• NJSIAA District 21 Tournament

    Howell High School’s Chris Albanese (l) maintains control of Marlboro High School’s Vinnie Leone during their 119-pound match on Feb. 20 at the NJSIAA District 21 Tournament at Manalapan High School. Albanese beat Leone, 4-2, in this bout and went on to win his first District 21 title. For more on the district tournament, see…

  • News of the weird: Tiger, VW, Olympics and more

    Coda • GREG BEAN So much to write about this week, so little space. Some weeks, I don’t know what I’m going to write about until I sit down at the computer on deadline day. Other weeks, there’s so much to write about I’d need 10 columns to do the subject matter justice. So, in…

  • Think before casting your vote in Jackson school election in April

    The defeat of the recent $29 million referendum has exposed many faults in the Jackson Township School District. Despite being overwhelmingly denied by voters, the district vowed in a recent newspaper article that they will continue to try to force this measure. This is a very dangerous and reckless approach for our children and we…

  • Public invited to event at World War II Center

    Brookdale Community College’s Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution will host a 65th Anniversary Commemoration on Feb. 27. I will be providing a very special battle scene diorama to accompany Gilmon Brooks’ recollections of his Marine landing on Iwo Jima. Gil served when the Marines were a segregated branch of the service…

  • Nonprofits continue effort to help veteran

    Arecent article in your newspaper talked about Operation One of Our Own (Jan. 28, 2010), in which several Jackson nonprofit organizations are combining fundraising efforts to help a disabled Jackson Iraq war veteran. As the article described, the groups are collectively known as the 501 Association and the groups involved are the Kiwanis Club of…

  • Jackson board honors teachers of the year

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Melissa O’Keefe JACKSON — They are creative, passionate and inspiring. They are considered to be the very best in each of their schools. They are Jackson’s teachers of the year. The school district’s outstanding teachers were recognized at the Feb. 16 meeting of the Jackson Board of Education. The board’s…

  • On Campus

    West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va., has named the following local residents to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Stephanie Dobbin, of Howell, a fashion design and merchandising major; Brittney Goad, of Howell, a pre-business and economics major; Rita Ciafardini, of Lakewood, a pre-elementary education major; Joseph McCawley, of Jackson, an accounting major; and…

  • Scholarships available

    PLUMSTED — The New Jersey League of Municipalities, representing all 566 municipalities in the state, has announced that three scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each will be awarded to high school seniors who will be entering college in the fall of 2010. Public, private and home-schooled students are all eligible to apply for the…

  • On Campus

    Hollie Ann Hubbs, son of Tina and Harold Hubbs of Howell, has been placed on the dean’s list for the fall semester at High Point University, High Point, N.C. The 2009 graduate of Howell High School is pursuing a degree in entrepreneurship. James R. Shinn of Jackson was named to the fall dean’s list at…

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