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    The Saint James boys soccer team had a record-setting season this year culminating in winning the Monmouth County Intermediate School Soccer League Conference Championship, defeating Lincroft’s Oak Hill Academy 5-3. Saint James Elementary School, a pre-K through eighth grade Catholic school, serves students and families in the greater Red Bank/Middletown area. For more information, visit…

  • Frick leaving Allentown to pursue Olympic gold

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Justin Frick, a 10th grade English teacher at Allentown High School, will be leaving his three-year position to renew his quest for a spot on the U.S. Olympic track and field team in the high jump at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “I’ve been training for a…

  • Defense leads the way as Redbirds move to semifinals

    ALLENTOWN VARSITY REPORT By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School’s Ricky Mottram tries to ward off a tackle attempt by Freehold High School’s Xaviere Madera during the Nov. 14 NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV playoff game in Freehold. The Redbirds edged the host Colonials, 10-7. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Allentown High School’s football team stepped out of…

  • Jacobson, Hanson Sico elected to Millstone K-8 school board

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Amy Jacobson, Billy Hanson and John Sico Jr. have won three-year terms on the Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education. Jacobson is a member of the board; Hanson and Sico are newcomers who will join the panel in January. When the results were tallied on Election Day,…

  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Oh My!

    TOP PICK The Monmouth Museum’s Annual Holiday Exhibition is “Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Oh My!,” with an opening reception on Nov. 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. The Monmouth Museum model train display will return. The Friends of the Monmouth Museum will present their Annual Holiday Tree, decorated with transportation memorabilia. Art scholars often talk…

  • Comic expo comes to N.J.

    EDISON — The New Jersey Comic Expo is coming to Edison. MAD Event Management will debut its newest comic convention on Nov. 21-22 at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, 97 Sunfield Ave. The biggest event of its kind to come to the Garden State, according to organizers, the expo is a family friendly…

  • County auction nets more than $180K

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that the county’s recent auction of surplus items generated $180,736, bringing the combined total of the county’s online surplus property auctions to $2,961,759. Surplus property from the county’s Division of Fleet Services, Sheriff’s Office, Buildings and Grounds Department, Reclamation Center and park system, and seized and surplus…

  • Local club gains national standing

    Fred Davis, the national director of new chapters with the Antique Motorcycle Club of America, has announced that the Jersey Shore chapter has become the 63rd chapter in the national club. The Antique Motorcycle Club of America was founded in 1954 by a group of antique bike fans in New England, according to a press…

  • Accident claims life of Millstone young adult

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Investigators are attempting to pin down the cause of a motor vehicle accident that claimed the life of an 18 year-old Millstone Township resident. “Hearing this news is heart-wrenching,” Millstone Township K-8 School District Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder said. “To learn of the loss of a former…

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