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Lions, Jaguars primed for volleyball season
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Jackson Memorial High School volleyball team is doing some rebuilding, but coach Jason Ulrich says he and his players are confident the team can continue its winning ways of recent years. The Jaguars, who were 14-6 last fall, will open the 2012 season on Sept. 7 at Long Branch High…
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Rebels ready to kick off 2012 campaign
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Players from the Matawan and Howell football teams mix it up as they try to establish position during a scrimmage that was held at Matawan Regional High School in Aberdeen on Aug. 25. Howell will open the season on Sept. 8 at Toms River North High School. ERIC SUCAR staff…
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Board set to start search for new superintendent
Thomas Gialanella will retire from Jackson at end of 2012-13 school year BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Thomas Gialanella JACKSON – As parents and children prepare to begin the 2012-13 school year this week, the Jackson School District Board of Education is preparing for something else entirely — the search for a new superintendent of…
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Fannie (Fan) E. Whiting
Mrs. Whiting, 84, of Lakewood, died Aug. 20, 2012, at home. She lived most of her life in Monmouth County and worked for the borough of Eatontown, Irwin’s Yacht Works, and George H. Drawbaugh and Associates. Mrs. Whiting was predeceased by a son, David George; her husband, Frank; and a great-grandson, Justin Miller. Surviving are…
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Norma Hayes Muirhead
Mrs. Muirhead, 76, of Sun City Center, Fla., formerly of Staten Island, N.Y., and Jackson, died Aug. 17, 2012. Prior to retiring, she was employed as a supervisor for Bell Telephone/AT&T in Freehold for 18 years. She was predeceased by her husbands, William Muirhead and Frank Gannon. Surviving are two sons, William Muirhead of Pine…
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John Francis Heaney
Mr. Heaney, 67, of Jackson, died Aug.12, 2012, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Prior to retiring, he was employed as a truck driver for H&M International for 40 years. Surviving are his wife of 44 years, Mary Ann Heaney; four daughters, Ellen Heaney Mizer of Brick Township, Laura Heaney Hartrum of Jackson, Jennifer Gilchrist of…
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Florence Calabro
Mrs. Calabro, 84, of Howell, died Aug. 12, 2012, at Alcoeur Gardens in Ocean Township. She was born in New York City and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., and in Florida prior to moving to The Villages community in Howell in 1996. She was employed as a public health assistant by the New York City Department…
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Shore Ratz to play at Cabin
The Shore Ratz will be performing at The Cabin, Route 33, Howell, at 9 p.m. Sept. 6 The show will take place during Biker Night. The Shore Ratz cover classic rock tunes from the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, as well as current hits. Fronted by vocalist Abigail Barker of Avon, the band also features Jules…
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CODA
Feeling a little under the weather? Then stop lying GREG BEAN I ’ve been watching the Republican National Convention on television, and the response to that shindig from people on the other side, and while it has been great theater, I started feeling pretty sorry for everyone involved because it looks like all that posturing,…
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