• Eagles fall just short of taking state sectional football crown

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Middletown High School South’s football team looked like it was getting the knockout punch early in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship game when Jackson Memorial High School drove 14 plays over eight minutes to the 1-yard line while looking to expand a 21-3 lead late in the third quarter.…

  • Colts cross-country places 11th at Nike Cross Nationals

    Christian Brothers Academy’s (CBA) cross-country team completed another highly successful season at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 6. The Colts, who extended their NJSIAA Meet of Champions (MOC) record to 20 during the season, finished 11th at the national championships with a point total of 271. This year’s meet was held…

  • Huskies battle rain, Carteret for seventh sectional title

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Matawan Regional High School’s football team, which did not score its first win until the third game of the season, ended its campaign on Dec. 5 with its seventh state sectional title. Freshman quarterback George Pearson threw four touchdown passes and the defense stiffened at the right time, as the Huskies…

  • Huskies working college-level schemes into offense

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jason Dunne, left, is one of the top players returning to the Matawan Regional High School boys basketball team that had a record-setting season in 2013-14. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Jason Dunne will embark on a college career next fall at the University of Hartford, but he is already getting a…

  • Deck the halls with art

    “Fishing Pier, Ocean City, MD” by Mike Menendez of Freehold The Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, will host its annual All-Member Holiday Exhibit 2014 with miniatures and gift tables featuring works in all media: acrylic, assemblage, collage and mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, sculpture, watercolor and wood. Guild members will have items such as note…

  • Christmas trees abound

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Stan Zarzecki loads a Christmas tree onto a customer’s pickup truck at Matawan World of Gardening, Route 516, Old Bridge. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Christmas trees emit a spectrum of cheerful holiday light from several tents as inflatable Santas and snowmen greet passersby from the gravel parking lot of the…

  • Holiday Gift Tree program underway

    MIDDLETOWN — The 15th annual Holiday Gift Trees project sponsored by the Woman’s Club of Middletown is now in place at the Navesink Branch of Bank of America on Route 35 south, PNC Bank at Chapel Hill; Santander Bank of New Jersey branches located on Harmony Road, Route 35 North and New Monmouth Road; Columbia…

  • Holiday Express picks executive director

    TINTON FALLS — Holiday Express, the nonprofit organization that delivers music, food, gifts and financial support to those with the greatest need during the holidays and throughout the year, announced the hiring of Lorrie Klaric as its new executive director. She replaces Donald Pignataro, who will retire at year’s end. Klaric’s daily responsibilities will include…

  • NOTES

    The Hazlet Township Senior Citizen Club at 1776 Union Ave. has announced its 2015 shows and trips. For more information, call Gifford Bowne at 848-223-7580. The following are planned: Hunterdon Hills Playhouse dinner/show on March 12; Brownstone Playhouse dinner/show on April 16; five-day beachfront stay at Virginia Beach beginning May 17; Doolan’s dinner/show on July…

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