• Religious center, housing plan nears vote in O.B.

    DRSANA presents revised plan for Englishtown Road site BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Samsel Upper Elementary School teacher Scott Nurnberger holds an iris plant during the Sayreville school’s Fall Beautification Day Oct. 7. Teachers and students worked together to clean the school grounds and plant flowers and shrubs. The Shade Tree Commission donated 19 trees…

  • Brookdale soccer team undefeated, ranked No. 4

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Coach Mike Costa calls his Brookdale Community College soccer team “the best kept secret on the Jersey Shore.” The Jersey Blues began the week 15-0 and ranked No. 4 in the United States among Division III junior colleges. “This is the best team I’ve had at Brookdale in my six…

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    The Central Jersey Hawks basketball team will be holding tryouts for its third-, fifth- and sixth-grade boys teams, which have two teams, and their fourth-grade team, which may have a second team. The tryout schedule is as follows:  Oct. 16 at 4 p.m. — Fifth-grade boys (2010 NJ State Champs, finished top four in…

  • Bucs head into bye week off big win over Raritan

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Red Bank Regional High School football team has a week off to prepare for St. John Vianney after picking up a key Shore Conference Class A Central victory over Raritan, 14-7, on Thursday in Hazlet. Red Bank has struggled in recent years and after posting a respectable 4-6 mark last fall,…

  • RFH girls victorious at Manhattan Invitational

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Rumson-Fair Haven girls cross country co-head coach Tim McLoone wanted his harriers to get a taste of “iconic” Van Cortland Park. They got a little more than they bargained for Sunday at the historic 2.5-mile course in the Bronx, NYC. As McLoone told his harriers afterwards, “our cover is blown.”…

  • Shore Regional vs. SJV

    Shore Regional High School’s Samantha McDonough (r) tries to elude St. John Vianney’s Jessica Fernicola during a game held at Shore Regional in West Long Branch on Oct. 7. ERIC SUCAR staff Shore Regional’s Ellen Dougherty tries directs the ball toward a teammate during a game against St. John Vianney Oct. 7. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Serafino “Ben” Centrella

    Mr. Centrella, 84, of Middletown, died Oct. 7, 2011, at home. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, where he served as a firefighter aboard the USS Dennis J. Buckley. After the war, Mr. Centrella worked as an auto mechanic for Sansone Auto Mall until his retirement. He was a lifetime member…

  • Lena “Lee” Kelly Schuster

    Mrs. Schuster, 89, of Oceanport, died Oct. 2, 2011. She worked in Red Bank for many years at Edith Ross. She was a member of the Beacon Hill Marathon Bridge group and the Red Bank Monday Bridge club. Mrs. Schuster was predeceased by her first husband, Edward Michael Kelly Jr., after 24 years of marriage.…

  • Susan A. Geraghty

    Mrs. Geraghty, 57, of Toms River, died Sept. 28, 2011. She was a longtime employee of the U.S. Postal Service in the Clarksburg section of Millstone. She was predeceased by her fiancé, Ed Paul; and a brother, Kenneth Geraghty. Surviving are her twin daughters, Jenna and her husband, Richard D. Smith, of Brick, and Jill…

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