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Recruiting service aids athletes and parents alike
BY SHAWN LAYTON Correspondent In case you haven’t heard, Metuchen might just be one of the best-kept secrets in the high school basketball world. In the not too distant past, Jayson Williams, a graduate of St. Joseph, was the high school basketball player of the year before leading Duke University to the national championship in…
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Freehold Raceway to open fall meet
The sound of thundering hoof beats from the country’s best trotters and pacers will return to Freehold Raceway in Freehold on Aug. 12. Post time is 12:30 p.m. as live harness racing resumes at the nation’s oldest continually operating harness track. Once again, the $300,000 Cane Pace, the first leg of Pacing’s Triple Crown, will…
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Old Bridge tennis tourney is for players of all skills
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Tennis anyone? There will be plenty of tennis starting on Monday (Aug. 16) when the 40th annual Old Bridge Tennis Tournament gets under way at the Municipal Complex. Several hundred people compete each year at the tourney that Director Brian L. Whiteman termed “a fun event, open to anyone.” Sponsored by…
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Building skills
Jake Rizick, 12 (l) and Prasat Mohan, 11, practice their skills during a two-touch drill on Aug. 5 at the South Brunswick Vikings Soccer Camp held at Crossroads South Middle School. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Josephine Kadubec Ellis
Mrs. Ellis, 99, of East Brunswick, died Aug.4, 2010, in Care One at East Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed in housekeeping at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank, and by a son, Frank. Surviving are a son, Eugene, and his wife, Edna, of Washington state; two grandsons,…
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Virginia Carney DeGraw
Mrs. DeGraw, 86, of East Brunswick, died July 25, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division, following a battle with cancer. Born in Highland Park, she had resided in Milltown before moving to East Brunswick 50 years ago. Prior to retiring, Mrs. DeGraw was a secretary for B&D Metal Fabricators/Liquid Bulk, Old Bridge,…
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George H. Martin III
Mr. Martin, 68, of East Brunswick, died July 20, 2010, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Old Bridge, he had resided in Milltown before moving to East Brunswick 45 years ago. Prior to retiring in 1995, Mr. Martin was a plumber for the East Brunswick Board of Education, where he worked for…
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Joseph T. Biesiada
Mr. Biesiada, 97, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Aug. 8, 2010, in Summerhill Care Center, Old Bridge. Prior to his retirement in 1978, he was employed as a chemical operator with E.I. DuPont Fabric and Finishes Division, Parlin, where he worked for 44 years. He was predeceased by a son, Richard Biesiada; nine…
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Sheldon Rovner
Mr. Rovner, 79, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, formerly of Old Bridge, died Aug. 5, 2010, in University Medical Center at Princeton. Prior to his retirement, he owned his own consultant business. Surviving are his wife, Doris Schwanke Rovner; a daughter, Susan Rowe of Kendall Park; two sons, Daniel Rovner of Howell…
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