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Keystone State drivers win Turkey Derby main event
Modified stock car driving invaders Matt Hirschman of Northampton, Pa., and Zane Zeiner of Bath, Pa., took the lion’s share of the weekend purses and the Turkey Derby trophies back to the Keystone State by splitting main event wins in the season-ending stock car classic. It was the first Turkey Derby victory for each driver…
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Eagles outscore Cougars to advance to CJ IV final
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Colts Neck High School quarterback Mike Campbell scrambles away from a Middletown High School South defensive lineman during the Cougars’ Dec. 1 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV semifinal playoff game played in Colts Neck. Visiting Middletown South avenged a regular season loss to the Cougars with a 45-35 win. JEFF GRANIT…
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Braves taking ‘business trip’ to Rutgers for CJ V title game
Manalapan advances to final with hard-fought win over Hunterdon Central BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Tyler Leonetti (No. 32) ran for 193 yards and scored both Manalapan High School touchdowns as the Braves defeated Hunterdon Central Regional High School, 17-7, on Nov. 30 to advance to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group V championship game. The…
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‘100 Square Inches’ at the Art Alliance
The December exhibit at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County is “100 Square Inches.” As the name implies, each piece in the exhibit measures 100 square inches. The window artist for this exhibit is potter Christina Paraskevas Carlson, who has been creating pottery for more than 20 years and is a pottery instructor at the…
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Share your cherished traditions
Do you remember the excitement of lighting the eighth menorah candle; listening for reindeer hooves on the roof; being allowed to stay up to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve; celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa; offering food and chanting the Buddha’s teachings? Does your family have a special holiday or festival tradition…
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Beach Music will rock the Pony for young hurricane victims
As seen in TheBeachBeat.com BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Every year, Danny White, owner of Beach Music Studios in Belmar, hosts a holiday party for families of his students to attend at the historic Stone Pony in Asbury Park. He usually asks families to bring one unwrapped toy to be donated to Manna House, a…
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Charles H. Dery
Mr. Dery, 80, of Manalapan, died Nov. 21, 2012, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Prior to retiring, he was employed as a truck driver. After that, he worked part time at Raceway Park, Old Bridge, until 2007. He was predeceased by his…
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Janina Pelka Samsel
Mrs. Samsel, 78, of South River, died Nov. 10, 2012, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Bronislaw Samsel, and by a sister, Sophie Karazewski. Surviving are four children and their spouses, Sophie and Richard Bodal of Helmetta, Joseph Samsel and Maryann and Thomas Toth, all of South…
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Estelle M. Spooner
Mrs. Spooner, 91, of Jackson, formerly of Monroe, died Nov. 7, 2012, at Bartley Healthcare, Jackson. Prior to retiring, she was employed for 25 years as an executive secretary at Chase Manhattan, New York City. She was predeceased by her husband, Albert Spooner; a brother, Samuel Adrian Nelson; and a grandson, Christopher Spooner. Surviving are…
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