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Students gauge future finances at reality fair
Spotswood teens learn about challenges of life after college BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — It was all going so well. And then the muffler on his Toyota Prius blew, resulting in a $500 repair job he certainly wasn’t planning on. Fortunately, with a lucrative career choice and good financial planning, Spotswood High School…
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Monroe bids farewell to Nalitt as councilman
Retiring after 24 years, he expresses optimism town will ‘continue to prosper’ BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Irwin Nalitt The last Monroe Township Council meeting of 2011 also served as a final send-off for a longtime councilman. Irwin Nalitt, who was has served six consecutive terms since first being elected as councilman at-large in 1988,…
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East Brunswick High School cheerleaders perform for the crowd during the Bears’ victorious Dec. 20 basketball game against Piscataway. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Panel nearing decision on fire district consolidation
Advisory committee looking at options such as merging Monroe’s three districts BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer A committee charged with reviewing and acting on a fire district consolidation study is making progress toward a final recommendation, Monroe officials said last week. The Fire Study Advisory Committee was formed last year in an effort to ensure…
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South River council finally able to meet, conduct business
Adopts master plan changes; bids farewell to Eppinger, Almeida BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent With a new South River Borough Council member in place, the governing body met last week to take care of business items that were held over from previous, aborted meetings. Aside from a Dec. 15 meeting that was held solely for the…
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Michael Alster gets ready to fire one at an opponent during a dodgeball tournament sponsored by Monroe Township Recreation on Dec. 29 to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Nick Parisi Nick Parisi has graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Parisi, who is a 2006 graduate of Marlboro High School, majored in leadership and environmental engineering at West Point. He was assigned to Fort Drum, N.Y. Parisi, who is Marlboro High School’s all-time winningest wrestler, continued his wrestling career…
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Middletown hockey teams start heart of their schedules
Teams will play at Prudential Center on Jan. 21 BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Middletown South Middletown South High School’s hockey team has withstood a rash of injuries and Middletown North High School is grooming a rebuilt lineup as both teams hover around .500 heading into the heart of their schedules. That includes the first of…
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Raritan wins Hawk Classic; CBA wrestlers second at Woods
Holmdel second at Hornet tourney BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Christian Brothers Academy’s Rich Long (r) has control of Freehold Borough’s Zach Mostowsky during their 138-pound match at the Walter Woods Wrestling Tournament at Middletown South High School on Dec. 28. Mostowsky went on to win the match by a 9-3 decision. Christian Brothers Academy…
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