• Always B Miki headlines Breeders Crown Pace eligibles

    Always B Miki headlines Breeders Crown Pace eligibles

    The world’s fastest pacer, Always B Miki, who recently reset the time standard in harness racing to 1:46, leads a group of 39 eligible pacers for the $400,000 Breeders Crown Pace slated for Oct. 28 at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Always B Miki, the defending Breeders Crown Pace champion, is one of a record six Breeders…

  • Habitat for Humanity awarded $5K grant

    Habitat for Humanity awarded $5K grant

    FREEHOLD — Habitat for Humanity in Monmouth County has been awarded $5,000 for a House that Rock Built project by OceanFirst Foundation of Toms River. The grant will provide additional support for the construction of a two-family home in Atlantic Highlands. Habitat for Humanity is in the process of identifying a new partner family for the…

  • Hand me a pocket protector

    Hand me a pocket protector

    By Paul Hall Accountants are generally thought of as a bit different. They march to the beat of their own numbers-driven drums. In the new film The Accountant, Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is brought in to check the books for a variety of businesses including some that aren’t listed in the Fortune 500. Drug cartels,…

  • Police: Pedestrian struck by van still hospitalized

    Police: Pedestrian struck by van still hospitalized

    MIDDLETOWN — A woman who was struck by a van last week is still in the hospital. The Middletown Township Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian who was struck around 9:10 p.m. on Oct. 13 at the intersection of Route 36 and Seventh Street, according to a statement prepared by the…

  • Four seats available on Millstone school board

    Four seats available on Millstone school board

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Voters will have a full slate of candidates from which to elect three residents to three-year seats on the Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education in the Nov. 8 election. The board oversees the operation of the Millstone Township Primary School, the Millstone Township Elementary School…

  • Marinari, Lotito seek committee terms in Plumsted

    Marinari, Lotito seek committee terms in Plumsted

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer PLUMSTED – Two Republicans are running unopposed for a pair of three-year terms on the Township Committee in the Nov. 8 election. Incumbent committeemen Vince Lotito and Herb Marinari are bidding to retain their seats on the governing body. Asked why he wants to remain on the committee, Lotito said,…

  • Jaguars make late push to secure conference tourney berth

    Jaguars make late push to secure conference tourney berth

    A four-game winning streak late in the regular season has pushed Jackson Memorial High School’s boys’ soccer team into the Shore Conference Tournament. The Jaguars (9-7) are seeded No. 19 and play at No. 14-seed Raritan High School (10-2-3) Oct. 20. Only once in coach Steve Bado’s 13 seasons has Jackson Memorial fallen short of…

  • Jackson field hockey teams begin tournament play

    Jackson field hockey teams begin tournament play

    By Wayne Witkowski Call it a golden season for field hockey for Jackson Township’s two high school teams. Jackson Liberty High School and Jackson Memorial High School embarked on tournament play this week in the home stretch of memorable regular seasons. Jackson Liberty is 11-1 and had the chance to repeat as Shore Conference B…

  • High school casts prepare fall plays in Freehold Regional High School District

    High school casts prepare fall plays in Freehold Regional High School District

    The stages are set and the lights are beginning to dim at the Freehold Regional High School District’s schools as the fall drama productions get underway. Howell High School, Squankum-Yellowbrook Road, Howell, will present “The Diviners” by Jim Leonard Jr. Set in the early days of the Depression in a small southern Indiana town, Buddy…

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