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Places To Be
It is still summer, but autumn sports are beginning to enter the picture. Here are some events that you can check out while waiting for the arrival of the fall season. The high school football season is a few weeks away from its official start, but there are some attractive scrimmages coming up. On Aug.…
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Trade center steel to be placed on display in Plumsted
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer PLUMSTED – A remembrance of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 will take place 15 years to the day after the tragic events unfolded at three locations in the eastern United States. A ceremony has been scheduled for 2 p.m. Sept. 11 at the municipal building, 121 Evergreen Road,…
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Color run returning to Millstone Township on Oct. 8
MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township K-8 School District PTO/PTSA will hold its second annual Millstone Township Color-A-Thon on Oct. 8 at the Millstone Township Middle School, 5 Dawson Ct. Participants can walk, run or dance through a new and improved race route, according to a press release. Participants should be prepared to get color-blasted with…
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‘Batman’ comic book writer to visit Milltown store
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — For Michael Pfeifer, providing fairness, honesty and developing a good rapport with his customers at Main Street Comics & Toys is what he attributes to reaching 25 years in business this year. “I was a kid when I opened, and I did not know anything about running a…
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Sports shorts
The Gallery of Dance, located in Freehold, had a successful performance at the World Dance Championship held Aug. 2-7 at the Meadowlands Exp Center in Secaucus. Dancers from the Freehold dance studio competed in five routines throughout the week in the categories of small group and large groups. The World Dance Championship is a spectacular…
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Serrapica blossoms as closer, makes NY-Penn League all-star game
Joe Serrapica has thus far taken advantage of the opportunity the Tampa Bay Rays have given him. The right-handed pitcher via Manalapan High School was drafted by the Rays in the Major League Baseball draft in June. Although he had a year of eligibility remaining at Fordham University, Serrapica said at the time that he…
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Metuchen neighborhood sees rats
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Rats may be running amok and leaving feces on properties throughout the Charles Street neighborhood as well as being the cause of the tomatoes that vanished from a garden. Borough officials and the Health Department are currently working on rectifying a potential rat problem in the neighborhood. As of Aug. 17, Borough Administrator…
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Learn how to play pickleball at JCC
The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County is offering pickleball lessons. Pickleball is traditionally played on a badminton-sized court with special paddles made of wood or other materials. The ball is similar to a wiffle ball but slightly smaller. The lower net a wiffle ball allow the game to be accessible to people of…
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Captain Ivanicki wants to lead Hawks back to NCAA Tournament
By Tim Morris Leadership has come naturally to Rachael Ivanicki. In high school, she was a captain of all her athletic teams (soccer and cross-country). “I’m pretty vocal,” she said. While she cherishes those high school honors, they are dwarfed by what the Monmouth University women’s soccer team did in naming her the Hawks’ overall…
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