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The Central East Jersey Basketball Officials organization, a member of the NJSIAA, is accepting applications from men and women who wish to become certified high school basketball officials. Classes begin Sept.13 at East Brunswick High School, 380 Cranbury Road. For additional information, contact Allan Kaufman at [email protected] or visit www.cejbo.org.
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SBOANJ names scholarship winners
East Brunswick’s Michael E. Desjardins and Lambertville’s Emily Grace Murphy have won the 2011 scholarship awards from the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey. Desjardins will receive the top prize of $5,000, while Murphy will take home $2,500. “There were a total of five applicants and all were outstanding candidates,” said SBOANJ President…
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Spotswood Chargers 14U team takes Central Jersey spring title
The Spotswood Chargers 14U travel baseball team captured their second Central Jersey Travel Baseball League championship by beating the South Brunswick Vikings 12-4 on June 19. As they did throughout the regular season, the Chargers continued to pound the baseball. They hit .467 as a team and averaged 9.91 runs per game in the regular…
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Bears’ Wojtowicz relies on his force of will to excel
BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Jake Wojtowicz Jake Wojtowicz is a player who more than meets the eye when he lines up on defense for East Brunswick High School’s football team. That wasn’t always the case for the 200-plus-pound senior. As a 6-0 sophomore and junior, Wojtowicz’s wasn’t always able to stare an opponent in the…
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Responsibilities, rewards are AD’s job description
BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Frank Noppenberger High school athletic directors (ADs) have had to adapt to the same changes educators in the classroom have faced, perhaps more since many are among the most tenured in education and have been around long enough to see their job descriptions transformed dramatically. In the second of a two-part…
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GeorgeW. Furs
Mr. Furs, 64, of Spotswood, died May 14, 2011, as a result of being struck by an automobile in Spotswood. He served in the U.S. Army infantry during the Vietnam era, patrolling the Demilitarized Zone in Korea. Mr. Furs retired from the maintenance department at Rutgers University’s Livingston campus in 2005. Arrangements were under the…
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Duane J. Snipp
Mr. Snipp, 74, of East Brunswick, died June 28, 2011, at home. Surviving are his wife, Gail Magin Snipp; three sons, Glenn of Chesapeake, Va., Gregg, and his wife, Regina, of Goodyear, Ariz., and Brian, and his wife, Jamie, of East Brunswick; and two granddaughters. Services were held at Rezem Funeral Home, East Brunswick. Interment…
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Kathleen M. Ryan
Ms. Ryan, 56, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, formerly of East Brunswick, died June 28, 2011, at home. Prior to her retirement in 2008, she was employed for 10 years as a bank teller at Wachovia Bank, East Brunswick. Before that, she worked as a salesclerk for Bradlees, also East Brunswick. She was predeceased…
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Mary Theresa Doherty O’Mara
Mrs. O’Mara, 67, of Hamilton, formerly of East Brunswick, died June 29, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Prior to her retirement in 2006, she was employed as a teacher’s aide with the East Brunswick Board of Education, where she worked for 15 years. In addition, she was the supervisor of the…
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