• SPORT SHORTS

    Manalapan Parks and Recreation’s Winter Youth Track Team will start up on Jan. 8. The program will be held on Thursdays from 6-7 p.m. for grades 2-8, Saturdays from 1- 2 p.m. (grades 1-4) or 2:10-3:10 p.m. (grades 5-8). All sessions will be held in the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School gymnasium, and participants can attend…

  • Jaguars bowlers picking up play heading into Brick Tournament

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent After a slow start, Jackson Memorial High School’s boys bowling team has caught fire just in time for the heralded Brick Tournament at Ocean Lanes on Jan. 3. One key to the upswing by the defending NJSIAA Group IV and section champions, according to Kevin McCann — the team’s third coach…

  • Liberty Lions ice hockey on upswing with two straight wins

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent New head coach Kyle Weise said Jackson Liberty High School’s ice hockey team has had an “up and down” season, which is reflected in its 4-3- 1 record. But the Lions have been on an upswing of late with two impressive victories: 11-4 over Red Bank Regional High School and 7-6…

  • Goetz boys share top spot in Red Division hoops

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Carl W. Goetz Middle School’s boys basketball team in Jackson has had winning seasons in all but one year during the two decades it has been coached by Steve Bado. It is primed for another solid season in the Ocean County Intermediate Athletic League. The team comes out of the holiday…

  • Celebrating a win

    MATT DENTON Howell High School head wrestling coach John Gagliano (wearing tie) reacts to Kris Lindemann’s come-from-behind win during the Dec. 23 dual-meet match between the Rebels and Phillipsburg High School in Howell. The Rebels pulled out at 27-24 victory in one of the biggest dual meets of the season.

  • Rebels wrestlers make early statement beating Phillipsburg

    HOWELL By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School’s Anthony Gagliano maintains his control on Phillipsburg High School’s Donald Agans during their 132-pound match held at Howell on Dec. 23. Gagliano won by a major decision, helping the Rebels defeat the Stateliners, 27-24. MATT DENTON Talk to any Howell High School wrestler, and he will…

  • Brookdale cuts staff in face of financial crisis

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The Brookdale Community College board of trustees voted 11-1 to approve the president’s proposal for a reduction in force that eliminates 47 positions at the college. The action, which was taken at the board’s Dec. 11 meeting, will eliminate a $5.5 million deficit in the college’s budget, according to…

  • Holiday lights may be recycled in Plumsted through Jan. 18

    PLUMSTED — Residents will be able to discard their Christmas lights in a collection bin on Main Street in Plumsted through Jan. 18. According to Nurture Environmental Stewardship Today (NEST), the sponsor of this year’s drive, it will be easy to spot the collection bin between the New Egypt Marketplace and a Subway sandwich shop…

  • State continues to pursue illegal dumping in parks

    The state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) initiative to crack down on illegal dumping in state parks and on recreational lands has yielded eight more enforcement actions, all for disposing of debris and other materials in state-owned natural areas, according to a press release. The DEP’s “Don’t Waste Our Open Space” campaign was launched in…

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