• NJ Hitmen win USABL championship

    The N.J. Hitmen out of St. Joe’s Church in Keyport won their USABL 11U Elite Division championship this fall thanks to an amazing playoff run. The Hitmen started the season slowly and finished the regular season with a 2-6-1 mark. The playoffs were another season, and that is when the Hitmen started playing winning baseball.…

  • Eagles, Lions renew on-ice rivalry at Middletown arena

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent How powerful the Middletown High School South and Middletown High School North ice hockey teams are for this season came to light on Dec. 3 when they renewed their rivalry in the Shore Conference A North Division at their new arena, Middletown Ice World. It was the opener for Middletown South,…

  • Next stop for CBA, O’Neill is the Nike Cross Nationals

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The next race for Middletown High School North’s Tom O’Neill will be the Nike Cross Nationals on Dec. 7 in Portland, Ore. The Lions’ senior qualified for the national championship by finishing second at the Nike Cross Nationals Northeast Regional held on Nov. 30 at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls,…

  • ‘Artists Celebrate the Holidays’

    IN THE ARTS “Light One Candle” by John Gilluly The “Artists Celebrate the Holidays” exhibit in the Main Gallery of the Monmouth Museum features a wide representation of holiday celebrations, from traditional scenes to contemporary works and installations. Paintings, photographs and sculptures are included in the exhibit, which runs through Jan. 5. A tree decorated…

  • ‘A Wind in the Willows Christmas’ holiday musical returns

    The Two River Theater will present “A Wind in the Willows Christmas,” based on the children’s classic by Kenneth Grahame. The musical takes audiences to a wintry wonderland where Mole, the Water Rat, Mr. Toad and all the creatures of the Willows discover the true meaning of friendship. Commissioned and premiered by Two River last…

  • Elysabeth J. Snyder

    Mrs. Snyder, 50, of Hazlet, died Oct. 30, 2013, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She is survived by her husband, Robert J. Snyder; three children, Shannon, Bryan and Patrick; her father, Joseph Madden; two brothers, David Madden and his wife, Kim, of Basking Ridge, and Stephen Madden and his wife, Lisa, of Hazlet; and…

  • John Sefel

    Mr. Sefel, 73, of Hazlet, died Nov. 16, 2013, at home. He retired from the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Graziano Sefel; three daughters, Denia Sparling and her husband, Mark, of Summerville, S.C., Lori Danko and her husband, Dan, of Hamilton, and Stacy Collins and her husband, Ed, of Freehold;…

  • Sue Ruggirello

    Mrs. Ruggirello, 89, of Hazlet, died Nov. 1, 2013, at Kensington Court in Tinton Falls. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas J. Ruggirello. She is survived by two daughters, Susan Boylan and her husband, Richard, of Todd, N.C., and Lorraine Ruggirello and her husband, Thomas Mauch, of Hazlet; a son, Thomas C. Ruggirello and…

  • Dolores K. Puglisi

    Mrs. Puglisi, 82, of Belford, died Nov. 16, 2013, in Red Bank. She was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Vincent A. Puglisi, in 1998. She is survived by four daughters, Theresa and her husband, Charles Yahara, Katherine and her husband, Carl Hillmann, all of Belford, Deborah and her husband, Gerard Vasto, of…

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