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sport shorts
The Lumberjacks 18U wood bat travel baseball team is looking to fill out its roster for the 2012 spring season. The varsitylevel team will play on Sunday mornings in the USABL. Games will not conflict with the high school season. Tryouts will be announced. For more information, contact [email protected]. CK’s Baseball4U, 210 Commercial Court, Marlboro,…
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Manalapan youth football teams compete in national playoffs
I t was quite a season for the Manalapan Youth Football Association (MYFA). This week, two teams from the MYFA will be competing at the American Youth Football Association national championships in Orlando, Fla. The games will begin on Dec. 3. The MYFA’s Cadets and Junior Midget teams both won state playoff championships on Nov.…
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Old Bridge Angels win state title
The Old Bridge Angels of the United States Over-30 Baseball League won their first state championship with a doubleheader sweep of the New Jersey Cardinals in a best-of-three championship series. The games were played on Nov. 6 at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark. Behind the complete game pitching of JoeMiller, theAngels scored a…
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FTHS harriers finish season on high note at state final
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer When they wanted to be at their best, the Freehold Township High School boys cross country team was just that. At the season-ending NJSIAA state Meet of Champions held Nov. 19 at Holmdel Park in Holmdel, the Patriots turned in their finest performance ever, placing sixth as a team with…
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Braves, Bombers to battle for CJ Group IV crown
Manalapan and Sayreville will face off in Piscataway in football season finale BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Manalapan High School running back John Sieczkowski bursts through the line for a gain against West Windsor-Plainsboro South during a Central Jersey Group IV state semifinal playoff game on Nov. 18. Sieczkowski eventually scored the game-winning two-point conversion…
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business briefs
Kelly Hedin, a physical education and health teacher at Manalapan High School, was recently awarded the honor of October’s Teacher of the Month by the First Financial Foundation and Thunder 106. Hedin was nominated for the honor by family member Christian Kearns and was surprised with an award presentation earlier this month. Kearns said Hedin…
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The Rev. Malachy Higgiston
Father Higgiston, 88, of Cherry Hill, died Nov. 15, 2011, at Virtua West Hospital, Voorhees. He was born in Belfast, Ireland, and became a U.S. citizen in 1953. He was ordained on Dec. 8, 1956. He was a U.S. Army veteran lieutenant colonel, retiring in 1988 after 22 years of honorable service as a military…
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Joseph Bulko
Mr. Bulko, 72, of Marlboro, died Nov. 12, 2011, at home. He was born in Slovakia and lived in Staten Island, N.Y., from 1963 until moving to Marlboro in 2007. Mr. Bulko was a U.S. Army veteran. He was employed for 37 years by J.P. Morgan Chase Bank in New York City. Surviving are his…
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Wilma June Sweeney
Mrs. Sweeney, 77, of Manalapan, died Nov. 12, 2011. She was born in Florida and was a lifelong resident of Brick. Mrs. Sweeny was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. Prior to retiring, she was a bookkeeper for the Ocean County Department of Aging, Lakewood. She was predeceased by her husband, Don Sweeney, in…
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