• Eagles softball hopes for quick turnaround after subpar start

    MIDDLETOWN SOUTH By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Spotty hitting held back Middletown High School South’s softball team in an uncharacteristically uneventful 18- 10 season last year, which included only a share of a three-way Shore Conference A North Division championship with Middletown High School North and Freehold Township High School. Bids for the Eagles’ typical postseason…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Felician College is ranked No. 7 in the current National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II East Region Poll, according to balloting released on April 7. Felician (14-11, 6-2 CACC) won nine of its last 11 games. Felician is listed in the NCBWA’s regional top 10 for the third consecutive week. The Golden Falcons…

  • Jr. Titans 14U Girls capture silver at USA Hockey Nationals

    By NEIL BORENSTEIN Staff Writer A stellar season for the New Jersey Junior Titans Girls 14U ice hockey team concluded with a silver medalwinning performance at the USA Hockey Tier II National Championships in Amherst, N.Y., on April 6. The girls strung together five wins in the tournament before falling in the finals to Massachusetts’…

  • Area track and field athletes heading to Penn Relays

    Holmdel High School’s Marin Warner joins area track and field standouts headed off to the Penn Relays on April 24-26 at Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Warner will compete in the High School Girls Mile Run. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Monmouth County will be well represented at this year’s 120th…

  • Frank Edwin Urich

    Mr. Urich, 91, of Metuchen, died March 18, 2014. He graduated from Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa., and pursued a master’s degree at the University of Texas, Austin. Mr. Urich was a longstanding figure in Metuchen. He was a teacher of history at Franklin Junior High School and worked part time at the A&P grocery…

  • Charles G. Costello Sr.

    Mr. Costello, 96, of Old Bridge, died April 7, 2014, at home. Born in Woodhaven, N.Y., he resided in Old Bridge since 1960. He was a computer operator for E.R. Squibb, East Brunswick, for 12 years, and then worked as a custodian for the Old Bridge Board of Education for 20 years, retiring in 1992.…

  • Exhibit seeks to redefine the ‘selfie’

    IN THE ARTS “An Opening” by Robert McKay Gallery 135 will host a multimedia exhibit of self-portraits, selfies and Vines. “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” will open at 7 p.m. April 25 at 135 Monmouth St., Red Bank. Additional exhibit hours will take place from 1-3 p.m. April 26-27. This unique exhibit of self-portraits will feature…

  • Festival to offer taste of Spain

    ENTERTAINMENT By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Valeria Aguilar sings at last year’s Feria de Sevilla dance and live music festival. Residents of central New Jersey will get to experience the feel of Spain’s traditional April festival when Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre presents its second annual Feria de Sevilla this month at Parker Press Park, Rahway…

  • Bill seeks to clarify use of high beams

    A n issue regarding a person’s First Amendment rights on New Jersey roads is making its way into the halls of the State House, as a local lawmaker wants to decriminalize the use of a vehicle’s headlights as a means of warning drivers that police are operating a speed trap. The issue arose when drivers…

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