• Lindsay leads New Egypt players on Allentown Legion

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent New Egypt High School baseball pitcher Austin Lindsay could barely catch a break from a record-setting varsity season, which ended with a 3-2 loss to Shore Regional High School in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I championship game on May 30 and two division losses, before being back in uniform for…

  • Warriors win third state softball title in five years

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Top: New Egypt High School’s Gabby Morfin, right, and Jamie Soles celebrate after the Warriors defeated Gloucester City High School, 10-0, in the NJSIAA Group I semifinals at the Rancocas Valley Regional High School’s Easthampton Sports Complex in Mount Holly on June 2. The Warriors had even more to celebrate on…

  • Entries are being accepted for 2014 senior citizen art exhibition

    Monmouth County residents age 60 and over are invited to submit one piece of original visual art in Monmouth County’s 2014 Senior Citizen Art Contest and Exhibition. County residents may download the complete application packet from the website at www.visitmonmouth.com, pick up an application at the office of the county’s Division on Aging, Disabilities and…

  • Colonial history unearthed on banks of the old Raritan

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Above: Replica tables at the Indian Queen Tavern are set with dishes typical of those that graced Colonial tables. Below: A mannequin is dressed in the traditional uniform of a British soldier in the Royal Army’s 35th Regiment. THOMAS CASTLES staff On the northern banks of the Raritan River —…

  • Plays-in-the-Park opens season with ‘Sunset Boulevard’

    ENTERTAINMENT Plays-in-the-Park will present the musical “Sunset Boulevard” as the first production of its 2014 season. Performances will run June 18-28, with no show on June 22. All shows begin at 8:30 p.m. and are staged at the Stephen J. Capestro Amphitheater at 1 Pine Drive in Roosevelt Park, Edison. “Sunset Boulevard” is a lush…

  • Conte–Siciliano

    Lauren and John Conte Lauren Alexandra Siciliano, daughter of Linda Jean and Robert Siciliano of Manalapan, was married July 5, 2013, to John Robert Conte Jr., son of Cheryl Ann and John Robert Conte Sr. of Marlton. The Rev. Anthony Andreassi performed the ceremony at The Oratory Church of Saint Boniface, Brooklyn, N.Y., where the…

  • Good times

    MATT DENTON James Cairns and his 6-year-old daughter, Veronica, enjoy a ride on the Scrambler during the St. Aloysius and St. Monica carnival in Jackson on May 29.

  • Development disabilities council presents award to area resident

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Zinke McGeady JACKSON — A resident of Jackson has been honored for her commitment to helping people who have developmental disabilities. Zinke McGeady received the Elizabeth Boggs Family Member Advocate Award at the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities’ (NJCDD) sixth annual Community Building Awards luncheon held April 23 at…

  • Dancer wants to keep local base from possible closure

    Another round of American military base closings suggested for 2017 has a local legislator taking up a defensive position for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in south central New Jersey. State Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (RMonmouth, Ocean, Middlesex, Burlington) recently introduced a resolution that would act as a show of support for the nearly 100- year-old military installation.…

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