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  • Englishtown resident’s hot shooting nets prize

    BY ADAM RIBACK Correspondent BY ADAM RIBACKCorrespondent ENGLISHTOWN – If you asked anyone about Logan Ball, they would tell you he’s a pistol. The 21-year-old borough resident recently brought home the collegiate championship from Camp Perry, Ohio, where the 2006 National Rifle Association National Pistol Championships were held. The competition, which took place July 11-16,…

  • Racing returns

    Harness horses are off and running at Freehold Raceway (top) as drivers head into the first turn during Aug. 4 qualifying races. The venerable harness track on Park Avenue, Freehold, will kick off the 2006-07 meet on Aug. 10. Post time is 12:30 p.m. On Aug. 4, the drivers and standardbred horses got their first…

  • Auditions

    Women of Song, a female vocal group, is seeking sopranos and altos. The group performs a variety of music. Rehearsals are held Friday mornings in the Marlboro area. Some sight-reading skills would be helpful. Details: Randy (732) 787-1697. Over The Rainbow Productions is seeking an 18-year-old boy who is a baritone/tenor for “The Fantasticks.” The…

  • Republicans asking Dems to agree to spending limit

    Monmouth County Republican Chairman Adam Puharic issued a call this week for spending limits to be followed in this fall’s county election for two freeholder seats and the surrogate’s office. Puharic also announced that the GOP would initiate what he called “An Ethical Roadmap for Monmouth County Republicans.” Puharic and the Monmouth County Republican Committee…

  • No identification of crash victim

    MARLBORO – Police are still investigating the details of a fatal accident that occurred on Route 18 north. According to police, at 9:15 a.m. July 28 a dump truck being driven by John Rodriquez, 29, of Long Branch, flipped over on Route 18 north between Route 520 and Tennent Road. Rodriquez and a passenger, Timothy…

  • Former chief remembered

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Former Manalapan Police Chief John McCormack reminisced about his predecessor, Jimmie Rand Potts Sr., who died at home in Jackson on July 25. Potts, 71, served as Manalapan’s chief of police from 1991-97, when he retired from the force after 25 years of service.…

  • Truck co. execs face indictment

    Brothers were prominent in O’Grady trial testimony BY KAREN E. BOWES and COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writers BY KAREN E. BOWES and COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writers NEWARK – Operation Bid Rig officially spread into neighboring Ocean County on Friday when a grand jury handed down another indictment charging illegal payoffs between local governments and contractors. The co-owners…

  • Park system eyes airport for possible purchase

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – The Monmouth County Park System has identified the former Marlboro Airport site on Route 79 as one of five possible locations to be acquired as potential county park sites. A draft document of the county’s open space plan is currently before the Mon-mouth County…

  • Family ties at heart of ‘Lost in Yonkers’

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Thomas DeCaro knows what it feels like to lose a spouse. DeCaro, who is cast as widower Eddie Kurnitz in the Neil Simon play “Lost in Yonkers,” brings to his role all of the emotions that have coursed through his body since…