• ‘Go Green’ during holidays

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Reuse holiday items such as a festive holiday napkin used as wrapping, newsprint-wrapped gifts, burlap-wrapped gifts and gift tags cut from Christmas cards. PHOTO COURTESY OF NANCY KRAUSS Residents are encouraged to “Go Green For the Holidays.” Trash sent to the landfill increases an average of 25 percent because of…

  • Deer pose danger for N.J. drivers

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Deer management is a crucial process in controlling the population of the wild mammal in New Jersey, a number that could well exceed 200,000 this year, according to state officials The state issues annual warnings during peak deer mating season that occurs usually from late October…

  • Ocean board denies Yeshiva proposal

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The developers of a proposed 96-student Jewish University ran out of time last week, forcing the Ocean Township Zoning Board of Adjustment to deny the application. The board unanimously ruled against the Yeshiva Gedola Na’os Yaakov’s application on Dec. 1 after developers opted not to seek a time extension to…

  • Photo

    Shore Regional High School head football coach Mike Constantino holds the championship trophy aloft as he and the Blue Devils celebrate their 56-28 victory over Palmyra in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I championship game played Dec. 5 at Kean University in Union. It was Shore’s second straight CJ championship. SCOTT FRIEDMAN photo

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Central Jersey Umpire Association is looking for men and women who enjoy baseball and would like to make extra money. The group has many games on weekends, weeknights and weekdays from 7U to summer college level. Cadet training for 2016 will begin in February. Call or email Ron Marino for more info at 732-829-8036 or…

  • Ravens go 2-1 to open hockey season

    Joe Pontrelli opened the scoring with a goal off a pass from Liam Hartmann and John Francis scored two goals off passes from Shawn Camisa and Joshua Rosenbaum for the Robbinsville-Allentown Ravens co-op ice hockey team. Wall High School rampaged for nine goals from there, however, for a 10-3 victory Dec. 4 at Mercer County…

  • Millstone Junior Midgets capture Eastern Region title

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Millstone Eagles Junior Midget Pop Warner team achieved a first for the program when it beat Schenectady Belmont, New York, 20-18, for the Eastern Region championship at Watchung Hills. The region title game Nov. 28 is the farthest any team can advance in that weight class, which has a range…

  • Switching gears to indoor track

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Allentown High School’s Matt Gregor competes in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III cross-country championships at Thompson Park in Jamesburg. The Redbirds’ distance runners will now turn their attention to the indoor track and field season.

  • Santaland Diaries

    TOP PICK With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness, proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. Perhaps, his most…

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