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    Rutgers University-Newark’s 11th annual summer basketball program for children ages 7-17. The camp will be offered July 9-13, July 23-27 and July 30-Aug. 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Early drop-off and late pick-up times are available. Discount rates are available for those attending two or three weeks. For more information or a brochure,…

  • Nets open with two wins in MFB basketball league

    The MFB (Mac’s Fun Ball) Summer Basketball League got its 10th season off to a great start June 15 & 16. Standing-room-only crowds at Walloo Park in Port Monmouth were treated to some fine basketball from area high school players participating in the summer league. On opening night, the Nets used a balanced scoring attack…

  • Phillips, Pavkovitch first in Sheehan Classic 5K

    The George Sheehan Classic introduced its new distance, 5K, on June 16, and it produced very competitive races on the men’s and women’s sides. Four runners broke 16:00 on the new 3.1-mile course, which started and finished on Broad Street in Red Bank (the race had been run over five miles prior to this year),…

  • Eagles were stymied by lack of clutch hitting this season

    Softball team falls in CJ IV final BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent For the first time in a number of years, Middletown South High School’s softball season ended before June. The Eagles, who had reached the NJSIAAGroup III finals the past two seasons, lost onMay 31 to East Brunswick by a score of 1-0 in the…

  • Eagles soared to most wins since ’99 season

    Baseball team went 21-6; won A North crown BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Middletown South Middletown High School South baseball coach Ryan Spillane and his players look proudly back on a 21-6 record, their first 20-win season and first Shore Conference division title in A North since 1999 in both cases. “It was their hard work,…

  • CBA’s Boyle strikes gold in MOC 3,200-meter run

    St. John Vianney High School’s Tara Connelly (r) and Bishop Ahr’s Rachel Belmont (l) race toward the finish line of the 1,600-meter run at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions on June 11 at Old Bridge High School. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff The curtain closed on the New Jersey high school track and field season…

  • Joeal C. Tully

    Mr. Tully, 81, a resident of Matawan since 1954, died June 11, 2012, at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. He was a regular customer of the Park Place Diner for many years. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary Cassidy Tully, and a brother, Robert Tully. Surviving are his daughters, Barbara Armenti and her husband,…

  • Edward J. Papierowicz

    Mr. Papierowicz, 85, of the Fords section of Woodbridge, died June 13, 2012, at the Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. He was born in Perth Amboy and had lived in Fords for the past 53 years. Prior to retiring in 1992, Mr. Papierowicz was a head operator for 41 years with Chevron Oil…

  • Margaret “Peggy” M. Franznick

    Mrs. Franznick, 79, a resident of Middletown for 40 years, died June 13, 2012, in Red Bank after a battle with cancer. She worked at the Garden State Arts Center and was the Zoning Board secretary of Middletown Township for many years. Mrs. Franznick was a member of St. Mary’s Parish, New Monmouth, and was…

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