• Trip to ‘Stars on Ice’ planned for March 28

    The Lakewood Community School has scheduled a trip to the Stars on Ice show on March 28 at the Izod Center (Meadowlands). “On the Edge,” produced by Olympic skater Scott Hamilton, will feature Olympic, world and national champion skaters. The $70 fee includes bus transportation and admission. The bus will depart from the Lakewood municipal…

  • Mothers Center to hold gift auction

    The Mothers Center of the Jersey Shore will hold its 17th annual gift auction at 5:30 p.m. March 26 at the Ramada Inn in Toms River. Tickets are $30 and include dinner, dessert, soft drinks, door prizes and one ticket for the grand prize. Tables for up to 12 people can be reserved. For more…

  • Vendors sought for spring craft fair

    JACKSON — A spring craft and vendor fair will be held at the Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Company, 113 New Prospect Road, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22. Craft and vendor spaces are available. For information, call 732-370-2180. Proceeds will benefit the firehouse.

  • Sport Shorts

    The Ocean County College Foundation’s eighth annual golf outing will be held May 5 at the Eagle Ridge Golf Club, Lakewood. The registration deadline is April 17. The $275 per player entry fee includes lunch, the use of the driving range for one hour before the shotgun start, greens fee, golf cart and a golf…

  • Impressive wins send Warriors to title game

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer The New Egypt High School boys basketball team found itself in an unfamiliar position in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I state sectional tournament this week. After posting victories over Keyport and Point Pleasant Beach last week, the Warriors (23-5) squared off against Asbury Park in the sectional championship game…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Jackson Memorial High School’s Derrik Russell (l) grapples with David Brearly’s Kenny Knapp during a 130-pound wrestleback match at the NJSIAA state tournament in Atlantic City on March 7. Russell placed sixth in the state in his weight class.

  • Bloom provides guide for young runners

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Marc Bloom has written nine books. Some were very personal, like “God on the Starting Line,” about his time coaching the St. Rose High School, Belmar, boys cross country team. Others were biographical (“The Miler,” about Steve Scott, the former American record holder in the mile run) or informative (“Run…

  • Helen McNamara Dart

    87, of Jackson, was a staff sergeant in the Women’s Army Air Corps during World War II and an editorial copy editor Helen McNamara Dart Mrs. Dart was born and raised on Shelter Island, NY, and had lived in Maplewood, NJ, Seaford, VA, and Howell Twp., NJ, before moving to Jackson in 2007. CLUBS &…

  • Pinelands land reclassification would have ripple effect

    Is anyone aware that in the middle of the worst economic depression we have seen in a century, the New Jersey Pinelands Commission is in the midst of formulating a plan to effectively reclassify the land use designation of tens of thousands of acres of land owned by thousands of individuals and companies? The effect…

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