• RBC runners win two Eastern States relays

    LB’s Shuler-Foster captures 55 dash BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Three days after adding the final jewel to her crowning scholastic career (a Meet of Champions title), Red Bank Catholic High School’s Molly McNamara anchored her Casey teammates to a pair of Eastern States championships on March 1 at the New York Armory. The Caseys…

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    Shore Regional High School’s Luke Bush (bottom) tries to gain control of Morristown’s Desmond Towns during their 145-pound match in the preliminary round of the NJSIAA State Wrestling Championships held March 4 in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. Bush eventually won the match, 3-1. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Never-quit Bulldogs had storybook season

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Rumson-Fair Haven High School boys basketball team’s storybook season ended in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II semifinal with a loss to Ewing. The visiting Bulldogs, seeded third, did not go quietly, nearly erasing a 15-point deficit with a furious third-quarter rally, before falling, 53- 51, in front of a relieved…

  • NOTES

    The Fair Haven PTAwill host its 27th annual luncheon March 12 at Branches Catering on Monmouth Road in West Long Branch. The theme is “Welcome to the Boardwalk.” Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Proceeds from the luncheon will support the educational programs in the Fair Haven school system, specifically Sickles and Knollwood schools. Tickets are…

  • Judith Ann Hansen

    Mrs. Hansen, 72, of Shrewsbury, died Feb. 25, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, after a long illness. Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minn., she lived there until moving to Colts Neck in 1969. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in education. She was predeceased by two siblings, Donna Norton…

  • Mary C. Oliver

    Mrs. Oliver, 85, of Red Bank, died Feb. 22, 2011, at home after a lengthy illness. She lived in Red Bank for the past 32 years and was a native of Piscataway, residing there for more than 40 years. Mrs. Oliver was a communicant of St. James R.C. Church, Red Bank. Surviving are her husband…

  • Peter DePonte Sr.

    Mr. DePonte, 87, of Red Bank, died Feb. 28, 2011. In 1942, he enlisted with the U.S. Coast Guard and received several awards during World War II. Mr. DePonte was employed by the Red Bank Water Department for six years before being appointed to the Police Department in 1953. In 1973, he was promoted to…

  • WELCOME TO… Treasures of the Jersey Shore

    Asbury Park: A renaissance for Monmouth’s city-by-the-shore BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Three Asbury Park icons, the former Howard Johnson’s on the boardwalk (now McLoone’s Asbury Grille and Supper Club), the historic Convention Hall and Tillie. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Renowned for its rock ’n’ roll roots, diverse nightlife and a rising restaurant scene, the revitalization of…

  • ‘Give Peace a Chance’

    Left: John and Yoko, Tommy Smothers and Judi Marcioni Steinberg, Dr. Timothy Leary and wife Rosemary sing “Give Peace A Chance.” Above: John and Yoko perform a spontaneous and unrecorded duet. JOAN ATHEY/Peaceworks Now Productions elebrate John Lennon’s life and legacy through images and stories featured in the exhibition “Give Peace a Chance: John Lennon…

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