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Late surge has Rebels looking for big finish
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Once again, the Howell High School boys lacrosse team has proved to be a second-half-of-the-season squad. The Rebels started slowly this season, due in large part to the turnover from graduation, but they have put things together in the second half of the regular season to qualify for postseason play.…
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Lions claim B South baseball crown
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Jackson Liberty High School baseball team lost its Ocean County Tournament opener to Lacey, 5-4, on May 8, but the Lions still have two other tournaments to prepare for and the Shore Conference B South Division championship they won last week in only their third season of varsity baseball. The…
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Jackson Liberty High School second baseman Alexa Saltzman
Jackson Liberty High School second baseman Alexa Saltzman puts a tag on Point Pleasant Borough High School’s Nicole Casey during the Lions’ 10-0 victory over the Panthers at home in Jackson on May 6. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Jaguars pointing to state track meets
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Depth helped the Jackson Memorial High School boys track and field team win the NJSIAA Group III indoor track and field championships in February, and it helped the Jaguars claim their second Ocean County track and field team championship in three years on May 8. The meet was held at Neptune…
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Town, school board will discuss budget
PLUMSTED — The Plumsted Township Committee and the Plumsted Board of Education will meet together at the same time and have two public meetings to consider the fate of the 2010-11 school budget. On April 20, voters rejected the tax levy that was proposed by the school board to support the operation of Plumsted’s schools…
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Educators create book room
Sarah Carey (l) and Susan Skowronski PLUMSTED — New Egypt Primary School teachers are creating a wealth of resources. “With the recent reduction of funding, we as a school and community have to be creative about the ways we supplement funding,” said teacher Sarah Carey. “Grants are a wonderful avenue to explore.” Recognizing this and…
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Special ed. director offers program insights, updates
Officials hope to educate more special-needs children in-district BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — With one out of every 94 children in New Jersey diagnosed as having autism, the Jackson School District is aiming to provide the least restrictive environment for these students and others with learning disabilities. “It means a lot to me…
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Maria Isabel Villaran Quinones
Mrs. Quinones, 80, of Lakewood, died May 2, 2010. She was born in Loiza, Puerto Rico. Surviving are two sons, Ricardo Jr. and Jose Ramon; four sisters, Virginia Cartagena, Gloria Velazquez, Christina Maldonado and Elena Franco; four grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. A funeral service was held at the Higgins Memorial Home, Freehold. Memorial donations may…
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Nola Anne Bliss Jones
Mrs. Jones, 75, of Howell, died April 29, 2010, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was born in Gillingham, Kent, England, and moved to Howell in 1968. Nola and her late husband, Derek, were dancing champions in England and opened the Arthur Murray Dance Studios on the East Coast when they arrived in the…
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