• Anniversary of ‘Mingo Jack’ lynching to be marked

    Mingo Jack Remembrance Group to hold March 5 memorial gathering BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer A splintered tombstone marks a grave at Locust Grove Cemetery in Eatontown where Samuel ‘Mingo Jack’ Johnson is believed to be buried. On March 5, 1886, a riotous crowd gathered outside the Eatontown lockup, located at what is now the…

  • Army secy: Keep commissary open

    PX could operate for two years after Fort Monmouth closure BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer The fight to keep the commissary at Fort Monmouth open past the post’s closure date in September has received some significant backing. In a pair of letters addressed to Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez (both D-N.J.), Secretary of the…

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    Monmouth University students perform on Feb. 24 in the spring musical “Godspell,” produced by the Department of Music and Theatre Arts at the Lauren K. Woods Theatre on the West Long Branch campus where performances continue through March 3. More photos page 8 and gmnews.com. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Scheuerman heads back to state championships

    BYWAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Ross Scheuerman is back in the state finals, and the unbeaten 171-pounder is primed for a stronger finish than last year when he was seventh in the state in a 35-4 season at 160 pounds. Scheuerman earned his return to the state championships that begin on Friday when he swept all three…

  • Ticse lowers school record again; Meloro medals in MOC high jump

    Allentown’s Bridget Meloro practices the high jump at Allentown High School on Feb. 24. Meloro and teammate Caroline Ticse both qualified for the Meet of Champions. ERIC SUCAR staff Caroline Ticse set yet another Allentown High School girls indoor track and field record in the 3,200 meters in her return to the NJSIAAMeet of Champions…

  • Allaire State Park is Wall’s treasure

    Treasures of the Jersey Shore The Allaire Chapel at the Historic Village at Allaire Nestled away in the woods on Atlantic Avenue (Route 524) in Wall Township is Allaire State Park, home to the Historic Village at Allaire. The park is one of the major attractions in Wall Township, a gateway town to the Jersey…

  • Third-graders get lost in time to find the Lenapes

    Students write and perform play to culminate months-long study of N.J. history BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Third-graders Jaida Gordon (l-r), Ariel Majorczyk and Mark Felong perform a play their class wrote about Lenape Indians, at Roosevelt Public School on Feb. 24. JEFF GRANIT staff Roosevelt children discovered a magical portal in the woods that…

  • Morton S. Moslowitz

    Mr. Moslowitz, 76, of Boca Raton, Fla., died Feb. 16, 2011, at Hospice by the Sea, Palm Beach, Fla. Born in New Haven, Conn., he lived in Colonia before moving to Boca Raton 19 years ago. Prior to retiring, he was a warehouse manager for Halper Brothers in Elizabeth. Mr. Moslowitz is survived by his…

  • Nicholas A. Russo

    Mr. Russo, 80, of Allentown, formerly of Manalapan and Freehold, died Feb. 20, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring in 1991, he was employed by Merrill Lynch, New York City, for over 20. Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Virginia Russo; a son, Michael Russo, and his wife, Maryann, of…

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