• ‘Of fantasy, of dreams …’

    Jersey City Performing Arts student Megan Cavanaugh performs Sonnet 116 from “Julius Caesar” during the 20th annual Monmouth County English-Speaking Union Shakespeare Competition for high school students held at Brookdale Community College’s Performing Arts Center in Lincroft on March 6. Students from 12 local high schools were asked to recite Shakespearean monologues and sonnets. ERIC…

  • Underground Railroad

    Clockwise from top: Second- and third-graders at Strathmore Elementary School in Aberdeen leave the stage after performing in a play on March 2 for teachers, students and parents about the Underground Railroad. Second-graders Joey Battipaglia (l) and Jaidyn Brigandi perform in the play, which celebrated the legacy of Harriet Tubman, an African American who helped…

  • Eagles’ hockey team fulfills playoff goal

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Matt Johnson exulted in Middletown High School South’s hockey team winning its second straight Shore Conference A South Handchen Cup title, beating Brick Memorial High School for the second straight year, 4-2. But he believed his season would not have been complete until the team made the state tournament, after…

  • Holck joins Mater Dei’s 1,000-point club

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer It’s been 20 years since Mater Dei High School’s boys basketball team had a 1,000-point scorer. But Glen Holck achieved the milestone recently in a game against Rumson Fair Haven, being the first to hit the mark since Chris Yetman did it in the 1989-90 season. Yetman’s nephew Ryan Yetman…

  • NJSIAA

    Matawan High School’s Johnny Short grapples with Bergen Catholic High School’s Connor Melde during their 125-pound bout in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA state wrestling tournament held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Short, who won District 21 and Region 6 titles this year, lost to Melde. More photos at www.gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Datebook

    • The Jackson Food Pantry will be open 9-11 a.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of every month. Those wishing to volunteer or drop off donations can come during this time (March 13 and 27). Special arrangements should be made in advance for large food drives. Call 732-833-6800 or email [email protected] for more information.…

  • Trip to museum and Cloisters scheduled

    The Ocean County Retired Educators Association will host a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters in New York on April 20. Lunch will be at Carmine’s North Manhattan restaurant. The all-inclusive price is $98 per person. The motor coach will depart from Toms River at 8 a.m. Reservations due by March…

  • Auditions

    National anthem tryouts for 2010 Lakewood BlueClaws baseball games will be held 6-9 p.m. March 24 at Monmouth Mall, Eatontown. All interested performers must fill out an application in advance of the auditions. Applications are only available in the BlueClaws executive offices and must be returned by March 19 at 5 p.m. All national anthem…

  • Business Briefs

    On April 8 at 6 p.m. the Rehab Center at Wedgwood Gardens, Route 9 north, Freehold Township, will host a free lecture, “Treatment Options for Chronic Knee Pain,” presented by Dr. Manuel T. Banzon, orthopedic surgeon of the Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute in Freehold. Banzon will highlight the benefits of “customized” knee replacement…

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