• Hazlet Hammerheads score at swim championships

    Nine members of the Hazlet Hammerheads Summer Swim Team won trophies or medals in their age groups (placed eight or higher) at the Monmouth County Swim Championships on July 26. Three team members won trophies or ribbons in three events each. Freddie McDonald placed third in the 100 Individual Medley for ages 15-18, fifth in…

  • Matawan football poised for strong season

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer With several starters returning to the fold, Matawan High School football coach Joe Martucci is looking for his team to improve upon last fall’s 6-4 record. The Huskies have excellent overall team speed, an experienced defense and a strong offensive line to go with a pair of quarterbacks who can…

  • Still rowdy after all these years — roller derby’s back!

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Jersey Shore Roller Girls league in Asbury Park is entering the home stretch of their season, which has seen attendance grow at bouts featuring the three league teams. Top: Murder Beach Militia and Anchor Assassins skaters wait for the start of a jam session during a Jersey Shore Roller…

  • Adult students mark an ending … and a beginning

    Brookdale’s Adult Basic Education students graduate BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Brookdale’s Adult Basic Education students graduate BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer With praise from their instructors and friends and families looking on with pride, more than 200 students marked the completion of Brookdale Community College’s Adult Basic Education (ABE) program recently. Kevin Dohorty (white…

  • Anonymous defamers should be very afraid

    Coda • GREG BEAN I’ve mentioned more than once over the last few years that there’s a day of reckoning coming for the cowardly slime-puppies who post anonymous libels on some of the blog sites around here (Are you listening, da Truth Squad?). And it looks like that day might be coming sooner than the…

  • School districts now permitted to use Monmouth County Co-Op

    To help schools rein in costs, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has adopted two resolutions allowing Monmouth County school districts to enter into municipal assistance/shared services agreements and the Commodity Resale System. School districts are also permitted to buy goods and services using the county’s Cooperative Purchasing Program rather than going out to bid…

  • Info officers recognized nationally

    The Monmouth County Department of Public Information is the recipient of two national awards from the National Association of County Information Officers (NACIO), an arm of the National Association of Counties (NACo). In addition, public information officer Laura Kirkpatrick has been elected to serve on the board of the National Association of Government Communicators. “This…

  • Diaz-White marks 25 years with Monmouth nonprofit

    It is hard to imagine 180 Turning Lives Around Inc., the private Monmouth County nonprofit organization dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual violence, without thinking of Anna Diaz- White. Anna Diaz-White Diaz-White, the organization’s executive director, was recently recognized at 180’s annual dinner for her 25 years of service. During her tenure, Diaz-White has…

  • Philly radio veteran to teach comedy course

    Steve Trevelise has been a fixture on NJ and Pa. radio for decades BY DEVIN ALESSIO Staff Writer We have all been there: we have watched episodes of “Seinfeld” or “Last Comic Standing” and wondered how that comic got to be so funny. Aspiring comedians can now fine-tune their funny bones at the Catch a…

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