• M’town teachers to take on district-wide assignments

    BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — When new Superintendent William O. George III met with district teachers in November, he showed them a lengthy slideshow about what he expected from them “Success is accomplished through collaboration, teamwork and consensus building where all members of the team utilize the group’s collective strengths to achieve at optimal…

  • Help-Portrait: What a photo is worth

    Local photographers pool resources for Asbury Park portrait shoot BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Thirty-six photographers and 34 volunteers offered their time, talent and equipment for the annual Help-Portrait event held in Asbury Park on Dec. 10 when 750 people in 256 portrait sittings had their photographs taken. PHOTOS BY KRISTEN DALTON Not even a…

  • Protest blocks Holmdel’s plan for Lucent site

    Alcatel-Lucent: Plan is dysfunctional; Bell Labs bldg. is an artifact BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Just a few hours before the Holmdel Township Committee was scheduled to vote on the adoption of a redevelopment plan for the 472-acre Alcatel-Lucent property, the technology giant put the township on notice via a legal protest. “There is no urgency…

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    The Manhattan Dolls sing Christmas songs In the style of the Andrew sisters, while Sophia Allocca, of New York, relaxes on a chair and Sean Clark, of Middletown, stands mesmerized, during a 1940s Holiday Celebration at History House at Fort Hancock in Sandy Hook on Dec. 18. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • New Year’s Day Beach Walk Jan. 1

    MIDDLETOWN — The American Littoral Society will hold its 36th annual Dery Bennett New Year’s Day Beach Walk on Sandy Hook on Jan. 1. Society staff will lead members and the general public on a bracing walk on the beach, departing at 11 a.m. from society headquarters, 18 Hartshorne Drive on Officer’s Row at Fort…

  • Zak back, heads attack for JLHS wrestling team

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Liberty The Jackson Liberty High School wrestling team has already shown signs of improvement from a year ago when the Lions won only seven dual meets during the squad’s first losing season since 2007-08, and junior Nick Zak figures to play a major role if a turnaround occurs on the…

  • Coach: ‘New team, new year’ in hoops

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The New Egypt High School boys basketball team faces a tall challenge this season as the Warriors begin life without Desmond Hubert, a 6-8 front line player who is now playing at the University of North Carolina. “It’s a lot different team without him,” said coach Jay Corby, whose team from…

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    The Lakewood BlueClaws will host a winter pitching and fielding clinic at FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, for youth players on Jan. 7-8. The instructors will be Joe Agnello, a former Temple University coach who is currently part of a Major League Baseball group instructing players in China, and Jim Carone, the pitching coach at Villanova University.…

  • Rebels remain team to beat in A North wrestling

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School’s Josue Pierre-Louis tries to break free of the hold of South River High School’s Jon Hart during their 126-pound bout at the Rebel Classic wrestling tournament held at Howell on Dec. 18. Howell won the team title at the season-opening event. ERIC SUCAR staff A s he…

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