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Jacob Boone gets some air at the skateboard bowl during a beautiful spring day at Kennedy Park in Sayreville on March 30. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Passing on survivor stories for the sake of tolerance
Holocaust survivor: ‘Hate is a disease, and my message is a cure’ BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Frida Herskovits holds a photograph of her family, which lived in Czechoslovakia before the Nazis forced them from their home. SCOTT FRIEDMAN A s the number of Holocaust survivors grows smaller, the responsibility of others to tell the…
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Gun-control debate takes center stage in Old Bridge
Elected officials, those affected by shootings, engage in roundtable talk BY THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer The gun-control debate fell from the national stage to Old Bridge with the Pathmark shooting last summer, and it hasn’t ended there. “I would begin by saying we have a problem, a huge problem, with gun violence in America,” U.S.…
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Fair Haven’s Addison wins state wrestling championship
Shay Addison of Fair Haven won the New Jersey Scholastic State Wrestling Championship for 65-pound Bantams (ages 8 and under) held at Union High School. Shay, a member of the Triumph Wrestling Club, is the first wrestler from the Rumson-Fair Haven (RFH) area to win a state title. To participate in the state championship, a…
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Brookdale Community College shortstop Bobbie Boehler reaches down to field a grounder during the Jersey Blues’ March 27 doubleheader with Suffolk Community College in Lincroft. The Jersey Blues swept the twinbill, 8-0 and 5-2, to up their record to 16-1. The Jersey Blues are the country’s top-ranked Division III team. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Trainer Kelly Breen is assured of having an entry in this year’s Kentucky Derby. The Breen-trained Black Onyx won the $550,000 Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes at the Turfway Park in Florence, Ky., on March 23. By winning the Grade III Kentucky Derby Prep, Black Onyx, which was a 15-1 shot, earned 50 points in…
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RBC’s baseball team looks to rebound from last season’s disappointing finish
Caseys opened 2013 season on April 2 against Monmouth Regional BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School’s baseball team returns five starters, including its entire infield, as it looks to rebound from a disappointing finish to last season. Last spring, the Caseys fashioned an 18- 7 mark and won 16 of their…
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Brookdale softball moves to top of national rankings
Jersey Blues are No. 1 after 16-1 start BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College pitcher Sam Hosey makes a pitch to a Suffolk Community College batter during the March 27 doubleheader in Lincroft. Hosey tossed a one-hitter and Brookdale won, 8-0. Brookdale took the nightcap, 5-2, to improve its record to 16-1. ERIC…
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‘Bruce Waldman: New Works’
“Jazz Musicians #18,” etching The Monmouth Museum is hosting an exhibit of etchings and monoprints by Bruce Waldman, a printmaker, graphic artist and illustrator. Waldman has been teaching at the School of Visual Arts in New York City for more than 25 years. His prints are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of…
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