• How do you stop hate crimes?

    Retired professor says simplest thing to do is to stand up when intolerance occurs BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Residents in the Monmouth Heights development in Manalapan awoke to symbols and messages of hate that were scrawled throughout the neighborhood during the overnight hours of Sept. 5-6. Shards of glass pour onto the street of…

  • How to get your 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. Give complete information, such as dates, full…

  • Redbirds girls’ soccer off to promising start under Weber

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The girls’ soccer team at Allentown High School wasted no time leaving a good first impression with new head coach Coleen Weber. Doing all of its scoring over the first 25 minutes, Allentown beat Hamilton High School West, 3-1, on Sept. 6. Senior Alex Moore opened the scoring on a blast…

  • Allentown hosting gridiron rival New Egypt on Sept. 14

    Redbirds open with 24-0 win BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent I n the past, it has been a keenly anticipated neighborhood rivalry when New Egypt High School’s football team plays Allentown High School. The enrollment disparity does not matter when Allentown, a Group III school, plays Group I New Egypt in close games that draw large…

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    Freehold Township High School’s Meghan Lyttle tries to put a shot past Allentown High School goalkeeper Hayley Peterson during the Sept. 8 non-conference game played in Allentown. Freehold Township defeated Allentown by a final score of 2-1. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Speaker to address 2012 elections, peace

    The Rev. Robert Moore, executive director of the Coalition for Peace Action, will offer a presentation titled “How to Impact the 2012 Elections for Peace” at the next meeting of the Coalition for Peace Action of Monroe Township planned for 10 a.m. Sept. 19 in the Monroe Township Municipal Building, off Perrineville Road. The public…

  • County’s public info officer dies

    William K. “Bill” Heine, 54, of Howell, who was Monmouth County’s director of public information since 2005, died at home on Sept. 9. A press release from the county said Heine died of natural causes. Heine had been employed with the county as the chief spokesman and department head of the Monmouth County Public Information…

  • Scholarship to help forward equine pursuits

    The New Jersey Equine Advisory Board has announced a $1,000 scholarship to help 4-H and FFA members pursue their equine activities. Members of organizations represented on the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board are also eligible. Applicants must be between the ages of 13 and 16 and reside in the State of New Jersey. The Sara…

  • HAMT slates meeting for Sept. 18

    The Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township. (HAMT) will hold their monthly meeting Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Millstone Community Center on Stagecoach Road (next to the firehouse). The HAMT is an organization dedicated to horse-related recreation and education, and its members include Western and English riders, as well as carriage drivers. The…

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