• Diamond captures national AA crown

    Colts Neck H.S. graduate wins collegiate club championship BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Lindsay Diamond was through with gymnastics. She tossed away everything associated with the sport. Lindsay Diamond “I was mentally done with gymnastics,” she said. After a stellar career at Colts Neck High School, Diamond went to the University of Rhode Island to…

  • Shassol brothers help ’Stangs close in on title

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Brothers Ben and Matt Shassol were introduced to volleyball by their father, Bobby, who began playing volleyball on the beach when he was in his 30s and took Ben and Matt with him. The boys learned the sport on the sands of Point Pleasant Beach and Belmar. Brothers Matt (l)…

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    Princeton University’s Ashley Higginson broke her own school record for the 3,000- meter steeplechase at the annual Princeton-Yale-Penn tri-meet held in Princeton. On the way to winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase race and lowering her Princeton record, Higginson, a Princeton junior who is a graduate of Colts Neck High School, set a new Ivy League record…

  • Patriots roll to third straight FRHSD crown

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Kwame Manful could not hide his joy as he held the Most Valuable Performer trophy he won at the 2010 Freehold Regional High School District Track and Field Championships. Freehold Township High School’s Sean Walsh won the 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the Freehold Regional High School District Track and Field…

  • DOT to close Route 9 overpass in Manalapan this weekend

    Detours to be posted as state replaces Gordons Corner Road bridge over highway The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today that the Gordons Corner Road/Tennent Road bridge over Route 9 in Manalapan will be closed this weekend from Friday, May 7 to Monday, May 10, in order to replace the bridge deck. One…

  • Paws in the Park Dog Walk May 22

    Bring your family and friends to the first Paws in the Park Dog Walk on Saturday, May 22, at Lake Papianni, located in the Edison Municipal Complex off Route 27 in Edison. Registration begins at noon, and the walk will take place between 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. There will also be face painting, designing…

  • Edison Elks installs officers for 2010-11

    The Edison Elks Lodge 2487 recently held its Installation of Officers for the fraternal year 2010-11. The following officers were installed: Exalted Ruler Howard Parusa, Leading Knight Kim Farinick; Loyal Knight David R. Krempa, Past Exalted Ruler (PER) Lecturing Knight Rich Maxwell; Tiler Bob Dice, secretary Nancy Dunham, treasurer Micheal O’Copnnor, Esquier Ed DeBaker, Chaplain…

  • Marketing program at Edison library May 12

    The Edison Public Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., Edison, will host Curt Worrell, Internet and marketing expert, for a program on “How to Harness the Power of Video Marketing and Social Marketing to Boost Profitability” at 6:30 p.m. May 12. Register at www.lmxac.org/edison/lib or call 732-287-2298, ext. 1.

  • Menlo Park Mall to host ‘Mom’s Nite Out’

    Recognizing the importance of moms and how they control 85 percent to 90 percent of household spending on everyday items, Menlo Park Mall will host a “Mom’s Nite Out” event, a nationally organized celebration for motherhood that plans to unite moms across the country. The event will take place 6-9 p.m. Thursday, May 6, in…

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