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J’burg board: No money to bring back programs
Officials say rising costs, inability to restore cuts show need to pull out of Monroe BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer The Jamesburg Board of Education will use some newly arrived state aid to pay unforeseen costs for the coming school year. However, parents are pressing the board to find ways to bring back programs such…
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Toll Brothers to present plans for Golden Triangle
Officials from both parties tout benefits of project BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The developer of the Golden Triangle property in East Brunswick will speak about the proposed settlement agreement and the planned retail and residential project at the Township Council’s meeting on Aug. 8. After years of negotiations and months of discussions in closed…
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Seniors play pickleball Saturday morning at the Rossmoor adult community in Monroe. The event made its debut as part of the Senior Condo Olympics. See story, page 12. ERIC SUCAR staff
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The Lady Knights travel softball club, based in Middletown, is looking for competitive players for travel softball and tournaments. All teams are coached by former college players who have no daughters on the team. The teams are: Lady Knights 16U (birth date from Jan. 1 1996, to Dec. 31, 1996); 14U (born in 1997 and…
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Asbury Park 5K is Aug. 13
BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The eighth annual Asbury Park 5K road race will take place Aug. 13 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Last year 1,076 runners completed the race on a relatively mild day. This time out, race director Phil Hinck is hoping to attract 1,500 runners for the event, which is presented by theAsbury Park Urban…
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Jam clinch top seed for playoffs
Van Zandt Jam clinched the top seeding for the Crazy Johnny Memorial Basketball League playoffs that begin tomorrow night. The Jam beat the E Street Ballers, 75-56, on July 29 to clinch first place in the regular season. Tyler Walters (25) and Steve Goldstein (15) combined for 40 points in the win. Johnny Denis topped…
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World Series play is next for Hazlet 12U softball team
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Demi Rivera, a pitcher and left fielder for Hazlet’s 12U (12 years old and under) regional championship softball team, calls heading for the Cal Ripken Babe Ruth World Series “exciting, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” Twelve players and coaches from the Lady Hawks team left on Aug. 3 for Andalusa, Ala., to pursue…
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The Knights travel baseball club, based in Middletown, is looking for competitive players for the fall 2011 season. Players must be the following ages; 8U (born after April 30, 2002); 9U (born after April 30, 2001); 10U (born after April 30, 200); 11U, 50/70 pitching mound/base paths (born after April 30, 1999); 12U, 50/70 (born…
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Coil gives Baffert record fifth Haskell triumph
Jockey Garcia wins with stretch run BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Trainer Bob Baffert said he’d learn a lot about his 3-year-old colt, Coil, at Sunday’s $1 million Resorts Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. Baffert was convinced that his horse would “run a big race,” but admitted that Coil didn’t have the résumé of the…
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