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sport shorts
Rutgers University is selling shirts to raise funds for victims of Post-Tropical Storm Sandy, which recently devastated many parts of New Jersey. The shirts are $15 and can be purchased at Rutgers football and basketball games, as well as through the Scarlet Fever retail store on Somerset Street in New Brunswick. The store can be…
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GCU tabs new women’s lacrosse coach
Georgian Court University (GCU) Director of Athletics and Recreation Laura Liesman announced that Kerry O’Donnell has been tabbed as the third head coach in the six-year history of GCU women’s lacrosse. O’Donnell follows Jackie McGarrigle (2011–2012) and Michael Migliorisi (2007– 2010) at the helm for the Lions. “We are thrilled to have Coach O’Donnell join…
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Kukoda is New Egypt’s new head boys basketball coach
The Plumsted Township School District Board of Education has named Matt Kukoda as the New Egypt High School’s head boys basketball coach. He will replace Jay Corby, who stepped down this past summer due to family obligations. Kukoda, a teacher at New Egypt Middle School, presently coaches football at the high school, serving as offensive…
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New Egypt hires Frable to coach wrestling team
The Plumsted Township School District Board of Education has named Jason Frable as New Egypt High School’s new head wrestling coach to replace Kevin English, who stepped down last summer. Frable, a guidance counselor at New Egypt, presently coaches track and field, and he has served as an assistant coach with the wrestling team since…
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Brookdale ends season winning NJCAA tourney consolation match
Brookdale Community College’s men’s soccer team couldn’t have drawn a more difficult assignment at the National Junior College Athletic Conference (NJCAA) Division III National Championship Tournament. The Jersey Blues drew the No. 1 team in the country and top-seed Herkimer County Community College in Herkimer, N.Y., in their Nov. 8 first round game. Brookdale proved…
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New Egypt soccer teams advance in NJSIAA tourney
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent New Egypt Getting through the opening round of the NJSIAA Tournament became harder for New Egypt High School’s soccer teams once Hurricane Sandy hit. Add to that a freak snowstorm late last week and the second round became a scheduling nightmare. The girls team (13-7-1) was finally scheduled to play its…
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Lions making first appearance in CJ sectional football playoffs
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Howell High School’s Matt Szyarto (l) and Jackson Memorial High School’s Sal Biliancione try to win control of the ball during the Nov. 12 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV first-round boys soccer match, played in Jackson. The top-seeded Jaguars advanced to the quarterfinals with a 1-0 victory. JEFF GRANIT staff Jackson…
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Exhibit celebrates printmaking achievements of Mary Cassatt
“The Map” A group of sensitive portrayals of women and children produced by American artist Mary Cassatt during the most productive and creative period of her printmaking, between 1889 and 1897, is being showcased at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. For “Mary Cassatt Prints: In the Company of Women,” the museum…
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business briefs
Manasquan Savings Bank, with eight offices in Monmouth and Ocean counties, has announced the funding of the construction of two low-income homes through a partnership with Coastal Habitat for Humanity and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. The project is part of the Asbury Park Westside Redevelopment project. It is the second project…
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