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RBC tennis looking for more championships
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Red Bank Catholic High School girls tennis team is looking to add to its already considerable list of laurels on Monday when it was slated to play Bishop Eustace in the Non-Public A South finals. Thus far the Caseys, 16-1 on the year, have captured the Shore Conference and Monmouth…
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Blue Devils continue to maintain tradition
Field hockey team wins 40th division title BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The Shore Regional field hockey team has been on a hot streak for a long time. The Blue Devils had won 39 straight Shore Conference division titles going into this season, and the team had its sights set on another championship run. “No team…
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First place at stake when Falcons-Caseys kick off
Friday night at Count Basie Field BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent A21-19 loss to Neptune on Friday hurt Monmouth Regional High School’s chances to win the Shore Conference’s B North division outright, but the Falcons are still in the hunt for a share of the top spot. Next Friday’s game (Oct. 22) against Red Bank Catholic…
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RBC outlasts RFH in B North volleyball
BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent In the program’s inaugural season, the Red Bank Catholic girls volleyball team has asserted itself among some of the top teams in the Shore Conference. Rumson-Fair Haven’s Margaret Martell (13) attempts to get the ball over Long Branch’s Meagan Cerruti during their volleyball match at Long Branch on Oct. 15. The…
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WLB school website is more user-friendly
Redesign features ease of access, better communication BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — One month in, the school district’s new website has received praise from parents and teachers for its features and ease of use. Superintendent Karen Wood said that user friendliness, an aspect the old website lacked, was a priority for…
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Charles Kirman Sr.
Mr. Kirman, 78, formerly of Lincroft, died Oct 15, 2010, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. An Air Force veteran of the Korean War, he was a past member of the Red Bank Fire Department, Union Hose Fire Company. Mr. Kirman retired as owner of R.P. Boothe Brake Service, Neptune, after which he worked…
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Elect officials who will reduce U.S. debt
Our country is facing a debt of $13 trillion. The Obama administration will add another $1.3 trillion this year. President Obama’s stimulus package has done nothing to create a sustained recovery. Unemployment is 10.1 percent and could go higher. Some feel we may have a double-dip recession. Consumers have retrenched; housing starts have crashed along…
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Politicians need to stop spending tax dollars
Icannot believe the article on the Long Branch Pier funding (“City acts to secure pier funding,” Oct. 7). Our taxes here are ridiculous, people are losing jobs and homes. I can’t sell my house to get out. We (this whole country) have got to stop spending money we don’t have. That Congressman Frank Pallone came…
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Recommit to showing respect for others
It is despicable and so sad. Such a loss of respect defies definition and undermines our basic humanity. I am talking about the invasion of privacy inflicted upon the Rutgers University freshman – I omit his name out of respect for him and his family even though it is well-known in the press – by…
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