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Advocates laud suspension of LNG proposal
ASIG suspends project due to Gulf oil spill fallout BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Ocean advocates are welcoming a decision by Atlantic Sea Island Group to withdraw its proposal to construct Safe Harbor Energy, a 116-acre liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on a man-made island 19.5 miles off the coast of Sea Bright. Clean Ocean…
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44th annual Keyport Firemen’s Fair
Youngsters riding the Ferris wheel get a bird’s-eye view of the 44th annual Keyport Firemen’s Fair held on West Front Street on July 27. MIKE JAGENDORF
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FRHSD sports history will be forever changed
The cuts to sports in the Freehold Regional High School District were not as draconian as the local rumor mill had suggested in recent weeks, but they were still damaging. Indoor track and field has become the biggest casualty of the FRHSD Board of Education’s budget cuts for the 2010-11 school year. Tradition also took…
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Holbrook beaten in states
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Holbrook Little League Senior League All-Stars of Jackson were eliminated from the state tournament on Aug. 1 by Madison, 7-3. Holbrook won its state tourney opener on July 29 over the same Madison team, 9-6, before it was knocked into the losers’ bracket on July 31 by defending state champion…
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Bendick, Anderson expect to pace NEHS soccer team
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The New Egypt High School girls soccer team has lost some key players from last fall’s 7-9-4 team that reached the South Jersey Group I state sectional tournament for the first time, but the Warriors have a solid supporting cast back that should assure the squad of another fine season in…
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sport shorts •••
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will host the 2010 “Beast of the East,” the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Mud Run on Sept. 11. The Mud Run is a day of challenges, competitions and creative costumes, and it offers a good excuse to play in the mud, rain or shine. This event is open to the public. The 10K…
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Goalies set to shine
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Kevin Lebron can’t wait until it is his turn to step into the nets as one of the Ocean County goalies in the 13th Shoot for the Stars Foundation Monmouth vs. Ocean All-Star ice hockey game, although he will share time like he did during he high school season with his…
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Olympic champion pays visit to Action Gymnastics
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Action Gymnastics in Howell has become more than a home to champions. Recently, U.S. Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson made an unexpected visit to the Howell facility to film a commercial. U.S. Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson (l) was in Howell recently to film a commercial at Action…
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