• Jags try to wrap up A South soccer title

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent It was hard to imagine at the start of the 2010 season that Jackson Memorial High School’s young, rebuilding girls soccer team would be in the driver’s seat coming into this week for the Shore Conference A South Division championship. If the Jaguars (8-3) are able to lock up the title,…

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    Kelvin’s Basketball Academy, Marlboro, is accepting registration for coach Kevin Boyle (of St. Patrick High School) and coach Eric Woroniecki’s preseason training camp for boys and girls in grades 6-12, Nov. 20-24. The camp will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. and costs $200. Kelvin’s Basketball Academy is also accepting registration for coach Bob Mahala’s preseason boot…

  • Yellowfin tuna move into Hudson Canyon

    They are back and they are big. Yellowfin tuna have invaded the Hudson Canyon, and as you read this, anglers are in the canyon looking for a fight with these all-muscle and built-for-speed monsters. Charters from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Bay found yellowfins in the canyon from 70 to 90 pounds. Mahi-mahi are right in…

  • Rebels, Patriots play for crown

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer This was one tie that coach Rich Yuro and the Howell High School boys soccer team would take. Freehold Township High School’s Steve Hennessy (l) and Howell High School’s Connor Doherty collide as they battle for the ball during a soccer match between the Patriots and the Rebels on Oct.…

  • Volleyball squad sees hard work paying off

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent It is an exciting time for Christa Evans and the Jackson Memorial High School girls volleyball team. Along with leading the Jaguars to the best start in their four-year volleyball history at 10-3 coming into this week, Evans, a 6-4 senior who also excels in basketball, has decided on a college…

  • Board still eyes possible use of aid

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Board of Education members are still mulling over just how to make the best use of $1.1 million the Howell K-8 School District is eligible for from the federal Education Jobs Fund. “Along with [the money] comes some very serious concerns on how to and when to…

  • University partners with Biotech High

    Monmouth University announced that it has signed an articulation agreement with Biotechnology High School, Freehold Township. The partnerships will allow eligible students who have graduated from the four-year program at Biotechnology High School to enter the Monmouth University School of Science Bachelor of Science program in biology, chemistry, mathematics, computer science or software engineering with…

  • Albert “Sonny” E. Deiter

    Mr. Deiter, 70, of Howell, died Sept. 24, 2010, at home. He was a bull rider, livestock contractor and a well-known cowboy. Mr. Deiter was predeceased by two sons, James and Albert III. Surviving are three sons, Daniel, Bryan and James Deiter; three daughters, Sissy Markus, Maryann Deiter and Kerrie Hurley; 12 grandchildren; and three…

  • Antonie Mitsching

    Mr. Mitsching, 55, of Marlboro, died Oct. 3, 2010, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. He was born in Brighton, England, and had resided in the Morganville section of Marlboro for the past 22 years. He was a graduate of Worthing Tech College in England and was the director of network operations for Jet…

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