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Jeanine Galvan and Councilwoman Joy-Michele Tomczak, both Keyport, walk along the Keyport shoreline clearing debris while volunteering in Clean Ocean Action’s 27th annual Spring Beach Sweeps event on April 21. CHRIS KELLY
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Howard Lab one step closer to survival
NOAA funding bill clears Senate Appropriations Committee BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer The James J. Howard Marine Laboratory on Sandy Hook is slated to be closed as part of the proposed 2013 federal budget. MIKE DAVIS Supporters of the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory on Sandy Hook have cleared a hurdle, but a very long…
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sport shorts •••
Months of work at Wall Stadium Speedway in Wall Township have been completed and hours of fine-tuning in area race car shops are nearing an end, all in preparation for the first event of the 2012 Saturday night professional stock car racing season on the evening ofApril 28. Modified, Sportsman, Street Stock, Legend Cars and…
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Howell’s new softball coach is a proven winner on field
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Tricia Reingle-Savino could not be happier. She is the new head coach of the Howell High School softball team. Coaching a team like the Rebels, the 2011 Central Jersey Group IV state sectional champions who have seven returning starters, is reason alone to be happy, but to the former St.…
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JMHS grad Jennings leads Kean U. baseball squad
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Ed Jennings of Jackson is enjoying a productive 2012 season with the Kean University baseball team. LARRY LEVANTI Ed Jennings of Jackson has been to the NCAA Division III World Series twice, but the catcher on Kean University’s baseball team wants to end his career with a championship. Two years before…
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Lions look to play better golf as season rolls on
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Jackson Liberty High School golf team is beginning to recapture the form the Lions have not enjoyed since a season-opening 169-172 victory over its crosstown rival Jackson Memorial High School. “We are starting to put things back on track,” coach Frank Giannetti said this week. “We lost only one player…
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The Jackson Liberty High School Lions and the Howell High School Rebels hooked up in a Shore Conference inter-division baseball matchup on April 19 in Howell. Above left, Jackson Liberty’s Dan Naif delivers a pitch to a Howell batter. Above right, Jackson Liberty’s Angel Garced (l) and James Sofield go after a ground ball hit…
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Howell officials lament tax increase in budget
BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council has unanimously adopted a $44.3 million municipal budget for 2012 that will be supported by the collection of $24.9 million in local property taxes. The budget represents an increase of about $250,000 from the 2011 budget of $44.05 million, which was supported by $23.4 million…
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ARE WE THERE YET
Vernon puts the kibosh on a Buick LORI CLINCH Some people absolutely love to carshop. They adore the browsing, the test driving and the ever-loving-haggling-tilyou drop over the price. Somewhere between “What’s it gonna take to put you into this car today?” and the pressure to purchase the $500 undercoat, these bargainers walk away with…
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