• Voters approve local school district budgets

    Tinton Falls superintendent cites 2 percent tax levy cap BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Voters in seven local towns approved school district budgets during the April 27 school elections. Voters approved the $26.4 million budget for the Tinton Falls School District by a vote of 967 votes to 588, according to unofficial Monmouth County results. District…

  • Trainer excited about Kentucky Derby prospects

    Kelly Breen’s 3-year-old Pants On Fire won $1M Louisiana Derby BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Kelly Breen, who has twice been the leading trainer at Monmouth Park, Oceanport, trained Pants On Fire, a horse that will race in the 2011 Kentucky Derby on May 7. Breen, who lives in Farmingdale and hails from Old Bridge,…

  • Front Street upgrades will improve safety, traffic flow

    County to undertake $600K project along portion of roadway BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Portions of West Front Street (above) and East Front Street will get upgrades including improved pedestrian crosswalks and signage and traffic calming measures. PHOTOS BY ANDREW DAVISON Front Street, also known as County Road 10 (CR10), will receive improvements to crosswalks…

  • Parkway project to upgrade fort access

    Turnpike Authority will seek RFPs for $40M project BY KENNY WALTER & DAN HOWLEY Staff Writers The New Jersey Turnpike Authority announced Friday that improvements would be made to Exit 105 of the Garden State Parkway in Eatontown to improve traffic flow and facilitate access to the Fort Monmouth property. Improvements to the parkway will…

  • Photo

    Volunteers Vinnie Ohaviano (l) and Jonathon Dzialo pick up trash along the beach in Sea Bright during Clean Ocean Action’s 26th annual Spring Beach Sweeps, which took place at 69 sites along the New Jersey coast on April 30. More photos at gmnews.com. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Trainer excited about Kentucky Derby prospects

    Kelly Breen’s 3-year-old Pants On Fire won $1M Louisiana Derby BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Kelly Breen has watched the race over and over and the result is always the same. The 3-year-old thoroughbred he trains, Pants On Fire, had what could best be described as the perfect race. “I’ve watched the race many times,”…

  • New Brunswick Athletic HOF hosting dinner

    The New Brunswick High SchoolAthletic Hall of Fame will be hosting its 16th Annual Induction Dinner at 7 p.m. on May 7, at the Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick. This year, it will be honoring 10 former athletes and two honorees. The 2011 Athletes and Honorees are: Athletes-Dr. Tyrell Omar Brown, Class of 1990; Louis P.…

  • Vikings lacrosse team has gotten off to a solid start

    Team is currently 9-1 BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent A fter posting a solid 9-1 record through its first 10 games, the South Brunswick High School boys lacrosse team is set to square off against two non-conference foes this week — Montgomery and The Hun School — as it prepares for the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament,…

  • Raiders volleyball team is gaining confidence

    North Brunswick Township High School’s Sean Youngman is congratulated after hitting his second home run of the game — the first was a grand slam — to put the Raiders up for good in the bottom of the sixth inning in a game against Sayreville War Memorial High School in the GMC Autism Awareness Day…

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