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Shore Conference Tournament
Howell High School’s Dru Thomas (back) tries to maintain control of Jackson Memorial High School’s Mike Shupin during their 112-pound bout in the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals on Jan. 30 at Southern Regional High School, Manahawkin. Shupin won this bout, 4-2, and the Jaguars defeated the Rebels, 33-18. In the tournament’s championship match, Jackson Memorial…
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Preserving farm for open space would be a winner
Coda • GREG BEAN When we bought our old house in East Brunswick in the fall of 1997, one of the biggest selling points was the fact that we could look out our living room window to the Foerter Farm across the road. The farm — a 30-acre parcel between Riva Avenue and Farrington Lake…
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Americans cherish the right to speak out about elections
We do not burn books. It is as simple as that. Greater Media Newspapers columnistGreg Bean’s article castigating the recent Supreme Court decision Citizens United rested on a principle as old as the Republic itself. The government cannot censor materials published by American citizens, no matter how rich or powerful they are. This is as…
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DPW was hampered by prior administrations
Last week, Judith Carletta wrote that “Jackson dropped the ball. Tried saving money by not plowing and salting the roads” (“Explanations Sound Like Excuses to One Resident,” Tri- Town News, Letters to the Editor, Jan. 28). She obviously does not understand the budget process. The funding for snow removal was based on history and prepared…
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Rotary members tell pupils how they help
JACKSON — Third-grade pupils at the Elms Elementary School are all smiles. Not only did the youngsters recently find out that the longest word in the dictionary is “smiley” — because that word has a “mile” between the first and last letters — but the children also received their own dictionary to keep, compliments of…
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School projects rejected
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Administrators in the Jackson School District are regrouping following the defeat of four referendum questions on Jan. 26. Residents who went to the polls in Jackson soundly defeated a quartet of proposals that would have brought various upgrades to Jackson schools. According to information provided by the school…
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Gilbertson, Berg win conference crowns
Howell High School’s Maggie Gilbertson and Freehold Township High School’s Kelly Berg added Shore Conference championships to their winter résumés. One week after winning Monmouth County titles, Gilbertson and Berg were victorious at the Jan. 29 Shore Conference Championships in Toms River. It only required a jump of 5-2 for Gilbertson to win the Shore…
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Jags’ Gillon captures two titles at conference meet
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Afew weeks into the 2009-10 indoor season, senior Tylia Gillon of the Jackson Memorial High School indoor track and field team followed the encouragement of her father and support of her coach and decided to run the 400-meter dash for the first time, as well as the 55-meter dash. “I…
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Lions sending several swimmers to conference meet
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Dual meet victories do not come easily as the young swimmers on the Jackson Liberty High School girls and boys swim teams measure gradual strides of progress. However, Jackson Liberty’s girls team had a chance to finish the 2009-10 season with a .500 record all the way down to its…
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