• CJ champs

    DARLENE GALLAGHER Members of the Matawan Regional High School Huskies football team celebrate Dec. 13 at a victory rally after winning the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II championship. DARLENE GALLAGHER

  • Hazlet Rec thanks all who helped at Thanksgiving Celebration

    The Hazlet Recreation Commission would like to thank all that contributed to our seventh annual Thanksgiving Celebration held on Tuesday, Nov. 24. We are delighted that our many guests were able to enjoy this thoughtful and friendly holiday gathering. With the generous support of people like you — whether providing food, supplies, entertainment or time…

  • Huskies host, top Icebreaker Invitational

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer The Matawan High School wrestling team opened the season with a solid performance in winning its own Icebreaker Invitational Tournament on Saturday. Top: Matawan’s Johnny Short (top) tries to regain position on Old Bridge’s Dan Tyman during their 130-pound match at the 2009 Matawan Ice Breaker Wrestling Tournament on Dec.…

  • Wind turbines affect public health

    In a presentation to the New York State Legislature’s Energy Committee in March 2006, titled “Wind Turbine Syndrome,” Dr. Nina Pierpont cited numerous public health issues associated with siting wind turbines too close to homes, hospitals and schools. Dr. Pierpont graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1991. She holds a Ph.D. in…

  • Go team!

    ERIC SUCAR staff The Matawan Cheer Squad supports their classmates during a game at the fourth annual Student-Faculty Charity Basketball night held at the Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School gymnasium in Cliffwood on Dec. 17. Admission to the game was a new or unopened toy to be donated to a local family shelter. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Applications now taken for VSA arts of New Jersey awards

    VSA arts of New Jersey, New Brunswick, is accepting applications for the 2010 Arts Achievement awards and fifth annual Dare to Imagine awards. Deadline for applications is Jan. 11, and recipients will be announced in March. The Arts Achievement awards include the Student Arts Excellence awards presented to students with disabilities who are classified (mainstreamed,…

  • New zero-tolerance policy may change sports world

    Coda Coda • GREG BEAN I see this on television from time to time, and I think it’s a good idea. So here it is: Warning! Part of this column deals with adult subject matter— and that subject matter is sex.   When I was growing up, we didn’t have any professional sports teams in…

  • Bands rock for good cause at Stone Pony

    Greater Media Newspapers benefit aids Samaritan Center BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer JOHN LALANAS JOHN LALANAS JOHN LALANAS For several weeks faithful readers of Greater Media Newspapers probably couldn’t help noticing the articles and advertisements informing them about a special event Greater Media Newspapers was hosting at the historic Stone Pony in Asbury Park on…

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