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Rebels look for scoring
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Last year’s Shore Conference A North Division girls basketball champions, the Howell High School Rebels, are rebuilding after graduating Sarah Olson (who is now playing at the New Jersey Institute of Technology), point guard Kaitlyn Schmid and Lauren Kolacki. The main concern for Rebels’ coach Bill Gallacher this winter will…
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Lions have sights set on C Central honors
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Liberty A 3-0 start to the 2011-12 season and a 58-45 victory in its Shore Conference C Central Division opener over Wall High School is a heartening sign for veteran coach Mark Lax, who is rebuilding the Jackson Liberty High School boys basketball team. Three starters graduated from last year’s…
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sport shorts
TheMonmouth County Park System has one golf course open this winter – Bel-Aire in Wall Township. Bel-Aire offers an 18-hole executive course and a nine-hole course. Winter rates are $12 for the 18-hole course and $8 for the nine-hole course. These prices are good for residents of Monmouth County and for nonresidents. The tee reservation…
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Lions to rely on defense and balanced scoring
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Liberty High School’s Sheana Vega (above, center) tries to keep the ball away from a pair of Manalapan defenders during the Lions’ 81-62 loss to the Braves on Dec. 22 in Manalapan. Below: Jackson Liberty’s Courtney Titus drives the ball past two defenders. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff The 2011-12…
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Hanukkah lights
Jacob Yudman, 2, of Jackson, shows his excitement at the sixth annual Hanukkah menorah lighting held in Jackson on the evening of Dec. 21. Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, began on the evening of Dec. 20 and ended Dec. 27. Rabbi Baruch Goodman, campus director at Chabad House, Rutgers University, addresses the crowd that…
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Nicholas J. Burdge
Mr. Burdge, 31, of Jackson, died Dec. 12, 2011, at home. He was employed as a custodian by the Jackson Board of Education, working at Jackson Memorial High School for 11 years. Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Donna and J. Bayard Lozier of Knoxville, Pa.; his father and stepmother, Joseph and Diana Burdge of…
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Frank A. Conforti
Mr. Conforti, 80, of Jackson, died Dec. 7, 2011. Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Rose Conforti; a son and daughter-in-law, Dr. William and Nancy Conforti; a daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Anthony DiPietro; and five grandsons. A funeral Mass was offered at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, Freehold Township. Entombment was in St.…
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Timothy F. O’Boyle
Mr. O’Boyle, 43, a resident of Middletown since 2009, died Dec. 9, 2011, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He was the supervisor of the Science Department at Marlboro High School. Mr. O’Boyle was a lifelong member and past president of the West Orange First Aid Squad and a coach for Lincroft Soccer…
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OnRamp helps connect individuals to new jobs
A cting Gov. Kim Guadagno and Labor Commissioner Hal Wirths launched a new job-search engine last month at the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Jobs4Jersey.com to help people find jobs. “As we work to improve our state’s economy and create jobs for New Jersey families, the Christie administration will use every tool possible…
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