• Hazlet resident is Volunteer of the Year

    RED BANK — Marie Hanna, of Hazlet, a volunteer with the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Hospice Program (VNACJ), was named Volunteer of the Year by the Monmouth Park Charity Ball Committee. Hanna has been with the VNACJ for the last seven years, working with terminally ill patients as well as working to bring…

  • Days Off From School’ at Mid’twn Arts Center

    The Middletown Arts Center will offer “Days Off From School” programs for elementary age children on Dec. 27, 28, 29 and 30. Half- and full-day programs are available, featuring fun with the Doodle Dude, dancing and other art enrichment experiences. The half-day program is $20 for members, $25 for nonmembers per day, and the full-day…

  • Candlelight, warm cider at Murray Farmhouse

    A candlelight reception will be held 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Dec 26, at the Poricy Park Conservancy’s historic Murray Farmhouse. Visitors can enjoy a cup of warm cider while listening to the sweet sounds of minstrel Tony Sloan. Children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult. Walk-ins are welcome. Donations would be greatly appreciated. The…

  • Pre-New Year’s Dance Party set for Dec. 29

    Middletown students in grades K-5 and their parents are invited to ring in the new year at the Croydon Hall gym, 900 Leonardville Road, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Wednesday, Dec 29, for a fun-filled afternoon. A DJ will provide music, fun and games. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase. Bring lunch…

  • Rebels ready for hoop season

    Howell High School boys basketball coach Brian Quick has a seniorladen team that is coming off a 2009-10 state tournament campaign in which the Rebels upset Trenton Central and that victory has the Rebels looking to build on that success. Point guard Ryan Keegan, Kendall Simmons, Brian Jordan, Mike Porter and Shawn McClintock are returners…

  • Lions facing tough slate in C Central hoops play

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent When basketball fans talk about building a team from scratch, Jackson Liberty High School boys coach Mark Lax is a case in point. The Lions not only have built a team around three veterans from a squad that produced only one victory last season and many players new to the varsity,…

  • Veteran Jaguars expecting big season

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Evans sisters were eager to start the 2010-11 basketball season at Jackson Memorial High School and that eagerness showed right from the start when the Jaguars rolled over crosstown rival Jackson Liberty High School, 69-34, on Dec. 17 behind 17 points from Christa Evans and 15 points from Shannon Evans,…

  • Wrestling season under way

    Left: Howell’s Joey Schultz (r) looks to stay off his back during his 130-pound match with Montgomery’s Tyler Bobal at the JFK Mustang Invitational in Iselin on Dec. 28. Above: Howell’s Asanti Maurice (l) has control of Woodbridge’s Brandon Griffin in their 145-pound match. Maurice won this match and went on to the semi-finals. The…

  • School event helps Toys for Tots

    HOWELL — An annual ice cream social for first-graders at the Adelphia School was held on Dec. 10. Donations were accepted during the event to assist Toys for Tots this holiday season. Danielle Hill, one of the coordinators of the event and a member of the Adelphia School PTA, said the ice cream social is…

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