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RBC’s McNamara, Byrne sweep county x-c crowns
Kevin Byrne threw his cross country coming out party at the Monmouth County Championships on Oct. 19. The Red Bank Catholic senior who lives in Millstone, answered his critics by outkicking Colts Neck’s Mike O’Dowd, running a Holmdel Park 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) personal best time of 16:09 (O’Dowd clocked 16:12). “One of my goals…
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Historic Central Jersey win for Redbird harrier Ticse
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Caroline Ticse has saved her best for last as the lead runner of Allentown’s girls cross country team, and with it a place in the school annals. Allentown High School’s Caroline Ticse made school history at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II Cross Country Championships held at Thompson Park in Jamesburg…
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Redbirds set school record for football wins in a season
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown’s football team won a school record sixth game on Nov. 5 when it beat Robbinsville, 35-14. But first-year coach Jay Graber had the unenviable task of informing his players in a meeting on Monday this week that it’s not enough to make the NJSIAA Group III Central playoffs for the…
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Allentown Redbirds cheer team earns top spot again
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Left: Allentown Redbirds Junior Pee Wee Natalie Smires performs the scorpion move supported by her teammates during the Pop Warner Central Qualifiers in the Sun National Bank Arena in Trenton on Oct. 31. Right: The Allentown Redbirds Junior Pee Wee cheer team’s award-winning pyramid. ALLENTOWN — The Allentown Redbirds Junior…
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Lindsay Anne Bacovin, daughter of Craig and Julianne Bacovin of Allentown, was recently awarded a scholarship from the Joseph E. Enright Foundation to pursue a degree in nursing at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa. Scholarships are awarded twice a year to applicants chosen by a committee comprised of members of the board of trustees as…
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School budget season opens
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — It’s already time for the community to start working on the 2011-12 Upper Freehold Regional School District budget. The district has provided each school’s administrators with budget packets that they are required to fill out by Dec. 9 to start discussions regarding their spending priorities for next year.…
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Miriam J. McGowan
Mrs. McGowan, 80, of Freehold Township, died Nov. 5, 2010, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Jackson. Born in New York City, she lived in Matawan before moving to Freehold 16 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert, in 1997; and three siblings, William Goewey, Gona Novello and Hazel Goewey. Surviving are five children…
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Helena Brennan
Mrs. Brennan, 90, of Freehold Township, died Nov. 1, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a U.S. Army Air Corps. veteran of World War II. She also taught reading for many years at Freehold schools. Mrs. Brennan was predeceased by her husband, George A. Brennan, in 1982; a brother, Benjamin Rutkowski; three…
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Peter Paul Horzepa
Mr. Horzepa, 89, of South River, died Oct. 18, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1971, he was employed as a letter carrier for the South River post office, where he worked for 20 years. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Toht Horzepa; two sons, Robert Horzepa of…
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