• Howell boys lax team looks for improvement

    Howell High School boys lacrosse coach Derek Reichenbecher and the Rebels are trying to improve upon 2008’s 11-6 campaign. The Rebels have senior co-captains Troy Bonjavanni (attack) and Nick Caporaso (defense) to build around. Caporaso is the field general in the backfield while Bonjavanni is the centerpiece of the offense. Due to illness, Bonjavanni missed…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Jackson Liberty High School’s Juan Herrera competes in the pole vault during the Colts Neck Relays at Colts Neck High School on April 13. The Lions’ pole vaulters tied for fourth place in the event.

  • Jaguars start lacrosse campaign at 4-0

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer The 2009 edition of the Jackson Memorial High School boys lacrosse team is not going to have issues when it comes to scoring goals. The Jaguars return an experienced core of seniors who have a penchant for finding the back of the net. Jackson is off to a 4-0 start…

  • Joseph James Marcello Sr.

    Mr. Marcello, 85, of Eatontown, died April 5, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was a retired machinist at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, where he was employed 34 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Antoinette Marie Marcello, in 2002; four brothers, Frank, Anthony, Charles and Nicholas; and three sisters, Julia, Theresa and Margaret.…

  • Nuclear power a safe, dependable energy source

    Itake issue with your cartoonist’s slant on nuclear energy in New Jersey (Tri-Town News, April 9). We have an administration that is openly allied with the liberal green parties that refuse to consider building new reactors. Oyster Creek has shown that nuclear energy is a safe technology and would solve our need for a dependable…

  • Robert J. Raba Sr.

    Mr. Raba, 79, of Jackson, died March 23, 2009, at home. He was a chemical technician for more than 40 years. Mr. Raba was predeceased by his wife, Eileen, in 2006; a brother, Elliott, and a sister, Caroline. Surviving are his children, Robert J. Raba Jr. of Jackson; Linda M. Malley of Venus, Texas; James…

  • Development fee providing money for affordable homes

    We agree with state Sen. Jennifer Beck’s recent comments that New Jersey needs more housing people can afford. However, Sen. Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) does not propose to do anything new or different that will help build these homes or create jobs. Instead, she proposes that New Jersey return to failed and unfair policies of…

  • Elizabeth P. Magnussen

    Mrs. Magnussen, 84, a resident of Lakewood for the past 14 years, died March 12, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was employed as a legal secretary with Bethlehem Steel in New York City and Pennsylvania for 25 years before retiring. Her husband, Harold Magnussen, died in 1999. Mrs. Magnussen is survived by her…

  • Herbert Greenberg

    Mr. Greenberg, 81, of Lakewood, died March 6, 2009, at Leisure Park Health Center in Lakewood. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he had resided in Manasquan and Manalapan before moving to Lakewood. A World War II Navy veteran, Mr. Greenberg was an executive vice president of ShopRite and owned the Clean-Rite Dry Cleaning stores in…

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