• Sports Shorts

    The 23rd Annual New Jersey International Track and Field Meet will be held on Saturday on the Bob Roggy Memorial Field at Holmdel High School. This event, named in memory of the late Bob Roggy, a world class javelin thrower who starred at Holmdel High School, has brought some of the sport’s finest athletes to…

  • Hawks’ championship season comes to a close at Regional

    BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer While it may not have ended precisely how they would have liked it, the Monmouth University Hawks enjoyed another stellar baseball season this spring. The Hawks saw their 2009 campaign come to an end this past weekend with a pair of losses in the double-elimination NCAA Regional, but not before…

  • Lord Justice goes wire to wire in Spend a Buck Stakes

    Stronach Stables’ Lord Justice led all the way to win the $70,000 Spend a Buck Stakes, and Edith R. Dixon’s Smart Enough was a facile winner in the $60,000 Wolf Hill Stakes on turf before a crowd of 8,365 at Monmouth Park on Saturday. In the Spend a Buck Stakes for 3-yearolds, Lord Justice used…

  • Area athletes strike gold at Group track meet

    RFH’s Bellin repeats in 400 hurdles BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Melissa Bellin continues to make her senior year one to remember. Bellin added another state championship to her high school résumé on Friday at the NJSIAA State Group II Championships held at Frank Jost Field in South Plainfield. Bellin turned in her season’s best…

  • Shore Regional lacrosse falls to Mountain Lakes

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Shore Regional High School’s Chelsea Watts (center) attacks the goal and shoots while under pressure from Mountain Lakes High School’s Gretchen Boehmcke and Erin Turkot during the NJSIAA Group 1 lacrosse championship held at Robbinsville High School on May 30. Right: The Blue Devils’ Chelsea Henderson puts pressure on…

  • Columnist being ‘myopic’ over taxes, schools

    In a recent editorial (“Never Mind the Details, Let’s Have a Tax Revolt!” May 21, 2009), Mark Rosman has concerns about being a heretic. I assure Mr. Rosman he is not; his views are just myopic. To state that the Abbott school districts are “now the wealthy districts” shows a total lack of understanding of…

  • Nuclear power is the answer to energy dilemma

    Much has been spoken about the need to expand wind and solar power generation. If those two areas are expanded on a large scale, the total energy contribution for us in the USA will be far less then 5 percent of our total energy needs. Electric cars are also heralded as the savior, but we…

  • T.F. mayor-elect and team thank supporters

    Thank you for your support on Election Day. We are humbled by the number of people who have voted for us to be their voice in Tinton Falls. We campaigned since January and listened attentively to each person we visited. However, the victory on Election Day was due to the hard work of the countless…

  • Boro should say no to MOM and transit village

    Months back, Mayor Pat Menna stated publicly that he was open to the idea of pursuing Transit Village status for Red Bank, if it would secure free money to use on town projects. Taxpayers know that nothing is free. “Free” is a mirage that appears and disappears with regularity in Red Bank. If you look…

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