• Caseys remain optimistic that new starters will gel

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Red Bank Catholic High School boys soccer team is looking to turn things around after a 2-5 start. Coach George Black is optimistic that his Caseys will start to post more wins as his lineup — featuring many new faces following the graduation of seven seniors — becomes acclimated as a…

  • Green Wave soccer team is buoyed by veteran experience

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Long Branch High School has found success on the soccer field early in the season. An experienced group of starters has been making a difference for the GreenWave It was a long couple of seasons while the program rebuilt with young players. But those same players are now Green Wave veterans,…

  • Hawks soccer

    The Monmouth University women’s soccer team will play Northeast Conference foe Long Island University at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2, on the Great Lawn in West Long Branch. Jackson Memorial graduate Dana Costello (21), making a slide tackle against Seton Hall in a game earlier this year, leads the Hawks in scoring with four…

  • Eatontown Day: Fun for all kinds of ‘kids’

    Residents turn out for the second annual Eatontown Day held at Wolcott Park on Sept. 24. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Youngsters feed a pair of goats, who are busy making friends at the petting zoo, one of the attractions at Eatontown Day, which included vendors’ booths, games and rides for children of all ages.

  • ‘Ethereal Images’

    “Tribal Blues” Exhilarating patterns, color and imagery combine in Rande Johnson’s photographs that will be on display throughout October at Band on a Budget, 630 Mattison Ave. in Asbury Park. The show, “Ethereal Images,” opens on Oct. 1, First Saturday in Asbury Park, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. “I believe that the…

  • Douglas M. Hine

    Mr. Hine, 61, of Jackson, formerly of Howell and Freehold, died Sept. 22, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a field operations supervisor for Acme Markets for over 40 years. Mr. Hine was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served from 1968 to 1970. Surviving are his wife of 39 years,…

  • Lucille Morris

    Mrs. Morris, 77, of Wall, died Sept. 20, 2011, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Downs, Ala., she was a maternity nurse’s aide at Monmouth Medical Center before retiring. She was predeceased by her husband, Malton. Surviving are three sons, Alvin, Roasal and Melvin; five daughters, Miriam, Marlene, Marcia, Terry and Elaine; a…

  • ‘The State of Invention’ at Ocean Twp. Library

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Throughout October, the Monmouth County Library will host “NJ: The State of Invention” programs and events at all 13 library branches as part of the library’s continuing initiative to promote science literacy. Learn about the first computer, the ENIAC, and the women who programmed it. Discover the historic roles that Bell…

  • Honor and remember the dream

    LONG BRANCH — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Guild of Greater Long Branch is sponsoring a bus trip to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19. The bus will depart at 9 a.m. from the Long Branch Senior Center on Second Avenue. Participants will have three…

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