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July packed with free events at park system
In honor of Parks and Recreation Month, the Monmouth County Park System invites area residents to the following free activities planned for July: • “ July 4, 1776,” 1-4 p.m. July 3-5 at Historic Walnford, Walnford Road, Upper Freehold. Celebrate America’s anniversary by dipping a quill in ink, donning a tri-cornered hat and imagining life…
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Track camp to get under way
BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent JACKSON — The Jackson Track Club is ready to host its third annual summer camp. While talking with Jenn Leahy, the head coach of the girls track and field team at Jackson Liberty High School, Brian Eberhart realized that Jackson needed its own track club. “We had clubs for everything else,…
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Jags prep for busy summer of hoops
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Call it a summer school of sorts, but Jackson Memorial High School’s girls and boys basketball teams will be as busy over the summer months as they were toward the end of the 2009-10 basketball season in March. “We’ve just started, and we’ve had a good turnout, anywhere from 19 to…
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Basketball camp to be held at Colts Neck H.S.
The Cougar Basketball Camp, directed by Lou Piccola, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Colts Neck High School, 59 Five Points Road, Colts Neck, in two separate sessions. Session 1 will be held July 5-9 and session 2 will be held July 12-16. The camp is open to ages 7-14 and…
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Tough loss does not dim Warriors’ winning year
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The New Egypt High School baseball season ended with a thud when the Warriors lost to Pitman High School, 12-0, in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group I state sectional tournament championship game, but coach Rich Carroll said that loss did not diminish the team’s 17-6 campaign and its first unbeaten run…
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Rebels’ Gaona is driving force on the golf links
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Rebecca Gaona likes to have a driver in her hands. When she was 5 years old her father, John, took her to a golf driving range for the first time. Gaona, who is finishing her sophomore year at Howell High School, immediately fell in love with the idea of hitting…
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Grant from Lowe’s will upgrade cooking class
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — A $4,700 Toolbox for Education grant from Lowe’s will bring about numerous upgrades to a cooking classroom at the Christa McAuliffe Middle School. “In this day and age it is important for us to be as aggressive as we can in securing grant funds and, thankfully, we are…
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Jackson seniors will graduate on June 25
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — There are only a few hours left before students at Jackson Memorial High School and Jackson Liberty High School take part in graduation ceremonies that will mark the end of their high school careers. Weather permitting, the simultaneous ceremonies will begin at 4 p.m. June 25. If the…
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Cerretani: Southard School lease negotiations look ‘very good’
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Administrators in the Howell K-8 School District recently got a bit of much-needed good news in a year marred by budget problems and looming staff layoffs. The Board of Education is in negotiations with the Cornerstone Calvary Church to lease areas of the Southard School, board President…
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