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Crazy Johnny’s pulls off upset to win summer basketball title
They saved the best for last. The championship game of the Crazy Johnny Memorial Basketball League produced the thriller of all thrillers as Crazy Johnny’s upset Van Zandt Jam, 63-61, to capture the summer league title atWalloo Park in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown on Friday night. The loss spoiled Van Zandt Jam’s bid…
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Arias, Martin win Park System’s Woodshollow Mountain Bike races
More than 100 mountain bike racers took on the challenge of Middletown’s Tatum Park on Saturday. The park was the site of the Monmouth County Park System’s 17th annual Woodshollow Mountain Bike Race. Riders raced though the open fields and woodlands of Tatum Park. Racers competed in Sport Class (intermediate and advanced levels) and Beginner…
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Lake Takanassee races still going strong in 48th year
The longest-running show at the Jersey Shore, the Lake Takanassee Summer Race Series, is now in its 48th year. The 5K races, held Monday evenings throughAug. 29, have become a rite of passage for runners in the shore area as well as a stop-off for Olympians. Everyone in the running community knows what Lake Tak…
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Youngsters learn from NHL coach and player
BY NATHAN ROSMAN Correspondent Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks spent time off the ice with young people who were taking part in a youth hockey clinic at Howell Ice World in Howell on Aug. 5. Kane was joined at the clinic by Blackhawks’ assistant coach Mike Haviland. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff I t…
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Leo Colasuono
Mr. Colasuono, 80, of Aberdeen, died Aug. 3, 2011, at home. He worked as an accountant for the Old Bridge Township Board of Education for 20 years before his retirement in 1994. Mr. Colasuono was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Edie Colasuono; a son and…
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William F. Whelan
Mr. Whelan, 86, a resident of Aberdeen for 48 years, died Aug. 9, 2011, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He retired from the sales department at Industrial Truck Body. A veteran of the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Whelan was a communicant of St. Clement Church where he belonged to the Holy Name…
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George Joseph Scaglione
Mr. Scaglione, 62, a resident of Aberdeen for 23 years, died Aug. 8, 2011, at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He was the owner of an Internet stamp-collecting company, where he worked until his retirement. He was predeceased by his father, Francis Scaglione. Surviving are his wife, Iris Scaglione; and his mother, Naomi…
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Nicholas Campanile
Mr. Campanile, of Tinton Falls, died July 30, 2011, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He served in the U.S. Navy. He was a graduate of Rutgers University and the University of Pisa, and earned a master’s degree from Yale University. Mr. Campanile began his career as registrar at Fordham University and was employed by…
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Kalana Dezoysa
Mrs. Dezoysa, 76, of Keyport, died July 28, 2011, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was born in Sri Lanka. Mrs. Dezoysa is survived by her husband of 50 years, Chullasiri Dezoysa; her children, Kumar Dezoysa of New Brunswick and Anil Dezoysa and his wife, Melissa, of Jackson; two grandchildren; four brothers, and a sister.…
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