• Gray: A shade better

    Bye-bye, beige! Gray is the hot neutral of the moment It’s a time-honored real estate maxim: The best way to excite buyers is with the low-key, neutral approach. “One red wall could stop [buyers] from looking any further if that isn’t their thing,” notes Nicole Sassaman, author of “100 Sassy Tips: Renovations” (Design Life, 2013).…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Immaculata University’s Annemarie Bartow won the Colonial States Athletic Conference’s (CSAC) highest end-of-theyear award for a first-year player when the conference announced its annual awards. Bartow, a shortstop from Howell, was named the 2015 CSAC Softball Rookie of the Year. Additionally, Bartow was named First Team All-CSAC. Bartow made an immediate impact for the Mighty…

  • Lancers defend county title; conference, sectionals up next

    ST. JOHN VIANNEY By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The St. John Vianney High School softball team, caught in its toughest battle of the season in the Monmouth County Tournament (MCT) finals against Matawan Regional High School, got a flawless performance from pitcher Ashley Ventura. Ventura tossed a perfect game and blasted a home run to propel…

  • Goetz captures school’s first girls outdoor county track title

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Nikki Rue had her best day in a Carl W. Goetz Middle School uniform and so did many others as the Jackson team won the Ocean County outdoor track and field championships at Southern Regional on May 12. “It’s been nothing but good since then with the kids and with the…

  • Bausher wraps Lehigh career with high marks

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Pitcher Emily Bausher of New Egypt concluded her career at Lehigh University in the NCAA Regionals, where the Mountain Hawks lost to Texas A&M University May 17. She owns a career record of 66-32 at Lehigh with a 1.65 ERA and 26 complete-game shutouts, which ranks second in school history. LEHIGH…

  • Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival

    TOP PICK More than three dozen of the area’s best food trucks will converge on Monmouth Park for three days of food, fun and racing. The Memorial Day Weekend Food Truck Festival will be held May 23-25 at the Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport. The participating food trucks include Ahh! La Cart, Amanda’s Bananas, Betty’s…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Leonard Allen of West Long Branch has been promoted to vice president and business development officer for Harmony Bank, with headquarters in Jackson. His main responsibility includes building, expanding and enhancing business and customer relationships in the Lakewood community. Allen was named a 2009 and 2010 Business Person of the Month, and the 2007 Citizen…

  • Zoning changes enacted

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council has adopted an ordinance that changes permitted uses in the Highway Development (HD-3) zone on Route 33 in Howell. The ordinance provides for the revision of some principal uses in the zone. According to the ordinance, the purpose of the HD-3 zone is “to…

  • Movie theater move OK’d by Howell zoning board

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — A movie theater that was slated for construction at Route 9 and West Farms Road will instead be built several miles south at the Greenleaf at Howell Plaza. The Greenleaf at Howell Plaza is on Route 9 north, about 650 feet south of Lanes Mill Road. On…

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