• SPORT SHORTS

    Michael Anifantis has been named Director of Racing for Monmouth Park Racetrack, replacing Mike Dempsey, who recently announced his retirement. Anifantis, whose relationship with Monmouth Park dates back to the 1970s, most recently worked at the Shore track last season when he was assistant racing secretary.

  • Young Jaguars, veteran Lions ready to drop puck on season

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School’s ice hockey team will put a young group on the ice when it opens its season at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 30 against Toms River High School East at Jersey Shore Arena in Wall. Only four seniors return from last year’s team that lost eight players to graduation…

  • Brookdale women win 3rd straight NJCAA soccer title

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer All that was left for head coach Katie Miller to do was admire what unfolded on the soccer pitch. Her Brookdale Community College women’s soccer team played flawlessly, just as she had envisioned all year. In the semifinals of the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division III National Championship…

  • Rafferty runs Holmdel Park personal best during MOC

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School senior Ryan Rafferty ran 16:14 on the challenging Holmdel Park course for 18th place in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions (MOC). His time was 10 seconds faster than a year ago when he finished 29th. It was a personal best for him on that course. “I like…

  • Jaguars to defend grid crown in final versus Brick Memorial

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School’s football team will face a familiar opponent when it defends its NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV championship against top-seeded Brick Memorial High School Dec. 5 at High Point Solutions Stadium on the campus of Rutgers University. The Jaguars will pose an unfamiliar challenge for Brick Memorial High…

  • Wypych headed to Siena

    Jackson Liberty High School’s Tatiana Wypych signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her academic and athletic career in field hockey at Siena College. Looking on as she signs her letter are, left to right, athletic supervisor Robert Paneque, principal Maureen Butler, coach Ashley Forsyth, coach Kate Gibson, middle school coach Jamie Boccia and…

  • Holiday in the Park®” at Six Flags Great Adventure

    TOP PICK Six Flags Great Adventure’s new holiday extravaganza, “Holiday in the Park,®” runs weekends and select days through Jan. 3. More than a million lights, holiday entertainment, seasonal treats, Santa’s Village and many popular rides will magically transform into a winter wonderland. Signature attractions include: “Holiday Magic: A Celebration of the Season,” a light…

  • Think you know the Thanksgiving story? We’re on the set as NGC tells the real tale in ‘Saints & Strangers’

    By Lori Acken, www.channelguidemag.com Vincent Kartheiser is doing his best to be patient. Sporting coarse Pilgrim garb, a full beard and shoulder length tresses (no Mad Men, this!) as Plymouth Colony leader William Bradford on NGC’s Saints & Strangers, Kartheiser finds the speech he is about to deliver — one arguably launching American free market…

  • Did you know …

    Michael Stahl-David and Eloise Mumford in “Just in Time for Christmas” Hallmark Hall of Fame’s “Just in Time for Christmas” will premiere Saturday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. on Hallmark Channel. Eloise Mumford (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) and Michael Stahl-David (“Cloverfield”) play two young people who’ve known their whole lives they’ll probably end up getting…

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