• Rockets top seed in Central Jersey Group III wrestling tournament

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent A fter grabbing the top seed in its bracket, the Raritan High School wrestling team is in the pole position as it goes for a sectional title in the NJSIAA state tournament. The Rockets were set to square off against Wall High School in a Central Jersey Group II semifinals bout…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Central Jersey Hawks Boys Freshman/U15 Spring AAU Basketball tryouts will held on Feb. 23 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Holmdel High School gym on Crawford Corner Road. The Hawks are based in Holmdel. For additional information, contact Joe Simuro at 917-922-8641 or [email protected]. The Old Bridge Sayrewoods South Men’s League (SWSML)…

  • Without practice, Lions win five straight on the ice

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Middletown High School North’s ice hockey team is playing its best hockey of the season amidst a fivegame win streak, even though it hasn’t had a practice for two weeks. “With the weather and the snowouts, we played seven games in 15 days and couldn’t get ice time for practices. It’s…

  • Sectional champ Warner to run mile in Millrose Games

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer This year’s NJSIAA Central Jersey championships took on an added importance to Holmdel High School’s Marin Warner. For track and field athletes, the state sectionals are the first step toward the Meet of Champions (MOC). However, for Warner, the Central Jersey Group II meet on Jan. 31 would be her…

  • Middletown North sweeps sectional championships

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Middletown High School South’s Katie Spencer nears the finish line of her 400-meter race at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Championships held at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River on Feb. 7. Spencer finished first in her heat and was ninth overall. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR…

  • Spring exhibits bloom at Monmouth U.

    “Ice Melting in a Plastic Cup” by Jeremiah Teipen Monmouth University’s Center for the Arts will host four exhibitions in the three on-campus galleries. “EYE CONS,” featuring the work of illustrator Michael Anthony Donato, is on view at the first-floor DiMattio Gallery in the Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall. Donato is a drawing and painting…

  • State Theatre presents Family Day

    The Big Apple Circus will perform during the eighth annual Family Day on Presidents Day at the State Theatre. The State Theatre will present the eighth annual Family Day on Feb. 17. Family Day is part of the State Theatre’s Hub City Carnivale, a winter festival featuring four weeks of performances, participatory activities, social events…

  • Josephine Tufano

    Ms. Tufano, 81, of Middletown, died Jan. 26, 2014, at home. After raising her family, she moved to Middletown, where she worked at the King James Care Center. She was predeceased by two sisters, Grace and Mildred; and a brother, John. She is survived by two daughters, Theresa and Anne; a brother, Anthony; a sister,…

  • Marie C. Mennella

    Mrs. Mennella, 87, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Jan. 2, 2014, at Brandywine Assisted Living, Colts Neck. She was predeceased by a brother, Ralph Sanseverino. She is survived by her husband, Joseph A. Mennella; two daughters, Susan Ely and her husband, Howard, of Hazlet, and Linda Miller and her husband, Jeffrey, of Marlboro; a son, Joseph…

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