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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…

  • Preseason Hawks ranked nationally for first time

    Men’s soccer ranked 15th On the heels of last fall’s unprecedented success, the Monmouth University men’s soccer team has been ranked No. 15 in the NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) Preseason National Rankings.   The Hawks ended last season ranked No. 13 in the poll when they were 18-2-2 and defeated the University…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • on campus •••

    The University of Sciences, Philadelphia, has named the following local residents to its dean’s list for the spring semester: JasmineMencia of Eatontown, a doctor of pharmacy student; Caitlin Shaw of Eatontown, a doctor of physical therapy student; and Rachel Buriani of West Long Branch, a doctor of physical therapy student. Rider University, Lawrenceville, celebrated its…

  • Creating art, making choices

    Art program recognized for empowering students BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Art teacher Kat Heitman (r) and student at the “Innovations in Special Education” awards ceremony in Trenton. OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) recognized an art program developed at the Schroth School for giving physically disabled students an outlet for…

  • Judith Stanley Coleman was county’s ‘guardian angel’

    I first 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…

  • 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…

  • From another angle, things aren’t as bad as they looked

    CODA GREG BEAN I’ve recently agreed to do some volunteer work for Sylvia’s Children, a charitable organization that provides financial and other support for 1,000 impoverished youngsters (200 of them orphans who live on-site) at the Mbiriizi School in Uganda. Run by Sylvia Allen, who’s well known in this area as the founder and owner…

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