• Monmouth Park talks on track for June opening

    Racetrack will fund interim racing program through May BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport A fter an offseason fraught with uncertainty, horseracing is set to return to Monmouth Park racetrack this weekend. Scheduled for May 14, opening day at the track will feature a series of races as well as the…

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    Members of the Monmouth Regional High School Concert Jazz Band await the start of Jazz Nite 2011 held at the school cafeteria in Tinton Falls, May 6. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Stakeholders say prevention is key to gang problem

    Bills to fund anti-gang programs to be reintroduced in Congress BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Concerned citizens and government officials gather at the Long Branch High School library last week for a roundtable discussion on the increasing gang problem in the state. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th District) and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) told attendees that…

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    Vocalist Theresa Hauge performs with the Monmouth Regional High School Concert Jazz Band during Jazz Nite 2011 at the school cafeteria in Tinton Falls on May 6. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Redbirds’ Doherty picks Wilkes for next level of football

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Lineman Bob Doherty had a season that he and his Allentown High School football team and community will remember for a long time, and now he is preparing to continue that excitement on the college level after signing with Wilkes University. “I like the program and am really excited to play…

  • Allentown rocks Spotswood 11-1

    Left: Allentown first baseman Courtney Drennan tosses the ball to the bag after covering a grounder hit by a Spotswood batter. The game was part of the Redbird Invitational held May 7 at Allentown. The Redbirds won the game, 11-1. Above: Allentown’s Chelsea Turner kicks up some dust after sliding safely to home plate. PHOTOS…

  • St. Pete’s NICU reunion May 22

    Saint Peter’s University Hospital will host a “Boardwalk Bash’’ noon to 4 p.m. May 22 for all of the children who have been born at its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, along with their family members. The celebration will be held at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center, Rutgers University, in Piscataway. NICU graduates expected to attend…

  • Freehold class of 1991 preparing to reunite

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The year was 1991. Patrick Kendrick played quarterback for the Freehold High School Colonials. Stacey Tetto was crowned homecoming queen and Matt Nichter was elected class president. If any of this sounds familiar and jolts a memory, Freehold High School graduate Carey Shutzer Snyder is looking for…

  • Charlie Zahm in concert on May 19

    Charlie Zahm will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. May 19 in the historic Friends Meeting House, 15 Front St., in Crosswicks, a village in Chesterfield Township. Zahm is a popular soloist at Celtic music festivals, maritime and Early American music events. The minimum donation is $8, which includes light refreshments. Admission is free for…

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