• Ask a Naturalist at Hartshorne Woods Park

    Ask a Naturalist at Hartshorne Woods Park

    The Monmouth County Park System will hold Ask a Naturalist at 10 a.m. on Sept. 16 at Hartshorne Woods Park. Meet in the Rocky Point parking lot in Highlands. It will also be held at 10 a.m. on Sept. 30 at Charleston Springs Golf Course, Millstone. Meet in the trail parking lot on Stagecoach Road.…

  • Siecinski filled with confidence on J.P. Stevens softball team

    Siecinski filled with confidence on J.P. Stevens softball team

    By Jimmy Allinder When Julie Siecinski walked through the door of John P. Stevens High School as a freshman, head softball coach Krystle Petty immediately recognized she was looking at a special athlete. “I hadn’t seen her play, but Julie carried herself with such an air of confidence, but not overly so,” Petty said. “Then…

  • Lodzinski could be granted a new trial due to ‘juror misconduct’

    Lodzinski could be granted a new trial due to ‘juror misconduct’

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — A “juror’s misconduct” during deliberations may mean either a new trial for Michelle Lodzinski – who was found guilty in May of murdering her five-year-old son, Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey, in 1991 – or an acquittal. Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves said he would take up…

  • Recycling schedule set to change in Milltown

    Recycling schedule set to change in Milltown

    MILLTOWN – Recycling will take place on Aug. 24 as normal in Milltown and again on Sept. 1. A new permanent schedule will then take place with recycling pick up every other Thursday.

  • Brookdale contract negotiations remain stalled

    Brookdale contract negotiations remain stalled

    LINCROFT — The Faculty Association of Brookdale Community College has announced that due to stalled contract negotiations by the BCC Board of Trustees, department chairs and assistant chairs resigned their positions effective immediately on Aug. 22. Faculty are taking this action in response to a lack of good-faith bargaining as the association attempts to reach…

  • Newspaper group grows in central NJ

    Newspaper group grows in central NJ

    Business owner Richard Donnelly is expanding his catalog of newspapers to nearly three dozen with the purchase of the Sun Newspaper group and an agreement to buy Greater Media Newspapers in central New Jersey, it was announced Aug. 23 by Greater Media Publisher and General Manager Ben Cannizzaro. Donnelly said the new acquisitions will come…

  • Hazlet man arrested in bank robbery

    Hazlet man arrested in bank robbery

    HAZLET — A 25-year-old Hazlet man was arrested and charged with robbing the TD Bank branch located on Harmony Road in Middletown Saturday, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Justin Rafalko, of Sycamore Drive in Hazlet, faces one count of first degree robbery after he entered the bank around 3 p.m. on Saturday approached…

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  • Old Bridge to roll out welcome mat to Olympic hero

    Old Bridge to roll out welcome mat to Olympic hero

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A parade filled with fanfare, pomp and circumstance is expected to welcome Laurie Hernandez back to her hometown from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Hernandez, a 16-year-old phenom, earned a gold medal as part of the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team — now better known as…

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