• Builder looks west, slightly, to construct 181 apartments

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer After a run of proposals along the oceanfront, a developer has come forward with a plan for the west side of Ocean Boulevard in Long Branch. James Monteforte, architect for Ocean Gate Apartments LLC, said the proposal to construct 181 apartment-style units on the corner of Cooper Avenue and Ocean…

  • Long Branch man charged with killing woman

    LONG BRANCH — A city man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Long Branch woman, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Christopher “Chato” Aparicio-Reyes, 21, was charged on Dec. 14 with one count of first-degree murder for the death of Jennifer Pizzuto. Pizzuto, 40, was found dead on Dec. 13…

  • Rosenbaum nets hat trick to lead Ravens’ rout over Pirates

    A hat trick from Josh Rosenbaum and two goals each from John Martin and Shawn Camisa led the Robbinsville Allentown Ravens co-op ice hockey team to an 8-2 victory over winless West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South Dec. 11 at Mercer County Park. Liam Hartmann scored the other goal for the Ravens, who improved to 5-1.…

  • Millstone Magic 10U captures USABL Central West fall title

    Millstone Magic’s 10-year-old baseball team won its first championship when it took the fall segment of the USABL Central West division playoff championship. Suffering only one loss, Millstone beat Crossbridge of Lambertville, 9-8, on a walkoff hit by Parker Sloss with the bases loaded. It completed a comeback from a 7- 0 deficit, and Max…

  • Veteran Redbirds to wrestle under new head coach Nock

    ALLENTOWN By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Returning state qualifiers Zach Turner and Jordan Rugo, who are both seniors, head a nucleus of six returnees that will lead Allentown High School’s wrestling team — a District 25 runner-up last year — into the 2015-2016 campaign. It begins Dec. 19 with the Icebreaker Tournament in Old Bridge. They…

  • Going up for the layup

    MATT DENTON Allentown High School’s Beckim Nikovic soars to the basket on his way to making a layup against Trenton Catholic Academy during a Dec. 9 preseason scrimmage in Allentown. On Dec. 18, the score will count, as Allentown tips off the 2015-16 regular season at home against Lawrence High School.

  • A Christmas Carol

    TOP PICK Playhouse 22 presents its 20th annual production of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” 8 p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 20 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Fred Dennehy returns as Ebenezer Scrooge. The rest of the cast includes Peter Reimann as…

  • Millstone Township teen named agricultural fair ambassador

    Rebecca Carmeli-Peslak Rebecca Carmeli-Peslak of Millstone Township has been chosen as the 2016 New Jersey Agricultural Fair Ambassador. Rebecca, 16, who is an 11th-grader at the Hun School of Princeton, was selected from among 10 contestants by the Agricultural Fair Association of New Jersey during the group’s fall dinner, according to a press release. As…

  • Sons return home bearing gifts – loads of laundry

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Ah, it’s Christmas time. The smell is in the air, the music fills our ears and the lights dazzle us with gleaming beauty. Bounties fill the carts, love fills our hearts and if you do it right, quickly from the supercenter, you shall soon depart. Our little Charlie, who…

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