• Running through the tackle

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Holmdel High School’s Adam Ibrahim tries to get past Keansburg High School’s Joey Rodriguez during a scrimmage on Aug. 29 in Holmdel. On Sept. 13, the Hornets suit up for real, as they open the 2014 season at Monmouth Regional High School. Kickoff is at noon.

  • Brookdale women’s soccer has same dream for 2014

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Caroline Duerr, center, pumps up her Brookdale Community College teammates in the huddle before they take the field to start the 2014 season against Burlington County College on Sept. 4. The Jersey Blues won the match on their home pitch in Lincroft, 4-1, behind Duerr’s hat trick. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC…

  • Aberdeen Day 2014 slated for Sept. 13

    Aberdeen Day 2014 will take place Sept. 13 at Matawan Regional High School and additional locations around town, including locations in Cliffwood Beach and Strathmore. Events at the high school will include an afternoon concert by the popular New Jersey-based cover band, The Benjamins. To facilitate traveling from one venue to another, a trolley, sponsored…

  • Jodi Carol Sandler

    Jodi Sandler, 41, of Spotswood, passed away Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at her home. Born in Perth Amboy, she had resided in South River before moving to Spotswood 12 years ago. She was predeceased by her parents, Benjamin and Margoth Sandler. Surviving are her devoted husband, Kellen Gall; her loving brother and sister-in-law, Richard and…

  • Exhibit celebrates ‘Beauties and Icons’

    IN THE ARTS “Cat Woman” The beauty of women from the 1950s and 1960s is featured in “Beauty and Icons,” a collection of images by area resident Michelle Weadock at Concrete Galleries, an art space at Salon Concrete in Red Bank. Weadock’s charcoal drawings of iconic women take on a slightly dark twist, as some…

  • Palatines to celebrate New Jersey’s birthday

    The Palatines of New Jersey will celebrate the state’s 350th birthday with a lecture at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Germans of New Jersey Stanton Grange in Stanton. Lunch will be held at 11 a.m. Attendees are encouraged to wear Germanic heritage outfits from the 18th to 21st centuries. For more information, contact George…

  • Thank you, Joan Rivers

    A&E with Jeremy Jeremy Grossman Joan Rivers was the kind of person who seemed like she would live forever. That’s because her whole life and career revolved around never stopping — never retiring from show business and never giving up. Her career was marred by grief and disappointment, like the failure of her 1986 talk…

  • Corrections officers embark on careers

    Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden has announced the graduation of 14 recruits from the 28th Basic Course for County Corrections Officers. The graduation, held at the Monmouth County Police Academy, Freehold Township, followed the completion of a 13-week curriculum that prepares recruits for careers as corrections professionals, according to a press release. “It takes courage,…

  • Raffle of handmade quilt to benefit park

    MIDDLETOWN — Rebecca’s Reel Quilters of Poricy Park will hold its annual Handmade Quilt Raffle to benefit Poricy Park. The drawing will be held at 4 p.m. Dec. 14, at Poricy Park, 345 Oak Hill Road, Middletown. The winner need not be present to win. The queen-size handmade quilt was designed, created and donated by…

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