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Believe Fund to benefit RU’s LeGrand
The Rutgers University Scarlet Knights athletic program has established the Eric LeGrand Believe Fund to support LeGrand, of Avenel, a junior defensive tackle for the Scarlet Knights whose spinal cord was injured in a football game vs. Army on Oct. 16. Contributions can be made payable to the Eric LeGrand Believe Fund and sent to…
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Prevention First earns two Jasper awards
Prevention First received two Jasper awards from the Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association (JSPRAA) on Oct. 8. Prevention First, located in Ocean Township, won a gold award for its electronic annual report and a silver award in the category of special event planning for “Come Together,” Prevention First’s annual fundraising gala held earlier…
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Purplestride, a 5K walk to raise funds and awareness for pancreatic cancer, will be held 10 a.m. Nov. 7 at the Mack Cali Business Complex in Parsippany. Registration will open at 8 a.m. The walk is sponsored by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (www.pancan.org). There is no registration fee. Details: www.purplestride.org or email [email protected].
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Redbirds travel to Robbinsville looking for state playoff berth
Steamrolling through the first five opponents was one thing, but getting a school record-tying sixth victory and a berth in the NJSIAA Group III playoffs for the first time is quite a bit different for Allentown High School’s football team. The Redbirds came up short for the second straight game, after a bye week, when…
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Cross Country
Red Bank Catholic’s Kevin Byrne, who lives in Millstone, finished third at the Shore Conference Cross Country Championships on Oct. 30 at Ocean County Park in Lakewood. Byrne ran his fastest 5K ever, 15:25. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Allentown boys soccer ready for state playoffs
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School’s boys soccer team veterans, adjusting to some changes in position and the addition of two talented transfers, came into this week poised for the NJSIAA Group III tournament after a 9-7-2 regular season and runner up finish in the Colonial Valley Conference Patriot Division. It opened in…
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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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Linda L. Golla Colleton
Mrs. Colleton, 70, of East Windsor, died Oct. 20, 2010, at her son’s home. She was predeceased by her husband, James Colleton, in 2008; and a son, William Evans, in 2004. Surviving are four sons and three daughters-in-law, Barry Evans and his wife, Liza, of Old Bridge; Robert “Bobby” Evans and his wife, Shelly, of…
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Laws for pedestrian safety for people 65-plus needed
It’s a fact that a disproportionately high number of seniors are killed annually as pedestrians in the United States. In 2008, the age 65-plus population comprised 18 percent of all car-related pedestrian fatalities, while they made up only 13 percent of the population. New Jersey has some alarming statistics of its own. In 2009, Atlantic…
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