• From Pucci to Prada, consignment goes couture

    Doubletake boutique puts designer fashion within reach BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Doubletake consignment boutique features top runway names in designer apparel, handbags, shoe, accessories and jewelry at a fraction of original retail prices. The Red Bank location is the third opened by boutique owner Marci Kessler. PHOTOS BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA RED BANK — As…

  • Aberdeen Twp. manager resigns for Old Bridge spot

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Joseph Criscuolo ABERDEEN — Township Manager Joseph Criscuolo will be returning to his old stomping grounds in Middlesex County on Jan. 20. Criscuolo, the former assistant business administrator for Old Bridge Township, formally resigned from his position as Aberdeen’s township manager at the Jan. 4 Township Council meeting to take…

  • Family seeks to sell off set of 31 vintage guitars

    Collectors’ cache of hand-crafted guitars made by New Jersey’s Sam Koontz BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer I t’s a story that might make William Shakespeare proud. “We’ve got passion, we’ve got love, we have beauty, we have death and we have suicide … it’s everything that Shakespeare would have written about,” said Christopher Wylde, who…

  • Mayor, deputy mayor seat switch in Holmdel Township

    Committee votes to cut fees to professionals BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Township Clerk Maureen Doloughty (r) shakes hands with new Holmdel Mayor Patrick Impreveduto (l) at the township’s annual reorganization meeting Jan. 3. Holmdel rang in the new year with a new mayor at its annual reorganization meeting Jan. 3. Three-term Mayor…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff A.J. Waters, a first-grader at Home Away from Home Academy in Aberdeen, blows up a balloon to demonstrate his science project for a classmate during the school’s annual science fair held at Matawan Regional High School in Aberdeen on Jan. 8. More photos, page 18 and at gmnews.com.

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    Central Jersey Travel Baseball League is taking registrations from teams interested in playing in the 2011 spring season, beginning March 27 and concluding with the championship on June 19. Games are usually scheduled for Sundays. Divisions are divided by strength and geographical location, with divisions for select teams, town all-star teams and town B teams.…

  • Lions look for offense as hoop season heats up

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent A fter starting from scratch a year ago with only two seniors, Dave Kasyan is building a girls basketball program at Jackson Liberty High School. “This year we are stressing improvement,” Kasyan said of a team that has only one senior and one junior and is off to a 3- 5…

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    Jackson Memorial High School’s Spencer Young (bottom) is tangled up with Jackson Liberty High School’s Brendan Kosheff during their 130-pound bout on Jan. 6 in Jackson. Young decisioned Kosheff, 6-3, and the Jaguars went on to defeat the Lions, 63-6. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Cameron, Rebels turn back Mustangs in A North action

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Marlboro High School had the matchup it wanted at 135 pounds as the Mustangs were trying to upset the defending Shore Conference A North Division wrestling champion Howell High School Rebels. Wrestling at home on Jan. 4, the Mustangs were in a tug of war with the Rebels and trailing…

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