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Q&A
Life savers? with Sharon Peters Q: We’ve had some horrible car-wreck fatalities lately, and in every case the driver survived and the passengers did not. I’m wondering if all the extra airbags and things that are on the driver’s side now are the reason more passengers than drivers die in car wrecks these days. A:…
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SPORT SHORTS
Rutgers University has discount tickets for $20 for the Rutgers Faith and Family Day football game between Temple University and Rutgers on Nov. 2. The game will be at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway. Everyone is welcome to attend this event. To purchase tickets or to find out more information, call Andrew Granozio in the Rutgers…
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Allentown Legion begins play in district baseball tournament
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent A llentown’s American Legion baseball team, coming off its best season at 20-4 and a second-place finish in the Mercer County Division, began play in the Mercer District early this week, with hopes to return to the district finals. Riding a seven-game win streak, Allentown played Gloucester Township at Mercer County…
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Baffert going for fourth straight victory in the Haskell Invitational
Hard Enough (5), with jockey Paco Lopez riding, captured the $60,000 Jersey Derby at Monmouth Park on July 20. The racetrack will be hosting the $1 million William Hill Haskell Invitational for 3-year-olds on July 28. Whether trainer Bob Baffert can maintain his ownership of the Haskell Invitational will be on the minds of everyone…
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ON CAMPUS
Emily Dallas, daughter of Amy and Edward Dallas of Allentown, was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2013 semester at Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Va. Brittany L. O’Brien of Allentown earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biological sciences with minors in French and international development, magna cum laude, from the University…
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Legislation could aid Holocaust survivors
I n this time of political haggling in Washington, D.C., I want to call out an opportunity for our elected officials from across the aisle to come together and do some good for a population increasingly at risk — and at the same time to applaud our leadership in New Jersey for doing just that.…
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Freehold should receive Monmouth simulcast
Why in heaven’s name is Monmouth Park racetrack refusing to send a TV signal to Freehold Raceway so that patrons at Freehold might be able to view and bet on Monmouth Park races via simulcast? Surely the people running Monmouth Park are not doing what is in the best interest of the public, but rather…
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JUST GO
SPECIAL EVENTS July Fireworks Thursdays in July, 10 p.m., Great Lake Grandstand July Jingle celebrate winter holidays July 25-27 Appearance by Animal Planet’s ‘Gator Boys’ July 27 Six Flags Great Adventure Route 537, Jackson www.sixflags.com/greatadventure Monmouth County Fair through July 28 through Saturday 5-11 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Racing pigs, Bwana Jim’s…
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