change, officials say BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Budget talks in South Brunswick opened with the suggestion of a 5-cent tax rate increase by the township chief financial officer (CFO). CFO Joe Monzo delivered a presentation to the South Brunswick Township Council on Feb. 5 about the…

  • ‘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…

  • Shore AC runners win in Jamaica

    Thanks to a pair of former Shore area high school standouts, the Shore Athletic Club dominated the High Mountain Coffee 10K Road Race held in Mandeville, Jamaica on Jan. 27. Andrew Brodeur and Jennifer Nelson were the respective men’s and women’s winners at the annual road race that drew a field of 185. Brodeur, who…

  • RFH girls win second straight CJ II indoor track & field championships

    Clinch title with second place in 4×400 relay BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s girls 4×400 relay team had to run its best race of the season for the Bulldogs to win a second straight NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II championship. Going into the final event of the meet at the…

  • RBC girls basketball enters the SCT as the No. 1 seed

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School’s girls basketball team continues to dominate the opposition with the Groundhog Day-type formula of balanced scoring and team defense that has limited the opposition to 35 or fewer points 12 times this season. Undefeated in the Shore Conference’s Class A Central Division, RBC earned…

  • Photo

    Everyone was all smiles on National Signing Day (Feb. 6) when Red Bank Regional High School standout Garrett Sickels (center, seated) signed his Letter of Intent to Penn State University to continue his football career. Seated next to Sickels, a defensive lineman, are his parents (l-r) Donna and Stan Sickels. In the back row are…

  • Trinity Hall tabs Santos as AD

    Ken Santos, who guided the Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School girls soccer team to a pair of NJSIAA Non-Public A state co-championships, will be taking on a new challenge. The Fair Haven resident has been appointed by Trinity Hall, Monmouth County’s newly established all-girls high school in the Catholic tradition, as its athletic director.…

  • Spartans ice hockey program continues building in fourth season

    Spartans miss out on SCT; gear up for state tournament BY NEIL BORENSTEIN Staff Writer The process of building the ice hockey team at Ocean Township High School into an elite program may be ongoing, but it’s nothing head coach Dave Smith hasn’t been through before. Smith, who has guided the Spartans since their inaugural…

  • 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…

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