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Freehold girls capture first Central Jersey state sectional basketball title
Colonials edge Neptune in overtime thriller By Tim Morris This text will be replaced As freshmen, Kim Dana and Camerin Spahn were starters on a Freehold High School girls basketball team that won just seven games. The future did not look very bright for the team, but coach Jenn Brzucki insisted that by the time…
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New York man charged in Colts Neck bank robbery
COLTS NECK — A Staten Island, N.Y., man was charged with the armed robbery of the J.P. Morgan Chase Bank in Colts Neck after investigators tracked the suspect to an Alabama hotel, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. According to a press release, Waleed A. Saleh, 32, of Staten Island, was found on…
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Basketball milestones achieved
Freehold High School’s Camerin Spahn joined the 1,000 career points club on Feb. 26. The Colonials’ senior had 997 points heading into a first round Central Jersey Group III state sectional tournament basketball game played at home in Freehold Borough against Red Bank Regional High School of Little Silver. Spahn scored eight points in the…
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St. Joe’s tops East Brunswick in GMC boys basketball thriller
Varsity Report BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent St. Joseph High School’s Karl Towns (No. 44) soars to the basket in front of East Brunswick High School’s Jake Krantz during the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament finals, which were played on Feb. 22 at the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway. Behind Towns’ 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven…
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Church will host flea market March 2
Grace Reformed Church will host a 21- family community flea market from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 2 in the church fellowship hall at 2815 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. Entrance to the parking lot is on Old Post Road. New and used clothing, shoes, purses, household items and jewelry will be for sale. A light…
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Donald R. Schwendeman
Mr. Schwendeman, 82, of Edison, died Feb. 23, 2013, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Milltown, he lived in Edison most of his life. He was predeceased by his first wife Eleanor in 1982, his son Jeffrey in 2001 and his brother George in 2011. Surviving is his wife, Noel…
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Metuchen library to host film festival
The Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., will begin its annual Edna Newby International Film Festival on Monday, March 4. The festival will feature three films shown at approximately one-month intervals. Each film will be shown twice — at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. — and in its original language with English subtitles. Admission is…
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Comedy Night to benefit Metuchen kids
The Metuchen Parent-Teacher Council will present the district-wide fundraiser, Comedy Night, at 7:30 p.m. March 1 in the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick. The evening will feature headliner comedy acts and a silent auction, as well as light snacks and appetizers for $50 per person. A cash bar will also be available. Raffle tickets for…
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Blood drive set for March 3 in Fords
Our Lady of Peace Church, Fords, will sponsor a blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on March 3. The event will be held in the middle school building, Franklin Avenue. There will be a complimentary cholesterol screening. The Blood Center of New Jersey is offering a $10 Shop-Rite gift card to each donor.…
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