• Mobile offices will help consumers with storm-related issues Nov. 15

    NJ Dept. of Banking staff will offer information, help with filing claims OCEAN TOWNSHIP — To assist consumers who have suffered property loss as a result of Hurricane Sandy, the state Department of Banking and Insurance will have staff members available at locations in Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties Thursday, Nov. 15, between 9 a.m.…

  • How to get sports news in the paper

    If you would like your sports news published, please submit a press release at least two weeks in advance of an event such as team registration or tryouts. Results of youth games and tournaments may also be submitted, as well as collegiate news about former high school athletes. Email to [email protected], fax to 732-780-4192, or…

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    Gettysburg College junior Connor Darrell, a graduate of Allentown High School, was tabbed the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week following a pair of strong performances in the cage during the week that ended Oct. 13. Darrell turned away 15 of 17 shots in a 1-1 week for Gettysburg’s mens soccer team. The junior…

  • Brookdale ends season winning NJCAA tourney consolation match

    Brookdale Community College’s mens soccer team couldn’t have drawn a more difficult assignment at the National Junior College Athletic Conference (NJCAA) Division III National Championship Tournament. The Jersey Blues drew the No. 1 team in the country and top-seed Herkimer County Community College in Herkimer, N.Y., in their Nov. 8 first-round game. Brookdale proved it…

  • Redbirds’ teams making history while in the playoffs

    Varsity Report BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Allentown High School girls cross-country team made history at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III championships on Nov. 10 at Delsea Regional High School. By finishing fourth, the Redbirds’ girls became the first cross-country team in school history to qualify for the Group state championships, which are Nov.…

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    Firefighters try to bring a blaze under control at a home on Woodville Road, Millstone Township. The combination of Sandy, a post-tropical storm that hit New Jersey at the end of October, and a nor’easter that blanketed the area with snow in early November kept Millstone’s firefighters busy responding to emergency calls throughout the municipality.…

  • FEMA partners with Joint Base to support northeast regions

    JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST — Members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency stand ready to provide disaster relief to the New York and New Jersey regions from a staging area on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in south central New Jersey. Trucks carrying water, food, blankets, generators and many other supplies began arriving Oct. 26, a few days…

  • Family Movie Day deemed a success

    MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence raised more than $3,400 from its second annual Family Movie Day held Oct. 14 at the Millstone Township Performing Arts Center. The foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to funding grants for items that nurture extraordinary educational experiences for every student in Millstone Township’s public schools,…

  • New Jersey voters OK two public questions

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer New Jersey residents approved two statewide public questions in the Nov. 6 election. The first question asked voters if they wanted to allow the state to issue bonds in the total principal amount of $750 million. Proceeds from the bonds will be used to provide grants to New Jersey’s public…

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