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Independent’s top stories of 2011
1. Ill wind blows for BRSA turbine The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority ran into opposition on its plan to erect a 386- foot-tall ind ustrial wind turbine at its facility in Union Beach. The latest wrinkle is the concern among towns that would host the transport of the 200 tons of turbine components about possible…
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Hazlet, Union Beach may pull out of BRSA
Two host towns approve resolutions ending contract with sewerage authority BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer More than 40 years ago, Hazlet, Holmdel and Union Beach formed the structure of the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA), which has since inducted five more towns into its service area. At their last few municipal meetings of 2011, the governing…
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An unusually balmy Jan. 1 provided perfect weather for the American Littoral Society’s 36th annual New Year’s Day Beach Walk, which took participants on a bracing walk from Officer’s Row at Fort Hancock to the northern tip of Sandy Hook. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Trotters on for 2012
Horsemen in New Jersey got the best of all gifts right before Christmas: the guarantee that there will be racing at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford in 2012. The New Jersey Racing Commission awarded a license to operate harness racing at the Meadowlands to Jeff Gural and partners on Dec. 20, according to the Standardbred…
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Warriors rebuild after losing talented cagers
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Julie Ciak finds herself cast in a different role this season on the New Egypt High School girls basketball team — the team leader. In addition to scoring 11 points per game, Ciak, a senior guard, is leading a young, rebuilding lineup that is making up for the departure of graduated…
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Jackson Liberty High School’s Jon Scialabba (top) controls James Cotter of Pompton Lakes during their 132-pound bout at the Walter Woods Wrestling Tournament held at Middletown South High School in Middletown on Dec. 28. Scialabba won the bout, 13-0. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Holup leads Jags to WOBM hoop title
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Tall players taking and making unlikely three-point shots has become common practice for the Jackson Memorial High School boys basketball team. Jimmy McDonnell, a 6-8 forward, took his share of shots from beyond the arc before concluding his career with the Jaguars three years ago and heading to Temple University to…
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Yacoub Mikhail
Mr. Mikhail, 82, of Howell, died Dec. 29, 2011, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was born in Cairo, Egypt, and was employed as a plant manager there. He attended St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic. Church, Howell. Surviving are his wife, Alice Dimitri Mikhail; a son and daughter-in-law, Adel and Diane Mikhail; a daughter…
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Mary V. Golom
Mrs. Golom, 83, of Howell, died Dec. 27, 2011, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Prior to retiring in 1996, she was employed in the food department at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by a great- grandson, Branson Snyder. Surviving are her husband of 65 years, David S. Golom; a daughter,…
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