• Baseball for the visually impaired comes to N.J.

    Game uses cues including beeping ball, vibrating bases BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer At this time last year, Sherlock Washington and Ohmny Romero had to spend their weekends flying from their homes in New Jersey to California to find a baseball league to play in. New Jersey Lightning player Ohmny Romero bats during the team’s…

  • Community forum looks at wind turbine issues

    Union Beach windmill would be higher than Statue of Liberty BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Residents and environmental groups continue to question the public health effects of wind turbines in high-density coastal communities like those in the Bayshore, where a wind turbine is planned. A 380-foot-tall industrial wind turbine planned for Union Beach borough received…

  • The Mater Dei High School class of 2010 sings the alma mater during the commencement ceremony

    The Mater Dei High School class of 2010 sings the alma mater during the commencement ceremony held at Mary, Mother of God Church in Middletown on June 10. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • U.S. needs national policy for energy

    GUEST COLUMN George Moffatt We constantly hear “It can’t happen here,” as overconfident engineers and officials assure us that hightech systems will save us from ourselves. The promises include: It’s safe to transport oil in single-hulled ships, until the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska; we can safely build cities below sea level, until Katrina…

  • Small business owners speak out at biz conference

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer State Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (l-r) and Freeholders Amy Mallet, John D’Amico and John Cuifo were panel members at a Hazlet Business Owners Association forum June 9. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA HAZLET — Bayshore business owners at a special Hazlet Business Owners Association (HBOA) public forum on June 9 told local officials that…

  • Ugliest House in N.J. contest under way

    What’s the ugliest house in the area? Is it in your neighborhood? Have your voice heard and compare your opinion with your neighbors by voting in the 2010 Ugliest House in New Jersey contest through July 2. Vote at http://www.TheUgliestHouse. com. Voting is free and open to the public, with no sign-up or registration required.…

  • Soloman named New Jersey baseball player of the year

    Bryan Soloman JACKSON — In its 25th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, the Gatorade Company in conjunction with ESPN RISE has named Bryan Soloman of Jackson Memorial High School as its 2009- 10 Gatorade New Jersey Baseball Player of the Year. Soloman, a senior, is the first Gatorade New Jersey Baseball…

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    Brookdale Community College sophomores J.C. Menna (Tinton Falls/Red Bank Catholic High School) and Andrew Archer (Freehold/St. John Vianney High School) have been named to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-American Baseball Team. Menna, the Jersey Blues’ ace righty, was named to the NJCAA First Team. Archer, a right fielder, earned a spot on…

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