Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor
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Library to launch One Town, One Book program
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” (2014) by Gabrielle Zevin will be the first book residents of Allentown and Upper Freehold Township read as a community in the Allentown Library’s One Town, One Book initiative. The library, Main Street, will host a launch party for One Town, One…
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Spotswood’s Raia hopeful for breakout cross-country season
By Jimmy Allinder Cassandra Raia has been on the run as long as she can remember. It might have been earlier in her active life when Raia was consumed with soccer, cheerleading, gymnastics, karate and ballet. Or doing what she does now: competing for the Spotswood High School cross-country and winter and spring track teams.…
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Event center shows ‘Pure’ performance at Planning Board meeting
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — Pure Event Center cleared a significant hurdle Aug. 3 in meeting its obligations to renew its liquor license. Salvatore Alfieri, attorney for Pure, a Route 35 event space, said the Planning Board has given Pure two previous conditional approvals, and the venue was looking for a longer-term approval. He…
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Depth key for young Georgian Court volleyball team
Georgian Court University’s women’s volleyball team, facing what Dan Sempkowski regards as the school’s toughest schedule in his five years as coach, will have some support from sharp newcomers when it opens its season Sept. 2 in St. Charles, Missouri, at the Lindonwood University Invitational. Georgian Court first will play the University of Missouri-St. Louis…
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Township Committee issues mining permits in Millstone
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The owner of one mining operation in Millstone Township has been granted a new permit and the owner of a second mining operation has been granted an extension of a current permit. On Aug. 17, the Township Committee passed a resolution granting an extension of 63 days to…
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Matawan looking forward to next boys basketball season
By Wayne Witkowski Matawan Regional High School’s boys basketball team has been making the most of the offseason, as it looks to regain its winning ways of recent years after a 12-14 season last winter. The Huskies, who had a solid summer in the keenly competitive Jersey City Summer League that ended two weeks ago,…
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Recent high school graduates Megan Euler (Manchester Township), Andrea Hill (Monroe, New York) and Gabby Reda (Old Bridge) signed National Letters of Intent during the recently concluded NCAA signing period to continue their women’s lacrosse careers at Felician University, Felician head coach Natalie Bermudez announced. Reda, who is 4 feet 11 inches tall, was a…
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New Life Food Pantry seeks volunteers
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer HELMETTA — There is a desperate need for volunteer help at the New Life Food Pantry as the number of needy people rises. In operation since 2006, Kristen Tabert, pantry administrator, said they went from serving five to six Helmetta residents from donations received from the parish to now serving…
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Lions fill out boys soccer roster as season approaches
By Wayne Witkowski Eight players return to Jackson Liberty High School’s boys soccer team, but coach Brett Malinson decided to extend tryouts to a second week concluding Aug. 23, with some positions still up in the air until the end of the week. “We have a lot of open spots, so we’ve been figuring cuts,”…
