• Sayreville board OKs facility improvements

    Fix-ups include repairing varsity baseball field, repaving football stadium driveway BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Contact Deanna McLafferty at [email protected]. The Sayreville Board of Education approved additional school repairs at its Feb. 7 meeting after a Building and Grounds Committee walk-through made certain needs more apparent. The committee suggested repaving the stadium access driveway at Sayreville…

  • O.B. board unanimous in vote to move election

    Board members cite desire to protect students, low turnout in April BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Joining a growing majority of school districts across the state, the Old Bridge Board of Education voted unanimously at its Feb. 15 meeting to move school board elections to November. The school board’s move to the general election was…

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    Joan Beamish of Middletown pours tea for Old Bridge’s Nicole Shankle and Ali Brasby, both 11, during the Madison Township Historical Society’s inaugural Children’s Tea event on Feb. 18 at the Thomas Warne Museum, Route 516. CHRIS KELLY

  • SJV advances; RBC, RFH girls beaten in SCT quarterfinals

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent I n the quarterfinals of the Shore Conference Tournament at Brookdale Community College, the Red Bank Catholic High School girls basketball team lost to Neptune for the third time this season, while Rumson-Fair Haven came within five points but ultimately fell to top-seeded Manasquan. The fifth-seeded Caseys kept pace with Neptune,…

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    AYF (American Youth Football) Shore Football and Cheer will hold sign-ups 7-9 p.m. March 14 at the Port au Peck Firehouse in Oceanport. Returning players ages 7-8 and new players ages 8-9 are welcome. Registration fees are $125 for flag football and $150 for tackle and cheer. The NJ Marlins seek dedicated and hardworking baseball…

  • RBC’s 4×400 relay win clinches state track title

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Go figure. Two of the state’s premier girls distance running programs, Red Bank Catholic and Pope John XXIII, would settle a state championship in the 4×400-meter relay. Last Friday’s NJSIAA Non-Public A Indoor Track and Field Championships held at the Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River came down to…

  • Ocean adds District 22 title to championship season

    Wrestling team dominates at RBC with six individual champions BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Red Bank Catholic’s Alex Spiezio tries to break free from the hold of Keyport’s Tyler Eltringham during their 138-pound bout at the NJSIAA District 22 Wrestling Tournament held at Red Bank Regioanl High School, LIttle Silver, on Feb. 17. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR…

  • Reformed Bible Study to begin in Red Bank

    RED BANK — The Orthodox Presbyterian Church in New Jersey is targeting the greater Red Bank/Monmouth County area to conduct an outreach ministry. The ministry is attempting to gather people for informal weeknight studies and discussion of God’s word from a Reformed perspective, according to a press release from the church. The Red Bank Reformed…

  • Loretta MacCollum

    Mrs. MacCollum, 92, formerly of Little Silver, died Feb. 17, 2012. She worked in the factory of the former Bendix Corp., Eatontown, retiring in 1981. She was a communicant of St. James Church, Red Bank. Mrs. MacCollum was predeceased by her first husband, Thomas J. Mertz, in 1973, and her second husband, George O. MacCollum,…

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