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Pancake Breakfast on tap at O.B. church
Grace Church of Old Bridge, 442 Cottrell Road, will hold a Free-for-All Outdoor Pancake Breakfast beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 29. An outdoor service will follow at 10 a.m. All are welcome to attend. Admission is free of charge. For more information, log on to www.cottrellcorners.org, email cottrellcorners@ aol.com or call 732-588-5906.
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Special-needs soccer seeking teen buddies
Local teens ages 13 and up are sought to act as buddies with Just4Kixs, a soccer program designed for special-needs children ages 4-12. The program is conducted through the Old Bridge Soccer League. The teen buddies, who volunteer their time one hour a week to help a child learn the sport, will be paired with…
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The TFSC Panthers U-17 boys travel soccer team will be holding tryouts on Aug. 26 at the Sycamore Complex in Tinton Falls. The Panthers draw players from Monmouth County. For more information about the tryouts, contact coach Andy Polina at 917-796-0026 or andypollina@ verizon.net. The New Jersey Marlins are holding tryouts for the upcoming summer…
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RFH’s Edler second at JGA tourney
Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s Charlie Edler finished second at the American Junior Golf (AGA) Apawamis Juniors golf tournament held in Rye, N.Y., Aug. 10-12. Edler carded a final-round 70 for a 54-hole 217 score that trailed only Bennett Lavin from Deerfield, Ill., 70-72-71-213. Lavin lapped the field leading after all three rounds. The AGA tournament…
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Red Bank’s Moody first in Woods Hollow race
Middletown’s Tatum Park provided the challenge for riders during the Monmouth County Park System’s 16th annual Woods Hollow Mountain Bike Race. The course took the riders across open fields and through the park’s woodlands. The Aug. 7 event attracted a field of 125 riders. Racers competed in two divisions — Sport Class, for the more…
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Wave’s Shuler-Foster focusing on football
BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent With the help of his father, Miles Shuler-Foster fell in love with football at a young age. Miles Shuler-Foster Shuler-Foster, 16, has come a long way since his father introduced him to football. He has served as the quarterback for the Long Branch Green Wave, leading the team to a 7-3…
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Horse racing needs time to adapt to changes
GUEST COLUMN THOMAS LUCHENTO Iam Thomas Luchento, president of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey. In that capacity, I represent the thousands of drivers, trainers, breeders and caretakers who, because of their passion and skill, are engaged in the sport of harness racing. I say passion because if you do not love…
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Judith Stanley Coleman was county’s ‘guardian angel’
Ifirst met Judith Stanley Coleman in the early 1980s when many Monmouth County residents were fighting to save 400 acres on the Holmdel banks of the Swimming River Reservoir from being developed as 410 housing units, a golf course and a sewage treatment plant that was planned to discharge effluent to ground and surface waters…
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Squandering a bumper crop of farmland
The last few weeks have brought the fresh taste of high quality, locally grown fruits and vegetables to many New Jerseyans. The Garden State still produces some of the best tomatoes and corn in the world! We should all take note, however, of a new inventory of our disappearing farmland nationwide. Since 1982, the National…
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