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    Trilogy Lacrosse will host a free lacrosse clinic on Sept. 18 at Camp Sacajawea, 127 Yellowbrook Road, Howell. There will be a clinic for sixth- through eighth-graders from 1 to 3 p.m. and for ninth- through 11th-graders from 3 to 5 p.m. Coaches are invited to attend as well. The national directors of Trilogy Lacrosse,…

  • Warriors open vs. Maple Shade

    The New Egypt High School football team will kick off the 2011 season at home in Plumsted on Sept. 9 when the Warriors host Maple Shade. New Egypt is coming off an 8-3 campaign. Running back Jamel Smith, who helped to key the offense in 2010, returns for his senior season. Smith will also play…

  • Rebels trying to keep winning ways going

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School quarterback Ryan Davies runs through a tackle during the Rebels’ scrimmage against Matawan Regional High School on Aug. 26 in Matawan. Howell will open the 2011 football season on Sept. 10 at Toms River North. For more photos of this scrimmage, see the Photo Galleries at www.gmnews.com.…

  • Photo contest to capture five decades of open space preservation and park development

    A picture may be worth a thousand words, but how many pictures would it take to capture the beauty of preserving 650,000 acres of open space and parks in New Jersey over the past 50 years? That is the challenge the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is putting into the shutter-happy hands of residents…

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     Congregation Ahavat Olam will host a membership drive and open house at the synagogue, 106 Windeler Road, Howell, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sept. 11. Guests will have the opportunity to meet Rabbi Michael Klein and Cantor David Amar. Light refreshments will be served. Congregation Ahavat Olam is a Conservative Jewish synagogue. Details: 732-363-5190.  A coin…

  • Golf outing helps soldier

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer A rmy Reserve Staff Sgt. Ruben Gomez has been a soldier for a long time. For 14 years, Gomez fought and trained as a medic for the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve. On Feb. 16, eight days before his fifth tour of duty overseas was scheduled to end,…

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     Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch will host a meeting to discuss similar design flaws of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant and the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Toms River library, 101 Washington St., Toms River. “Update on the Nuclear Threat to the United States” will be…

  • Outside funding boosts projects

    PLUMSTED — A number of road improvements throughout Plumsted are either under way or close to starting, as more than $150,000 in state and county funding makes its way to the township. AnAug. 25 announcement by municipal officials stated that the New Jersey Local Aid Infrastructure Funding Program has awarded a $57,000 grant for paving,…

  • Residents dealt with long power outage

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — It is never easy to be without power for days at a time. Food can go to waste, bathroom facilities are rendered useless, and other modern amenities are unavailable. According to JCP&L’s Internet website, in the wake of Hurricane Irene on Aug. 28, there were 67 people still…

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