• Red Bank Catholic’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 NJSIAANon-PublicAIndoor Track and Field Championships held at the Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River came down to the final event…

  • Ocean adds District 22 title to championship season

    Wrestling team dominates at RBC with six individual champions BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Long Branch’s Nicholas Menkin (bottom) tries to break out of the hold of Middletown North’s Paul Capaldo (top) during their 120-pound bout at the NJSIAA District 22 Wrestling Tournament at Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver on Feb. 17. PHOTOS BY…

  • Guild hosts members’ show

    “Walk” by Val Dyshlov, oil painting The Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury is hosting a show of works by member artists. The Exhibiting and Associate Members Show will run through Feb. 29 and includes works that range from bronze sculpture by Laura Sutton Abadi to a vision of the aftermath of war in a…

  • 11th annual KDM fun run to be March 10

    The 11th annual KDM three-mile fun run and walk will be held March 10 rain or shine. The race, created to keep the spirit of Keith McHeffey and other victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 alive, will start at 11 a.m. in front of the Sea Bright Recreation Center. It will proceed south…

  • NOTES

    Naturalist Joe Reynolds (r) leads a group on a guided walk on Feb. 19 to see coastal wildlife including harbor seals, which migrate south and congregate in large numbers on remote sandy beaches, rocks and jetties on Sandy Hook during the winter. The walk was a benefit for ocean advocacy group Clean Ocean Action. FRANK…

  • Stakeholders discuss future of Rumson-Sea Bright span

    Public meetings to be held in Sea Bright & Rumson Feb. 27 BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer A map showing the location of the Rumson-Sea Bright bridge is displayed at the Feb. 15 stakeholders meeting where community, state and regional officials discussed plans to rehabilitate or replace the 62-year-old bridge. KRISTEN DALTON Local, county and…

  • George G. Bailey Sr.

    Mr. Bailey, 88, of Middletown and formerly of Freehold, died Feb. 14, 2012, at his home. He worked as an engineer for Bell Communications/ Telcordia in Holmdel for 47 years before his retirement in 1988. He was a lifetime member of the Bell Labs Pioneers, the Freehold Elks Club, the FreeholdAmerican Legion Post, the Freehold…

  • Florence “Honey” E. Sickler

    Mrs. Sickler, 77, a longtime resident of Oceanport, died Feb. 11, 2012. She was employed at Monmouth Park and retired after 25 years of service. Mrs. Sickler was a member of the Oceanport Senior Citizens. She was predeceased by two daughters, Patricia and Kathyleen, and her husband of 49 years, Ronald. Surviving are four sons,…

  • Celebrate Dr. Seuss and reading on March 1

    Wish Dr. Seuss a happy 108th birthday and celebrate the joy of reading at 4 p.m. March 1 at the Ocean Township Library, 501 Deal Road. Dr. Seuss’ birthday celebration is part of Read Across America, an annual national reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading…

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