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The Garden State Skating Club will hold a figure skating seminar on May 7-8 at Ice World in Howell. World and Olympic coach Robert Tebby and world and Olympic competitor Tugba Karademir will be leading the two-day figure skating seminar. World and national skating judge Dr. Lawrence Mondschein is scheduled to make an appearance and…
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Blues ready to defend regional softball title
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Even though his team has played almost 50 games (36-7-1), Brookdale Community College softball coach Bo Scannapieco relishes the practice time his team will put in this week prior to the start of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region XIX Tournament. “We’re playing OK,” said Scannapieco, whose defending national…
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Patriots, Mustangs locked in A North tennis duel
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Marlboro High School freshman Julian Rozenstein is one of the reasons why the Mustangs remain a viable contender to win the 2011 Shore Conference A North Division tennis title. Rozenstein plays first singles for the Mustangs, who lost their first A North match of the season on April 27 to…
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UVA’s Andrews does it again at Penn Relays
Manalapan High School grad anchors Cavaliers to 4×800 championship BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer There is aWall of Fame at the Penn Relays for those athletes who have excelled at the meet, and if Robby Andrews keeps up what he has been doing, the Manalapan High School graduate seems destined to have his name on…
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The U-11B Battle of Monmouth Strikers will hold open soccer tryouts for the fall 2011 season. Players must be born beforeAug. 1, 2001, to be eligible. Tryouts will be held onMay 12 at 4:30 p.m.; May 20 at 5 p.m. and May 26, at 4:30 p.m. The Strikers will play on Sundays in the Monmouth…
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Patriots climb back into A North lacrosse race
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Katie Wagenblast had a reminder for her Freehold Township High School girls lacrosse team before the Patriots hosted Colts Neck on April 26; the coach told her players that championships are won, not handed out. Freehold Township has owned the Shore Conference A North Division since putting up its first…
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Trainer excited about Kentucky Derby prospects
Kelly Breen’s 3-year-old Pants On Fire won $1M Louisiana Derby BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Kelly Breen, who has twice been the leading trainer at Monmouth Park, Oceanport, trained Pants On Fire, a horse that will race in the 2011 Kentucky Derby on May 7. Breen, who lives in Farmingdale and hails from Old Bridge,…
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Tots are invited to May 14 Dorbrook event
The Monmouth County Park System will host the Dorbrook 500 on May 14. Held at the Dorbrook RecreationArea, Route 537, Colts Neck, this event features tots between the ages of 2 and 4 using their Cozy Coupe (or similar self-propelled vehicle) for a noncompetitive race. Racers will follow a short marked course on the park’s…
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State investigates county college compensation
Handlin’s call for inquiry prompted by Brookdale audit report findings BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Fiscal improprieties at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, and other county colleges in New Jersey have prompted the Office of the State Comptroller to launch an investigation into compensation packages of college officials. Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (RMonmouth and Middlesex) said she…
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