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Flower power
Members of the Keyport Garden Club work with local children to plant a bed of flowers in the shape of the word “Read” in front of the Keyport Public Library on June 18. The garden club teamed up with the library for a program of activities for children including educational gardening tips and hands-on planting.…
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Mid’town methadone clinic has neighbors up in arms
Twp. attorney: Facility is permitted use in business zone BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Residents crowded the June 20 Middletown Township Committee meeting to protest a methadone clinic on Route 35 near Apple Farm Road. ANDREW DAVISON Middletown residents packed town hall on June 20 and demanded that the township revoke the certificate of occupancy…
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Holmdel, developer near accord on Lucent plan
Mayor: Project would produce $4.7M in ratables BYMIKE DAVIS Correspondent A redevelopment plan for the vacant Bell Labs building at the Alcatel-Lucent site in Holmdel proposes multiple uses for the 2 million-square-foot structure. With three years of heated debate behind them, the Holmdel Township Committee and Somerset Development introduced plans for redeveloping the Alcatel-Lucent property…
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Members of the Keyport Garden Club and local children plant a bed of flowers in a pattern that spells the word “Read” at the Keyport Public Library on June 18. More photos, page 3. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Andrews wins NCAA 800; USATF nationals up next
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Having conquered the college world a second time, University of Virginia track standout Robby Andrews will step up in competition this week. Andrews captured his second NCAA Division I 800-meter championship in typical come-from-behind style in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 10. This week he will be competing in the…
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Soloman finishes first season on hot streak
Jackson Memorial graduate hit .310 at Eastern Kentucky BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Bryan Soloman Bryan Soloman, a former Jackson Memorial High School baseball standout and current Eastern Kentucky University third baseman, was selected as a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball magazine after a surging second half of the 2011 season. In 2010, Soloman…
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sport shorts
Many of the top drivers in asphalt Modified stock car racing are ready to compete in one of the most prestigious events in the sport as Wall Stadium presents the Garden State Classic on June 25. Current plans call for spectator seating to open at 4 p.m., with qualifying slated for 6:30 p.m. and main…
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JMHS grad takes reins of grid team
Walt Krystopik named Jaguars’ football coach BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School graduate Walt Krystopik (l) joins Athletic Director John Lamela on familiar turf — the Jaguars’ football field. Krystopik, who played for the Jaguars in the early 1990s, has been named the school’s new varsity football coach. JEFF GRANIT staff Walt Krystopik…
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Irene B. Urban
Mrs. Urban, 76, of Jackson, died June 6, 2011, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Urban was predeceased by her husband, Andrew; two brothers, John and Oliver Webb; and a sister, Anna Zalamow. She is survived by a daughter, Janet Mc- Nally, and her husband, James, of Jackson; two sons, Scott…
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