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Allentown High School’s Kevin Fingler (l) tries to direct the ball to a teammate during the Redbirds’ March 22 scrimmage against Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver. The Redbirds open their lacrosse season on April 2 at Notre Dame High School. ERIC SUCAR staff Nick Fingler of Allentown High School (foreground) has the…
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Pupils put a lot of effort into History Day projects
BY MAUREEN SHAMES Correspondent MILLSTONE — After months of hard work, 13 students from the Millstone Township Middle School participated in the Region 1 competition for National History Day at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, on March 3. The students worked on projects alone and in groups, with topics that ranged from a documentary…
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Debate team pupils excel at competition
ALLENTOWN — Stone Bridge Middle School debate team students spent March 16 at Mother Teresa Regional School in Atlantic Highlands. The pupils engaged in powerful persuasion and the art of refutation in the third Garden State Debate League tournament of the year, according to a press release. The following topics provided discourse and lively debate…
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Ronald Dunster
Mr. Dunster, 72, of Allentown, died March 17, 2013, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. He was born in Elizabeth, grew up in Carteret and moved to Allentown in 1986. He was the owner of Special Technical Services Inc. and was very active in the Allentown community. Mr. Dunster was predeceased…
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Country Folk Art Craft Show celebrates 30th anniversary
The 30th annual Country Folk Art Craft Show will be held at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, 97 Sunfield Ave., Edison. The event hours are Friday, March 29, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost of admission is $8. The craft show…
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Turkey Swamp campground to open for ’13
Spring into spring by spending a night under the stars at the Monmouth County Park System’s family campground in Turkey Swamp Park, Georgia Road, Freehold Township. Opening for the season on April 1, the campground features 64 wooded campsites (52 can be reserved and 12 are available on a first-come, firstserved basis). All campsites are…
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Residents invited to take part in Millstone stream cleanup
BY MAUREEN SHAMES Correspondent MILLSTONE — Come gather, environmentalists … The Millstone Township Environmental Commission and the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association are sponsoring the seventh annual townwide stream cleanup on April 13 from 9 a.m. to noon. The meeting location for those who wish to participate will be the parking lot behind the municipal court…
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Scouts take pride in earning badges
BY MAUREEN SHAMES Correspondent The members of Girl Scout Troop 1559, Millstone Township, who recently earned their first badge are (l-r) Nicole Spadaccini, Jillian Ricci, Julianne Caunt, Molly McGovern and Bella Denney. MILLSTONE — Their motto is “Be Prepared” and their slogan is “Do a good turn daily.” The members of Girl Scout Troop 1559…
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Anniversary of Iraq War largely ignored in U.S.
CODA GREG BEAN A somber anniversary came and went on March 19, 10 years since the day then-President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, and our nation’s all-volunteer military went off to that costly and misguided war. You would hardly have known it was a milestone day in our nation’s capital, however, or…
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