• Drive-thru food collection set in O.B.

    The Old Bridge Food Bank, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, in the municipal complex, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will hold a Drive-Thru Food Drive 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 31. Individuals may drive up with their donations; food-bank volunteers will unload items from the car. The following items are requested and most needed: tuna fish; mayonnaise,…

  • Health- & beauty-aid drive set at O.B. YMCA

    The township of Old Bridge Food Bank, in partnership with the Old Bridge YMCA, will conduct a Health- and Beauty-Aid Drive during regular business hours July 23- Aug. 20 at the YMCA building, 1 Mannino Park. Collection bins will be set up inside the facility. Items sought include toilet paper, soap, toothpaste, feminine products, shampoo,…

  • Jersey Shore Roller Girls’ home opener is Saturday

    At Asbury Park’s Convention Hall The Jersey Shore Roller Girls All-Stars will face off against the Dutchland Blitz roller derby team at the JSRG All-Stars’ first home bout of the 2010 season on Saturday. The JSRG All-Stars travel team is undefeated thus far, having beaten the Harrisburg Area Roller Derby and Long Island Roller Rebels…

  • Stanley Dancer Memorial winners are contenders

    For $1.5 million Hambletonian It was only fitting that all three divisions of the Stanley Dancer Memorial went to sons of New Jersey stallions. The Dancer divisions, contested as the first, fifth and 11th races on July 17, at the Meadowlandswerewon by He’s A Demon by Muscles Yankee, Muscle Massive by Muscles Yankee and Holiday…

  • Gridiron Classic

    Long Branch’s Devron Clark looks for running space as he sprints up field during the July 16 U.S. Army All-Shore Gridiron Classic at Matawan High School pitting the best graduated seniors from Monmouth County against the best from Ocean. Monmouth’s all-stars won the defensive battle, 12-10. More photos at gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Long Branch Duals keeping high school wrestlers sharp

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Coming off their third consecutive NJSIAA Group II and Shore Conference Tournament titles, Long Branch Green Wave wrestlers have been hard at work preparing for their next season of wrestling. Clockwise from top: Long Branch’s Luke Balina looks to escape the hold of Freehold Township’s Connor West during a dual wrestling…

  • on campus •••

    Boston University awarded academic degrees to 5,819 students in May. Among the graduates were Dana Jaeger of Fair Haven, who received a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering, cum laude; Kelsey L. Moss of Little Silver, who received a Bachelor of Science in elementary education; and Andrew C. Keiser of Red Bank, who received a…

  • Willie J. Yarbrough

    Mr. Yarbrough, 66, of Manalapan, formerly of Tinton Falls, died June 24, 2010, at home. He was born in Williamson, Ga., and settled in Red Bank in 1962. He worked for the Preferred Construction, Bayonne, and the Patock Construction, Tinton Falls, as a labor foreman, retiring in 2008. He was predeceased by his first wife,…

  • Julia D. DeFelice

    Miss DeFelice, 20, of Tinton Falls, died unexpectedly July 16, 2010, in Dover, Del. She recently completed her junior year at Wesley College in Dover, where she was majoring in exercise science. Miss DeFelice was a member of the women’s soccer team and recently moved into the school’s top 20 all-time scoring list. She was…

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