• Brookdale upgrading its athletic facilities

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer One of the best-kept secrets in Monmouth County may be what is going on at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. The athletic facilities at Monmouth’s county college are undergoing a face-lift. In addition to upgrading the Robert J. Collins Arena on campus, Brookdale is expanding the arena complex to include…

  • Shortest Distance sets Freehold win streak

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Shortest Distance had the staying power. Owned and trained by Freehold’s John Schmigel, Shortest Distance set a Freehold Raceway record for consecutive wins, 12, before the track’s winter-spring harness racing meet recently concluded. Driver Jim Marshall III, of Jackson, and owner-trainer John Schmigel, of Freehold, take Shortest Distance out for…

  • BlueClaws game to help raise funds for FAAN walk

    Public invited to attend nut-free game Aug. 4 The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) will host an inaugural fundraising event at the Lakewood BlueClaws’ game on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood. In an effort to help protect allergic fans and in honor of all individuals with food allergies, the BlueClaws will have…

  • Allentown High School’s top two make the grade

    Allentown High School valedictorian Kevin Predmore will be attending Duke University in Durham, N.C., in the fall after a distinguished high school career. Kevin Predmore He graduated with a 4.31 GPA and scored 2250 on the SAT (800 Math; 730 Critical Reading; 720 Writing; and 800 Math II) His extracurricular activities included National Honor Society,…

  • Legislation would help some returning veterans

    Coda • GREG BEAN This Fourth of July was certainly a bittersweet holiday in our home. Those who know me know that our son Coleman, an Army sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, took his own life last September. In the months since, our family has learned a lot about the problems faced by…

  • The good news is, it’s over for another year

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Summer’s here and the living is easy. Last week was nothing but hot days, warm nights and quiet evenings enhanced by the sound of ringing ears brought on by pop bottle rockets and firecrackers. Some say the Fourth of July doesn’t start until around one o’clock on the…

  • More information needed to calm fears of swine flu

    In the News In the News • CLARE MARIE CELANO A little boy who recently completed the first grade at the Lucy N. Holman School in Jackson died from swine flu on June 27. The Ocean County Health Department issued a press release announcing that county’s first death from what is also known as the…

  • Ohioan pursuing veterans’ autograph collection

    Guest Column • Kyle Nappi My name is Kyle Nappi. I am 19 years old and I live in Ostrander, Ohio. I have a big interest in history, specifically World War II, and I collect military medals, patches, badges, insignia, field gear and a very unique thing: veteran autographs. I have a collection of autographs…

  • FLORENCE: Photographer’s exhibit documents urban decay at mill

    by Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer    Growing up in Bordentown, Barbara Gilmer would frequently pass by Roebling’s former steel mill site on her way to her grandmother’s house in Burlington Township.    The mill, run by the John A. Roebling’s Sons Co., had manufactured the steel cables used to support both the Golden Gate Bridge and the…

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