• New JMHS wrestling coach anxious for Jaguars’ debut

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Aaron Gottesman A aron Gottesman was eagerly anticipating the opening day of wrestling practice as the new head coach of two-time NJSIAA Group IV state team champion Jackson Memorial High School. The first day of practice for the 2011-12 season was Nov. 28. Gottesman, who came into the Jaguars’ program when…

  • Jaguars keep grid win streak vs. Lions alive

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Liberty High School running back Justin Billups (above) is brought down by a host of Jackson Memorial High School tacklers during the Nov. 23 game between the Lions and the Jaguars. Jackson Memorial won, 28-14, on its home field. Below, Jackson Liberty’s Steve Fedor (19) gets tangled up with Jackson…

  • datebook 

     A meeting of the Operations/Operational Technology Committee of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 1 in the large conference room of the Administration Building, 200 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road, Howell. The meeting is open to the public. Details: 732-751-2480, ext. 3803.  A winter wonderland/craft fair will…

  • Board changes general counsel

    From now through the date when the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education holds its reorganization meeting following the April 2012 school election, there will be new general legal counsel to the board. At its meeting on Nov. 14 the board appointed the Comengo Law Group, of Moorestown, to serve as general counsel.…

  • FRHSD employee will repay district $5,400

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer One more issue related to what has been labeled a bogus doctorate degree incident related to Breyer State University and the Freehold Regional High School District has closure, with Board of Education members asking the public to look to the future instead of dwelling on past events. At a meeting on…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Yes, I’m me, and who the heck are you? LORI CLINCH Cyber Monday. Until recently, I’d never heard of it. We had our Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and “Omygosh, I Can’t Believe I Got This for That Price!” Sunday. Yet I thought that the Monday after Thanksgiving was just another Monday. ’Tain’t so. Turns…

  • Professor to travel to Costa Rica

    Gregory Liano of Howell, an associate professor and assistant chair of the Math Department at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, has been accepted into the Madison College Capacity Building for Study Abroad Program cohort for 2012. According to a press release, Liano was selected for participation based on a “clear commitment to renewable energy/sustainable development, and…

  • Jackson man preparing to lead Freehold Masons

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer The Free and Accepted Masons are an interesting part of American culture. Some people may associate phrases such as “secret society,” “mysterious rituals” and “hidden gold” with the Masons. For the next Worshipful Master of the Olive Branch Lodge No. 16 in Freehold, Albert Barbato, 43, of Jackson, and the…

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