• Sports Shorts

    Sky Blue FC will take on the Boston Breakers in a Women’s Professional Soccer match July 4 at Yurcak field on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway. The first 2,500 to come through the gates will receive free hotdogs. Attendees can view the 1999 Women’s World Cup trophy. Visit www.Sky- BlueFC.com or call 1-888-SBFC-TIX.…

  • JFK plays its way to a state baseball title

    BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The John F. Kennedy High School baseball team wrapped up the 2009 season in style by winning its first state championship in school history. Led by a historic tournament run by senior hurler Brian Schroeder, the Mustangs ended their quest with a 5-2 victory over Shawnee in the NJSIAA Group…

  • TNR is most effective, cheapest way to control feral cats

    Project TNR (Trap-Neuter- Release) applauds the Old Bridge Animal Rights Association (OBARA) for reaching out to the community to offer its services in managing the township’s feral-cat population. Throughout New Jersey, forward thinking town officials are increasingly seeking to develop TNR programs to manage feral cats, and Old Bridge Township would do well to enlist…

  • N.J. candidates for gov. must define role

    For the first time, New Jersey voters will select a lieutenant governor along with a governor in November, but many are unaware or confused about the role the lieutenant governor will play. Soon candidates for governor will announce their picks — and speculation abounds — but not much has been said about the responsibilities and…

  • AARP providing online aid to avoid ‘doughnut hole’

    In just a few months, it is estimated that more than 1 million older Americans will fall into the “doughnut hole,” the coverage gap in Medicare’s prescription-drug program that renders individuals responsible for all their own drug costs while still paying premiums. What a lot of people could use is some advice about avoiding this…

  • Suit that polarized town enters a new chapter

    Coda • GREG BEAN I’ve written about the Stuart Moskovitz/Manalapan imbroglio a number of times over the last few years, so it’s appropriate to note the fact that one chapter of this sorry mess may finally be over. Last week, according to a story posted on the Greater Media Newspapers website by Mark Rosman, managing…

  • NOTES

    Layli Whyte, communications director for the 12th District Legislative Office in Red Bank, was one of the volunteers who helped clear debris from a gully behind a convenience store on E. Front Street in Red Bank June 27. The cleanup was a community event organized by 12th District legislators and the Borough of Red Bank.…

  • Twin Lights beacon was nation’s first radio station

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HIGHLANDS — The year was 1899, and an Italian American named Guglielmo Marconi placed a receiving station, complete with an antenna, at the Twin Lights, sending results of the America’s Cup yacht races off the tip of Sandy Hook to editors at the New York Herald and demonstrating the…

  • Insurance broker sentenced for theft

    A Tinton Falls insurance agent has been sentenced to a three-year prison term for failing to secure coverage paid for by business clients. On June 19, Anthony M. Feliz, of Brick, was sentenced to a three-year state prison term for the second-degree crime of theft by failure to make required disposition of property, according to…

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