• Spotswood drama club to host yard sale, car wash

    The Appleby School Drama Club is hosting its annual Yard Sale and Car Wash this Saturday, March 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The yard sale will be held rain or shine in the Memorial Middle School cafeteria, and the car wash will be held in front of Spotswood High School, weather permitting. All…

  • Rockets’ ‘fun ride’ ends in state sectional final

    Raritan edged 44-42 by Ewing BYMATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent With three more wins to open the NJSIAA state tournament, Raritan High School, Hazlet, had won 18 of their previous 19 games. They were coming off a Shore Conference Tournament championship that left the team poised for a successful state tournament run. The Raritan Rockets defeated Johnson,…

  • More honors for Hawks soccer

    Monmouth University men’s soccer head coach Robert McCourt and senior standoutRyanKinne (Naugatuck, Conn./Naugatuck) were named the Big Apple Soccer College Coach and Player of the Year. McCourt, who also earned NSCAA/Mondo North Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year, led MU to a 14-2-4 record in 2010, claiming the program’s sixth straight Northeast Conference regular-season title…

  • Photos

    Left: Raritan High School’s Nick Liguori (right) tangles with Emerson Boro’s Steven Schneider as he looks to score a takedown during their 125-pound wrestleback quarterfinals match at the NJSIAA State Wrestling Tournament held at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, on March 5. Liguori won thismatch by a 10-2 decision and went on to finish fourth in…

  • Conditioning was difference maker for vaulter Spadaccini

    Won MOC title in jump-off BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Matawan High School’s Dylan Spadaccini is up and over the bar on his way to winning the NJSIAA Meet of Champions pole vault championship at the Bennett Indoor Complex in Toms River. Spadaccini raised his personal best to 14-6 in winning the state championship. ERIC SUCAR…

  • Read Across America Day

    Above: Marlon Bennet, a seventh-grader at Keyport Central School, reads to kindergartner Joseph D’Agostino on March 2 during Read Across America Day, which commemorates the birthday of children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss. Left: Seventh-graders Bianca Vargas (l) and Paige Elkovics also read to kindergartners. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY PHOTOS BY LAUREN…

  • Cheese lovers gain a local lair

    Cheese Cave in Red Bank specializes in artisan cheeses BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Clockwise from top: The shelves at the Cheese Cave on Monmouth Street in Red Bank are stocked with provisions that complement and enhance artisan cheeses. One of the artisan cheeses available at the newly opened shop. Owner Stephen Catania plans to…

  • on campus 

    St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, has named Holmdel residents CarolineAnnAndril and Shannon Elizabeth Lockwood to the dean’s list for the fall 2010 semester. Megan Relyea, of Middletown, a senior working toward a Bachelor of Professional Studies degree in management at Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, N.Y., earned a spot on the fall dean’s list.…

  • NOTES

    St. Joseph Council No. 3402 Knights of Columbus, 54 Highway Route 35 north in Keyport, will host Sweeney’s fish and chips dinners 6-9 p.m. March 11, 25 and April 8. The price is $12 for adults and $6 for children under 10 years of age. Proceeds will benefit charitable groups. Details: 732-264- 9729.  The…

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