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Your voice … your vote
Iam always amazed when I talk to young people and they tell me they have not voted. It is a privilege we often take for granted. Now that we are into September, the traditional start date for political campaigns to kick into high gear, the stakes are incredibly high. We are experiencing stubborn unemployment, record…
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Jackson Travel Basketball Mid-Monmouth is having tryouts for the fall/winter Mid- Monmouth leagues during the week of Sept. 20. The tryouts are for Jackson residents only, ages 9-13. All tryouts are held at the Holman School gymnasium. Tryout dates and times for the various age groups are as followed: boys 9, 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 24…
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• A car wash fundraiser hosted by the Special Education Parent Advisory Council of Howell will be held at the Ramtown Elks Lodge on Ramtown-Greenville Road, Howell, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Proceeds will benefit special-needs children in Howell. Details: 732-984-1055. • A coffee house and open mic will be held at…
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• A Senior Expo will be held at the Jackson Senior Center, 45 Don Connor Blvd., from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 23. There will be vendors, free health screenings, door prizes and more. • A blood drive will be conducted by members of Howell Girl Scout Troop 1066 in conjunction with Central Jersey…
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• The Howell Police Department and the Howell Municipal Alliance will host an Operation Take Back New Jersey local collection site as part of Medicine Disposal Day, Sept. 25. Medications no longer needed may be disposed of at the Howell PAL/Human Services Building, 450 Adelphia Road (Route 524), Howell, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.…
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A newly forming 13U travel baseball team from the Old Bridge area is holding tryouts. Players must be no older than 13 as of April 30, 2011. The team roster will be limited to 12 committed players. Plans are to play fall ball this season, participate in winter training, play in a spring travel baseball…
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Bombers girls soccer team is primed for a good year
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Despite a slow start, expectations remain high for Sayreville High School’s girls soccer team. The Bombers are 0-1-2, having forged a pair of 1-1 ties with both North Brunswick and Monroe high schools, the latter in double overtime, sandwiched around a 3-0 loss to South Brunswick. “We have a lot of…
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Knights’ Lanzafama gets memorable first win
Old Bridge tops Monroe on late TD BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA BY WARREN Correspondent Anthony Lanzafama will always remember his first victory as the head coach of the Old Bridge High School football team, because it truly was a memorable evening. After dropping its season-opener to a big Woodbridge team, Old Bridge came home to face…
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