• Braves score historic hoops win over CBA

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The smile on the face of Manalapan High School boys basketball coach Rick Garretson’s as he exited the locker room said it all. “This was a long time coming,” Garretson said after his Braves had defeated Christian BrothersAcademy, 53-43, in Lincroft on Jan. 17. It was the first win for…

  • Exhibit in Philadelphia will trace Springsteen’s career

    The Morrison Hotel Gallery has announced a special collaboration with the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia as it presents the exhibition “From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen.” Never before seen outside of the Rock and RollHall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, this exhibition makes its East…

  • As if January wasn’t bad enough …

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH January. I’m not a fan. It’s as far away from the lazy days of summer as it can be, the weather is stinking cold, and the mere mention of the month makes visions of tax forms and pencil stubs dance in my head. It seems I had no sooner…

  • Menza wins third straight 400; Kahana doubles at county meet

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township High School’s Thomas Sabol and William Joyce run stride for stride as they compete in the 400-meter dash at the Monmouth County Indoor Track and Field Championships in Toms River. For more photos, see Photo Galleries at www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff Anthony Menza’s window of opportunity was rapidly…

  • Ruth Craig Schuch

    Mrs. Schuch, of Spring Lake, formerly of Colts Neck, died Jan. 15, 2012, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was a homemaker and was very involved in the community. Mrs. Schuch was the first female captain of the Colts Neck First Aid and Rescue Squad. She was predeceased by her husband, Warren Frederick…

  • Rose Himmel

    Mrs. Himmel, 93, of Freehold Township, died Jan. 5, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in New York and grew up in Newark. She moved to the Bronx, N.Y., where she married and raised her family. She then moved to Forest Hills, N.Y., Covered Bridge in Manalapan and Sunrise, Fla. She…

  • Mary Francis Bieljeski

    Mrs. Bieljeski, 87, of Howell, formerly of Rahway and Belmar, died Jan. 15, 2012, at Care One, Wall Township. Prior to retiring 25 years ago, she was employed as a secretary for the Catholic Youth Organization, Clark. She was predeceased by her husband, Chester F. Bieljeski in 2006. Surviving are two sons, John Bieljeski of…

  • Luca Joseph Capobianco

    Luca Capobianco, 3½, of Howell, died Jan. 15, 2012, at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, New Brunswick. In a short time, he managed to change the lives of so many people. He was predeceased by a great-grandfather, JosephAiello; and a great-grandmother, Eleanor Tardo. Surviving are his parents, Pasquale and Danielle (Cappello) Capobianco; a sister,…

  • Stanley J. Petner

    Mr. Petner, 66, of Manalapan, died Jan. 19, 2012, at Pine Brook Care Center, Englishtown. Prior to retiring in 2006, he was a senior lab technician at Exxon Mobil Oil, Edison, for more than 20 years. Mr. Petner was a U.S. Army veteran and served during the Vietnam War from 1965 through 1968. He was…

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