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Barrons hope to be back on winning track after hitting skid
By Jeff Appelblatt The girls’ basketball team at Woodbridge High School began the season sizzling. Not only did the Barrons win their first six games, but they won them all by double digits. Barrons coach Bobby Timinski didn’t imagine his squad being able to match that all season, but he also didn’t foresee a lengthy…
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Mastery classes at All Saints’ Memorial Church
All Saints’ Memorial Church, 202 Navesink Ave., Navesink, announces its monthly mastery classes will be held each month with different workshops and guest leaders. The workshops are one to two hours long. Learn a hobby, attend informational workshops on pets and the arts, baking, cooking and more. There is no age limit, and family and friends…
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Edison’s Salzone maintains positive attitude when she hits the lanes
By Jimmy Allinder Each time Samantha Salzone enters a bowling alley, she is firmly convinced she’ll roll nothing but strikes. However, the senior at Edison High School is well aware she competes in a sport that can be very unkind to those who have the slightest doubt that’s possible. If the battle of that rages…
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Judge wants arson, murder trial to begin in spring
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Calling the case “old,” Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Pedro Jimenez, sitting in New Brunswick, called on the state and the attorney for former Edison Police Officer Michael Dotro to get discovery and other issues in order regarding charges relating to attempted murder for allegedly setting fire to…
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Garden Club of Metuchen presentation set for Feb. 6
The Garden Club of Metuchen will hold a presentation by Anna Haines of the Garden Club of New Jersey on Feb. 6. A nursery owner who specializes in deer-resistant plants, her topic is “Winter, the Forgotten Season.” The meeting will take place at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Fryer Hall, 27 Oak Ave., Metuchen. The meeting…
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Jaguars’ wrestlers have eyes on postseason competition
By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Memorial High School’s wrestling team rebounded from a crucial 35-24 loss to Southern Regional High School in a Shore Conference A South Division showdown earlier this month and took it out on the teams that followed, including Jackson Liberty High School when the Jaguars delivered one of their harshest poundings in…
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‘Abraham Lincoln’ to visit East Brunswick
The East Brunswick Historical Society will serve as the host to Bob Costello, an Abraham Lincoln impersonator, at 2 p.m. on Feb. 5 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Rd. In honor of President’s Day and Lincoln’s birthday, Costello will portray President Lincoln, who was a firm believer in the Constitution and Declaration…
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Monmouth Civic Chorus announces ‘Love Is in the Air’ concert
The Monmouth Civic Chorus will present the concert, “Love Is in the Air,” a celebration of love songs from the Middle Ages to the Internet age, at 4 p.m. on Feb. 26 at First Presbyterian Church (Tower Hill), 255 Harding Road, Red Bank. Reflect on the many aspects of love through ballads, madrigals, popular songs,…
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New Egypt boys’ hoops team drops close contest to Florence
By Wayne Witkowski New Egypt High School’s boys’ basketball team had the lead for nearly the entire Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) Freedom Division showdown in what would have been a signature victory over Florence Township Memorial High School — a team it had beaten in its season opener. However, Florence, which won the NJSIAA…
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