• Lions focus on next season as summer workouts begin

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent It’s a quieter summer for head coach Jim Sharples and his Jackson Liberty High School football team than a year ago. The Liberty Lions last summer were the buzz of the Shore during preseason when Matt Castronuova, one of the leading returning players, transferred across town to Jackson Memorial High school…

  • Closure

    TOP PICK Wendie Malick and Gary Cole New Jersey Repertory Company announces the world premiere of “Closure” by Richard Dresser. Previews begin June 25 and will run through July 19 for a limited engagement. When Jane and Peter’s daughter mysteriously disappears while on spring break, Detective Roy Hadley steps in to save the day. But…

  • Student honored at Model Congress

    PLUMSTED — Students from New Egypt High School recently attended a national debate competition at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Model Congress, in Philadelphia. According to Plumsted Township School District administrators, 21 students spent months preparing for the competition, writing their own bills to be debated, amended and, hopefully, passed, during the mock congress. “As…

  • Plumsted committee puts budget in place

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Concerns about an ongoing dust-up among the governor, state legislators and unions that represent state employees have been addressed in a manner that allowed the Township Committee to adopt Plumsted’s 2015 municipal budget. In May, the committee held off on adopting the budget due to the possibility that…

  • Jackson Township Council sets salaries

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The salaries of several department heads and other employees in Jackson were recently given a boost by officials, just weeks after the 2015 municipal budget was adopted. Three resolutions and one ordinance dealing with the raises were unanimously approved without comment by the members of the Township Council…

  • Teaching facing sex assault charge

    A Jackson resident who teaches at Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls, surrendered to authorities on June 3 after it was discovered he allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with one of his students who was under the age of 18, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Nicholas DePue, 29, is charged with…

  • Aspiring writer looks forward to honing her creative gift

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Renee Chen HOWELL — The ability to put pen to paper and create another world through words is something Renee Chen, 15, does with apparent ease. Renee, who is a sophomore at Howell High School, has been invited to attend writing conferences and workshops this summer in Pittsburgh, Pa.,…

  • DATEBOOK

     The Cream Ridge Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at 6 p.m. June 30 at the New Egypt firehouse, 59 Main St., New Egypt. All lot owners are invited to attend. Details: 609-758-8663.  The Jackson Library will host Maker Monday at 4 p.m. July 6. Ages 12-18 are invited to make a…

  • Graduation Day

    MATT DENTON Zachary Levers was among the proud seniors who marked their graduation from New Egypt High School in Plumsted on June 19.

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