• New Egypt football shows character with rebound win

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent NEW EGYPT W inning can show as much about the quality of a team as losing can reveal about its character. Philip “Phlip” McGuane has quickly gotten a good read of both as the new football coach at New Egypt High School, which is off to a 3-1 start. “It goes…

  • Ranney guides Jaguars volleyball while planning 50th anniversary

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Rich Ranney is a busy man. The physical education teacher, who is coaching Jackson Memorial High School’s girls volleyball team into tournament berths with cutoffs looming, is organizing two big events in the township. A 1981 Jackson graduate, Ranney is on the committee organizing events for the school’s 50th anniversary celebration,…

  • Liberty Lions still striving for winning football season

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent JACKSON LIBERTY J ackson Liberty High School’s football team, coming off an emotionally charged 9-8 victory over previously unbeaten Lakewood High School, continues its bid for a winning season and an NJSIAA Central Jersey playoff berth when it hosts Donovan Catholic High School (1-3), which has not won since its opener.…

  • Vault through the air

    Howell High School’s Monica Servidio does a handspring as part of her vault routine during the Rebels’ Sept. 30 dual meet with Freehold High School in Freehold Borough. Servidio had the best all-around score at the meet, but the Colonials took over sole possession of first place in the Shore Conference A North Division by…

  • Jackson Pathfinders seek volunteers

    JACKSON — The Jackson Pathfinders, a volunteer trail preservation group sponsored by Jackson Township, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. In 1999, a group of concerned citizens started the Pathfinders in an effort to preserve and maintain the beautiful trails of Jackson for multiple recreational uses, according to a press release. Pathfinders volunteers have…

  • Jones resigns as Plumsted superintendent

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Three years after she joined the Plumsted Township School District as its superintendent, Karen Jones announced her resignation during a special Board of Education meeting on Oct. 1. Jones said she will become the assistant superintendent in the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District in Monmouth County. “Dr. Jones has…

  • Jackson slates parade for vets

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The military service of men and women who live in Jackson and answered the call to serve the nation will be publicly saluted by the community on Oct. 11 with a parade on West Veterans Highway. For the seventh consecutive year, the Central Jersey Rifle and Pistol Club,…

  • Singer rallies support for dad at tough time

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Veronica Kole of Freehold Township has spent much of her time helping others though her work as a singer and recording artist. Now the young woman needs a little help herself. Kole’s father, Edmund Koleshnick, 53, was diagnosed with stage four liver cancer on June 17, just three days before Veronica’s birthday.…

  • Jazz concert slated at performing arts center

    Cabaret for Life will present “Gabrielle Stravelli: A Jazz Concert with Dr. Art Topilow” at 8 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, 100 Grant Ave., Deal Park. A portion of the proceeds will benefit medical causes in the community. Stravelli, a Jersey Shore native who now lives and performs in Manhattan, has…

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