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Brookdale baseball team climbs to No. 7 nationally
With the regular season winding down, Johnny Johnson’s Brookdale Community College men’s baseball team finds itself in a familiar position. The Jersey Blues are ranked seventh in the country in the most recent National Junior College Athletic Association poll. Brookdale didn’t begin the season ranked in the polls, but they have played their way into…
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RFH lacrosse team getting accustomed to pressure
Girls facing tougher schedule BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent One season after winning the Shore Conference Tournament, the Rumson Fair Haven High School girls lacrosse team faces a tougher schedule this season. While the team’s record from last season (18-4) may be hard to match, tougher match-ups may prepare the team for the long run. “We…
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Monmouth University’s Kinne signs with MLS’s Revolution
Ryan Kinne has become the standard by which all future Monmouth University men’s soccer team players will be measured. During the four-year career of the Naugatuck, Conn., native, the Hawks thrived, winning four consecutive regular-season Northeast Conference titles and two consecutive NEC Tournament titles (in 2009 and 2010). In 2009, the Kinne-led Hawks hosted an…
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Bulldogs crush the field at county golf tournament
John Edler’s 70 paves way for 24-stroke win BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Rumson-Fair Haven’s Charles Edler chips onto the green during the Monmouth County Championship at Hominy Hill Golf Course in Colts Neck on April 14. JEFF GRANIT staff The Rumson-Fair Haven High School golf team continued its torrid start with an overwhelming performance at the…
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‘Tina Colella: Essence … Simple, Timeless, Beauty’
Monmouth University is hosting the first solo exhibit of images by Oceanport photographer Tina Colella, “Essence … Simple, Timeless, Beauty” will run through May 20 in the Pollak Gallery on the West Long Branch campus. Colella, a professional lens woman for most of her life, is a passionate proponent of the captured image, focusing on…
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Manasquan: small-town charm & an eclectic downtown
Main Street draws visitors in summer as well as at holiday time BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Downtown Manasquan With miles of attractive beaches and a thriving downtown, Manasquan offers more than your average beach town. Manasquan has been a seaside destination since 1878, when railroads offered convenient access to New York City and the…
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stork club
Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Long Branch, announced the birth of a boy onMarch 30 to Meghan Burke Mueller and Benjamin Carl Mueller of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township.
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Jeffrey D. Burke
Mr. Burke, 62, of West Long Branch and formerly of Rumson, died April 16, 2011, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era. He was medical media specialist at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, for 40 years, where he also was a member…
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Helen F. Dougherty-Distefano
Mrs. Dougherty-Distefano, 84, of Long Branch and formerly of Rumson, died April 14, 2011, at home. She was an office manager for Tucker, Anthony & Day (now Royal Bank of Canada). She was predeceased by two brothers, Walter and Robert, and a sister, Loretta Mainente. She is survived by a sister, Margaret Smith; two sons,…
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