• Peddie swimmers shine at mini-meet

    The Peddie Aquatics Association recently competed in the 2010 Snowball Mini-Meet in Princeton. In 8-year-old individual events, Zoe Stokes finished first in the 25 free (15.29) and the 50 fly (44.11). Kaitlyn Cawley won the 25 breast (21.65) and placed second in the 50 back (43.67). Manalapan’s Anthony Napreev finished second in both the 25…

  • Group championships next for CJ II champion Ticse

    Redbird teammates Meloro, Lubieski also qualify BYWAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Caroline Ticse, who will take her running talents to Johns Hopkins this fall, and her Allentown girls track and field senior classmate Bridget Meloro are back in the NJSIAA Indoor Group II state championships on Saturday (Feb. 19) at the John Bennett Athletic Complex in…

  • Intent to play baseball

    Allentown High School student Brett Miller signed a National Letter of Intent to attend York College of Pennsylvania where he will play baseball. Miller is pictured with Brian Nice, Allentown High School head baseball coach, Richard Freccia, guidance counselor, and parents, Kevin and Sandra Miller.

  • Join harness racers at benefit to help horses

    Harness-racing drivers and trainers will serve drinks at Redd’s Restaurant and Bar in Carlstadt to benefit the Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) in Hamilton. There’s a $10 cover charge for the event, which starts at 5 p.m. Feb. 21. All proceeds, along with all the tips given to drivers and trainers, will go to SRF, a…

  • 2011 backyard bird count invites people to ‘count for the future’

    During the weekend of Feb. 18-21, people across the North American continent are encouraged to count the birds in their backyards and report them over the Internet as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), one of the world’s largest volunteer efforts of its kind. In addition to its value as a research study,…

  • Monmouth County parks seeking volunteers

    The Monmouth County Park System is looking for volunteers to become docents/receptionists at Huber Woods Environmental Center in Middletown, Bayshore Waterfront ParkActivity Center in Port Monmouth and the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center. If you are 21 years of age or older and enjoy interacting with people, you may have what it takes to step into…

  • County TV show kicks off fourth season

    The county’s monthly televised program, “Monmouth in Focus,” is on television and YouTube this February with a look at the county’s 2011 Organization Day that took place in January. “The fourth season of ‘Monmouth in Focus’ begins with at a look at what residents can expect from the Board of Freeholders this year,” Freeholder Director…

  • County helps recoup $633,488

    The Monmouth County Division of Consumer Affairs recouped $633,488 on behalf of consumers last year, an increase of $132,430 over the previous year, according to a press release from the county. The figures are contained in the division’s year-end report, which also shows that the number of cases handled by the department rose slightly in…

  • G. Richard Walter Sr.

    Mr. Walter, 73, of West Windsor, died Dec. 20, 2010, at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Hamilton. Mr. Walter was a pharmacist and owned and operated Walter’s Pharmacy in Allentown for 40 years. He was a U.S. Navy reservist, a former committee member and mayor of West Windsor Township. He was also a former member of…

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