• Missing teen’s body found on beach

    Police have found the body of an Old Bridge teenager who was reported missing from the Cliffwood Beach section last week. Erick McDonald, 17, was found dead just before 7 a.m. Aug. 27 in the area behind the Old Bridge Municipal Utilities Authority building at 71 Boulevard West. The teen had last been seen on…

  • Future Bucs volleyball is off to a good start

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The first Red Bank Regional High School “Future Bucs” girls volleyball program for middle school students from its sending towns of Red Bank, Little Silver and Shrewsbury was a success. About 40 players from the three towns participated in the program, which was held earlier this summer at the Red Bank…

  • Arias, Martin win park system’s Woodshollow Mountain Bike races

    More than 100 mountain bike racers took on the challenge of Middletown’s Tatum Park on Aug. 13. The park was the site of the Monmouth County Park System’s 17th annual Woodshollow Mountain Bike Race. Riders raced though the open fields and woodlands of Tatum Park. Racers competed in Sport Class (intermediate and advanced levels) and…

  • Hawks look for better results in close games

    Monmouth University football team to kick off 2011 season on Sept. 3 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer I f Monmouth University’s football team is going to turn around last year’s 3-8 campaign, coach Kevin Callahan knows where the Hawks have to begin. “We’ve got to finish games,” he said. Last year the Hawks lost four…

  • RFH Pop Warner program still going strong in JSPWFL

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Rumson-Fair Haven Pop Warner’s fall season is under way as nine youth football teams began their eight-game schedule. RFH Pop Warner is a member of the Jersey Shore Pop Warner Football League, which holds playoff games in October. Players ranging from7 to 13 years old and a combined total of more…

  • CBA’s Clifton is golden with USA hockey team

    Matawan defensemen part of Five Nations winning squad BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Christian Brothers Academy’s Connor Clifton played defense for the Team USA squad that won the gold medal at the Five Nations Hockey Tournament. PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.BIGMANWITHCAMEREA.COM Connor Clifton has had some proud moments playing hockey at Christian Brothers Academy and Junior Hockey…

  • Veronica J. Gallagher

    Mrs. Gallagher, 98, of Fair Haven, formerly of Red Bank, died Aug. 21, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a parishioner at St. James Church, Red Bank. Mrs. Gallagher was predeceased by eight siblings; her husband, Frank, in 1975; and a grandson, Daniel Deigert in 1983. Surviving are a son, James Gallagher…

  • Hospice volunteers sought to help others

    All it takes is compassion and a little time to become a hospice volunteer for VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of New Jersey Shore, Eatontown. There is a need for volunteers in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Volunteers give their time to terminally ill patients and their caregivers during a critical time. In orientation classes, they…

  • George E. Miles

    Mr. Miles, 93, a resident of Rumson for 47 years, diedAug.17, 2011, at home. During World War II, he served as a captain in the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, 508th Parachute Infantry. Mr. Miles jumped on D-Day in Normandy and served in campaigns in Rhineland, the Battle of the Bulge and central Europe. He was…

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