• A house divided

    By Erik J. Martin CTW Features Divorce can be a difficult process — especially when real estate is involved. Here are strategies to ponder If you’re planning to divorce and divvy up your properties. They say breaking up is hard to do. But it’s even harder when a couple seeking a split own a home.…

  • Jackson resident charged with receiving stolen vehicle

    JACKSON — A late-night pursuit through Lakewood and Jackson eventually resulted in the arrest of a Jackson resident after officers from three police departments worked to locate a vehicle that had been reported stolen in Lakewood. Eric Conover, 47, of Oak Drive, was taken into custody following the pursuit on Dec. 12 and charged with…

  • Jaguars look to return to post-season

    JACKSON MEMORIAL A young Jackson Memorial High School girls basketball team hopes to mature quickly through January to clinch a return to the Shore Conference and NJSIAA tournaments. “We are very young, starting two freshmen. But we are getting better every day,” coach Rachel Goodale said as the Jaguars resumed their schedule after the holiday…

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    PHOTOS BY MATT DENTON Howell High School’s Victoria Caufield ran the anchor leg for the Rebels’ 4×200-meter relay team that finished seventh at the Monmouth County Relays held Jan. 2 at the Bennett Indoor Complex in Toms River.

  • Pienkowski assumes control of Jaguars’ lacrosse program

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School’s Troy Wolf has signed a national letter of intent to continue his lacrosse career at the University of Tampa. The senior team captain plays attack. Joe Pienkowski has been an assistant coach in three sports in Jackson, including assisting Steve Bado for both of his head coaching…

  • Swimming at the Ritz

    New Jersey Repertory Company presents “Swimming at the Ritz,” based on the life of socialite Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, who was appointed the U.S. ambassador to France in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton. The show will have a limited engagement from Jan. 8 to Feb. 1. Harriman was dubbed the ultimate “party girl”…

  • Howell manager-CFO heading into retirement

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Jeffrey Filiatreault HOWELL — After working for 21 years as Howell’s chief financial officer (CFO) and for the past 15 months in the dual role of CFO and township manager, Jeffrey Filiatreault retired Dec. 31. Lou Palazzo, who is the assistant CFO and has worked in Howell for eight…

  • Criticism of interfaith families hypocritical

    Your recent article “Interfaith Families Embrace Holidays” included criticisms by rabbis Pont and Kline of the Conservative and Reform movements. Rabbi Pont stated, “If you’re celebrating both, then you’re not really embracing either.” Rabbi Kline said, “You can’t have two different religious traditions that contradict each other and call them both yours.” I find these…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR An estimated 10,000 men, women and children in lavish costumes twirled and strutted down Broad Street in Philadelphia during the annual Mummers Parade on Jan. 1.

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