• High school standouts set for Dowd matchup

    Outstanding high school hockey players from Monmouth County and Ocean County will take to the Red Bank Armory ice on Aug. 5 at 5:15 p.m. for the 15th annual Jim Dowd Shoot for the Stars Foundation all-star game. Admission is $10. The proceeds from the annual game go to a charity selected by Dowd, a…

  • Baffert does it again as Paynter wins Haskell

    Record third straight and sixth overall for trainer BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Paynter, with Rafael Bejarano riding, is clear of the field heading to the finish line of the 45th Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. The win in the $1 million Grade I race was a record third straight for trainer Bob Baffert. He…

  • Photos

    Lifeguards make an exchange during the torp run relay on July 27 at the 13th annual Seven Presidents Invitational. Lifeguards from eight beaches along the Jersey Shore participated in the event held at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Monmouth County lifeguards head for the shore during the kayak…

  • ‘Jane Dell – Metaphorical Expressions’

    “What We Think” mixed media/Mylar, 2012 The New Jersey Emerging Artists Series at the Monmouth Museum continues this summer with an exhibition by artist Jane Dell, a resident of Maplewood. “Jane Dell – Metaphorical Expressions” features mixed-media paintings on Mylar representing a curious universe of imaginative worlds. Dell explores color, shape and spatial relationships using…

  • Patricia K. Balto

    Mrs. Balto, 70, a resident of Ocean Township since 1987, died July 23, 2012. She retired in 2007 after 27 years of service as vice president of marketing for Ansell Limited, Red Bank. A brother, Thomas Certo, preceded Mrs. Balto in death. Surviving are her husband, Robert Mann; two sons, Andrew T. Balto and his…

  • Shirley F. Pfeifer

    Mrs. Pfeifer (née Giese), 76, of the Iselin section of Woodbridge, died July 16, 2012, at home. Born in Newark, she had lived in Iselin for the past 42 years and was a communicant of St. Cecelia’s Roman Catholic Church, Iselin. She was predeceased by a son, Michael James Pfeifer, in April; two sisters, Diane…

  • NOTES

    Lauren Ungar (l-r) with Ocean Township High School teacher Edith Minott, who was named Special Educator of the Year by the Ocean Township Special Education PTA (SEPTA). Minott is the first recipient of the peer-nominated award, instituted this year. She accepted the award, named in memory of Ungar’s mother, longtime Ocean Township speech therapist Estalee…

  • Oceans of Rhythm Festival in L.B. Aug. 12

    LONG BRANCH — ZEYBRAH’s 19th annual Oceans of Rhythm Festival will be held at the Gazebo at Pier Village on Saturday, Aug. 11. The rain date is Sunday, Aug. 12. This year’s theme is “Jump-up at the Beach.” This popular festival incorporates music, drumming and African dance with a host of talent of all ages,…

  • School supply drive supports Backpack Project

    LONG BRANCH — Family & Children’s Service is seeking donations for its annual Reading Buddies Backpack Project, which provides new backpacks filled with much-needed school supplies to elementary school students in underserved communities throughout Monmouth County. Administered through FCS’s Retired and Senior Volunteers Program (RSVP), the Backpack Project attempts to level the playing field for…

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