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O.B. board seeks revenue from ads at school facilities
Board of Ed. signs on with marketing firm in hopes of attracting nat’l businesses BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Today it is known as Lombardi Field. But with the Old Bridge school district signing a new contract with an advertising agency, it soon may be going by a different name. The Board of Education approved…
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Sayreville sees continued disagreement over firing
Council, mayor at odds over removal; Dems will explore whether position must be filled BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Members of the Sayreville Borough Council are defending their controversial decision to terminate Business Administrator Jeff Bertrand. With a newly appointed Democratic majority, the council voted 5-1 to fire Bertrand on Jan. 9 after eight years of…
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Kyle Danaher and Matt DeCeglie (r) work on their paddle skills during a table tennis session at the Old Bridge YMCA Jan. 13. The new Table Tennis Club will meet at the Y on Friday evenings through April. About 50 participants have been attending. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Monmouth University junior midfielder Ryan Clark (Freehold, Freehold Township) has been named the BigAppleSoccer.com Men’s College Player of the Year. Clark led the Hawks to a share of their unprecedented seventh straight Northeast Conference regular-season championship and their third straight NEC Tournament championship. The Hawks reached the NCAA Tournament second round for the second time…
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Ranney girls win Panther Classic
Ranney School of Tinton Falls hosted its 18th annual Panther Classic Basketball Tournament in the Gerhard Pavilion for Athletics on Jan. 6-7, with a familiar outcome: the Lady Panthers captured their fourth straight title. Atradition since 1994, this year’s Panther Classic featured varsity boys and girls teams from United Christian Academy, Calvary Academy, Doane Academy…
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RBC girls poised to defend county swimming crown
Caseys seeking 10th straight title BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent With a perfect 9-0 dual-meet record, the Red Bank Catholic High School girls swim team heads into the Monmouth County Championships this weekend looking for its 10th straight title. The Caseys are coming off a very impressive 126-44 victory over Manasquan on Friday, as coach Matt Bowen’s…
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Colts expect to be stronger in second half of the season
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Christian Brothers Academy basketball coach Geoff Billett did not dispute the opinions of some high school analysts and fans that his team is having a “down” year thus far. Compared, that is, to past seasons. But he feels it is only a matter of a short time span before his team…
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RFH, RBC among Shore winners at Showcase
BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s Janae Mayfield (l) and St. John Vianney’s Paxton Reddington battled for a loose ball during the Jan. 5 game played in Rumson. On Jan. 15 the two teams participated in the Boardwalk Hoop Group Showcase held at Long Branch High School. Rumson handed Neptune its first loss…
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Linda C. (Leo) Pond
Mrs. Pond, 51, of Red Bank, died Dec. 23, 2011, at home. She was born in Topeka, Kansas, and was a graduate of Howell High School, class of 1978. She was predeceased by a brother, John Patrick Leo, in 2009. Mrs. Pond is survived by a son, Timothy Meyer and his wife, Robyn; her parents,…
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