• 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 •••

    Natalie Renee DeAngelo of Tinton Falls has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Drew University, Madison.

  • George William Palmer Sr.

    Mr. Palmer, 93, of Freehold, died July 11, 2010. He was a former Gulf Station owner and an auto mechanic, retiring in 1985. Mr. Palmer was predeceased by two brothers, Samuel B. Palmer Jr. and Theodore Palmer; and a sister, Evelyn Driver. Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Helen Baker Palmer; two sons, George…

  • Dorothy Courtney Johnson

    Mrs. Johnson, 94, of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Freehold, died July 4, 2010. She was born in New York City and had lived in Weehawkin, Hazlet and Freehold prior to moving to South Carolina. Prior to retiring, she worked at the New York Athletic Club as an auditor. She was predeceased by her…

  • Harry (Beau) W. Jackson Jr.

    Mr. Jackson, 67, of Eatontown, died July 1, 2010, at home. He retired from American Movers as a supervisor, and was also a certified chef. He was predeceased by his stepfather, Lewis M. Riley; his mother, Bessie M. Riley; three brothers, Robert “Ducie” Jackson, Riccardo “Ricky” Riley and Lawrence “Pinky” Riley; and a sister, Dianne…

  • Deer vs. Dear

    Recent bills presented both in the Assembly and Senate of New Jersey, propose reduction of the safety perimeter from which bow hunters may take deadly aim, from 450 feet down to 150 feet. On Tuesday, June 15, testimony from many opposed to this dangerously expedient, lobby-driven attack on the safety of New Jersey’s residents, was…

  • Resident says it’s time to change drug laws

    Has anyone been able to keep track of how many gang-related shootings there have been in Monmouth County so far this year? Our elected officials are quick to give useless, politically correct answers to stopping the violent street gang epidemic, often by wasting your tax dollars on youth sports programs that do nothing to fight…

  • Will DEP become ‘Dept. of Expanding Pollution’?

    What if the take-noprisoners former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie told his staff prosecutions will be based not just on the law, but also on costbenefit analyses and whether the prosecutions hinder the economy? Clearly, the scenario is fictional. Prosecutor Christie’s time-honored path to Morven was in getting convictions, not giving concessions. But Gov. Christie is…

  • ‘The Rover’

    Members of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey perform in “The Rover,” a Restoration comedy by Aphra Behn, presented outdoors in Slocum Park, Long Branch, on July 17. More photos at gmnews.com. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY

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