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Donations sought for children in need
Teens Taking Action, a youth community service group at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, is sponsoring a Giving Tree Back-to-Basics Drive for the Manna House for women and children in need. Needed are cotton swabs, diapers (sizes 2-5), baby needs (powder, shampoo, etc.), laundry detergent, first-aid kits, games,…
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Lancers ready for another run at a state championship
BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Following a successful campaign last season, the St. John Vianney girls basketball team has its sights set on another championship run in 2011. With four junior starters, St. John Vianney made it to the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions (TOC) final, losing to Neptune, 67-48. This year, those four juniors will be…
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Hawk men are hosting Rutgers, Villanova at MAC
Monmouth University men’s basketball team will live in the Big East for a few days. In-state rival Rutgers University and Villanova will be at Monmouth’s Multipurpose Activity Center (MAC) this week. Rutgers stops by the West Long Branch campus on Saturday for a 7 p.m. tip-off, and nationally ranked Villanova makes a call at the…
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Monmouth Regional’s Quaver Smith (l) looks to make an outlet pass after pulling down a rebound against Middletown South during a preseason scrimmage game on Dec. 10 in Middletown. The season will officially begin for Monmouth on Friday night when the Falcons host Middletown North in the first regular season game. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Monmouth Park’s top trainer maintained family tradition
BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Afew generations ago, Joseph Sacco left his native Italy and made his way to West Long Branch, where he started to breed horses on a farm just off Wall Street. Together with his son William, Sacco eventually began to train these horses, a profession that has very much defined the history…
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RBC girls looking to keep the pressure on
Open season at RBR Friday BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent With several key returnees and a deep and talented bench, the Red Bank Catholic High School girls basketball team will be looking to make its mark in the Shore Conference’s Class B North Division this winter. The Caseys posted a 17-8 record a year ago and…
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The Monmouth Regional basketball team runs through its pregame shoot around prior to the Falcons’ scrimmage with Middletown South in Middletown. Monmouth opens the 2010- 11 season on Friday night hosting Middletown North. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Grant funds middle school GeoEducation program
Program would integrate hands-on research into curriculum BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer RED BANK — A grant would bring ongoing environmental research into the classroom through collaboration between the Red Bank School District and several local institutions. Superintendent Laura Morana announced the GeoEducation program at meeting with the press on Dec. 9. “It’s an enhancement…
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Lawrence Richard Malone
Mr. Malone, 84, of Red Bank, formerly of Rumson, died Dec. 9, 2010. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was commissioned as an ensign in 1945, and continued to serve his country as a naval reserve officer until honorably discharged in 1958 as a lieutenant. Mr. Malone worked for more than 40…
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