• Homes fit for your best friend

    Pups are part of the family — here’s how to choose a dog-friendly home and ’hood By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features When architect Chris Rose first meets with clients, “One of the first questions I ask is, ‘Where do you feed the dog?’” Based in Charleston, S.C., Rose says he works “in an area…

  • Jackson Memorial boys basketball team is shifting focus to postseason

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial Jackson Memorial High School’s boys basketball team, its hopes for a third straight Shore Conference A South Division championship all but dashed after a 45-36 loss to Toms River High School North in a showdown for first place in Jackson on Feb. 1, is setting its focus on the…

  • Rebels Girls Bowling Team

    Howell High School The Howell High School girls bowling team defended their NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship on Feb. 2. Previously, the Rebels captured their fourth straight Monmouth County championship and fourth straight Shore Conference B Central Division crown.

  • Jackson Memorial lets lead slip away in SCT semifinals

    Jaguars’ wrestling team loses to Brick Memorial, 37-23 BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School’s Ken Bradley (r) and Long Branch High School’s Vin Roselli tie each other up during the start of their 195-pound match at the Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals in Jackson. Bradley won the match by a pin, as the third-seeded…

  • Monmouth Symphony Orchestra to perform

    JoAnn Lamolino The splendor and power of the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra’s brass section will be on full display on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. in the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank. Led by Assistant Conductor Lucian Rinando, the orchestra will perform works by Copland, Haydn and Shostakovich. Trumpet soloist JoAnn Lamolino,…

  • Kathleen A. Johnson

    Mrs. Johnson, 70, of Jackson, formerly of Freehold, died Jan. 24, 2013, at Van Dyke Hospice at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Mrs. Johnson and her husband were the owners of Art and Kathy’s Kitchen in the Cassville section of Jackson for 49 years. Surviving are her husband of 49 years, Arthur D. Johnson; a…

  • Leonarda Nowikow

    Mrs. Nowikow, 83, of Howell, died Jan. 19, 2013, at home. She was born in Belarus, and lived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, before moving to Howell. Prior to retiring, she was employed as a seamstress and a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Alexander, in 1997. Surviving are a daughter, Neli Kurjaninow, and her…

  • Muriel J. Stein

    Mrs. Stein, 84, of Jackson, died Jan. 18, 2013, at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she resided in Brooklyn Heights and Freehold before moving to Jackson nine years ago. Prior to retiring, she was employed as a registered nurse and worked in the public healthcare system. Surviving are her husband of 59 years, Alvin; a…

  • Helen Palmieri

    Mrs. Palmieri, 96, of Jackson, died Jan. 17, 2013, at home. Prior to retiring, she was employed for 15 years in sales and marketing by Commercial Egg Distribution Co., New York City. Surviving are her close friends Connie Tumbleson, Kim and Bill Plungus, Maria and Al Baggerly, and Michael and Elaine Kelly. A graveside service…

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