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Forys wins Big 10 title, meets standard for Olympic Trials
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer I t took some time for him to do it, but Craig Forys recently made the biggest splash of his collegiate track and field career. Forys, a Colts Neck High School graduate who is a fifth-year senior at the University of Michigan, claimed his first Big 10 Conference championship on…
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Sesely grabs first victory in Wall Modified action
Defending Modified stock car driving champion Anthony Sesely raced from 11th on the starting grid to win the 40-lap main event at Wall Stadium, Wall Township, on May 12. It was Sesely’s first win of the 2012 season. The contest was a wild one with several tangles and minor incidents slowing the action. Modified rookie…
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Colts Neck golf team wins Monmouth County crown
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Colts Neck High School golfers (l-r) Caroline Lutkewitte, Allie Weinberg, Emily Mills, Julia Resnikoff and Kate Saeger are all smiles after winning the Monmouth County championship on April 30 at the Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune. The Colts Neck High School girls golf team learned that every score counts. The…
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Patriots clinch A North lacrosse crown
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Girls lacrosse in the Shore Conference A North Division continues to improve each season. Colts Neck High School has emerged as one of the best programs in the conference, while Howell and Manalapan have become solid programs that qualify for the state tournament. Despite these increasing challenges from other teams,…
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FRHSD athletes golden at county championships
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Manalapan High School senior Jason Dijols sprints toward his victory in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the Monmouth County Track and Field Championships on May 11 at Holmdel High School. Dijols ran a personal best time of 54.36 to capture the county title. Dijols scored in four events and helped…
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Free eye screenings for people with diabetes
The Novo Nordisk Diabetes Center at CentraState Medical Center is offering a free eye screening 9 a.m. to noon May 19 at CentraState’s Donna O’Donnel, R.N., Medical Arts Building, 901 W. Main St., Freehold Township. The screening is for community members who have diabetes and have not seen an ophthalmologist during the past year, or…
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Vincent J. Laraia
Mr. Laraia, 79, of Howell, died April 12, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Mr. Laraia was employed as a licensed professional engineer and worked as a chemical engineer for Merck & Co. in Rahway and Whitehouse Station for 35 years, retiring in 1993.…
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Joseph P. “Matt” Maher
Mr. Maher, 84, of Manalapan, died May 11, 2012, at Pine Brook Care Center, Manalapan. He was born in New York City and had lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., prior to moving to Manalapan in 2002. He was the founder and owner of Sign Mart in Brooklyn, retiring in 1995. He served in the U.S. Army…
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Helen A. Zari
Mrs. Zari, 86, of Crestwood Village, Whiting, died May 8, 2012, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. She was born in Mishawaka, Ind., was raised in New York City, and moved to Howell in 1944 before settling in Whiting in 1997. Mrs. Zari retired from the Department of the Army, CECOM, Fort Monmouth, in 1984,…
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