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Shirley A. Harrison
Mrs. Harrison, 79, of West Long Branch, died Jan. 14, 2010, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She resided in the Elberon section of Long Branch, prior to relocating to West Long Branch in 1950. She was a cashier at N.J. Bell Telephone, retiring in 1987. She is survived by her husband, A. Paul Harrison;…
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Sport Shorts
Senior citizens 60 and older have an opportunity to join the Lakewood BlueClaws Silver Sluggers Club program in 2010. For $9.95, members get an official hat, a membership card, one ticket per member to two Tuesday games (nine games in total to choose from), and a 20 percent discount at the ClawsCove on Tuesday nights.…
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Son of local stallion named standardbred of the year
Muscle Hill will begin his breeding career this year after being recognized as New Jersey’s Standardbred Horse of the Year in 2009. Muscle Hill, a son of stallion Muscles Yankee, who stands at Perretti Farms in Upper Freehold Township, will begin breeding at Southwind Farm in Pennington, according to a press release from the Standardbred…
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Colonials’ Garcia nets 1,000th career point
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer As the mother of all the Freehold Regional High School District schools, Freehold High School has the longest and richest sports tradition. When you can achieve something that few have done before you, it makes it that much more rewarding. Just ask the Colonials’ Christian Garcia. Garcia recently scored his…
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Hard work paying off for Marlboro grapplers
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Being a top 10 team in the Shore Conference and qualifying for a berth in the Shore Conference Tournament are not things to which the Marlboro High School wrestling team is accustomed. Marlboro’s appearance in the 16-team Shore Conference Tournament field last week was a true indication of how the…
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Two win Shore gold
Howell High School’s Maggie Gilbertson and Freehold Township High School’s Kelly Berg added Shore Conference championships to their winter resumes. One week after winning Monmouth County titles, Gilbertson and Berg were victorious at the Jan. 29 Shore Conference Championships held at the Bennett Athletic Complex in Toms River. It only required a jump of 5-2…
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Cavaliers’ Andrews enjoys Garden party
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer On Jan. 29, Manalapan High School graduate Robby Andrews returned to the scene of one of his greatest victories — Madison Square Garden in New York City. This time his visit to MSG was not as an established high school runner seeking a big win, but as a collegian looking…
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Rebels honor coaches who built mat program
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer On the night of Dec. 22, 2009, the Howell High School wrestling team defeated Allentown High School, 55-13, in a dual meet. Some of the coaches who have been at the helm of the Howell High School wrestling team during the past five decades returned to the school on Jan.…
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FTHS girls win first swim championship
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It was quite a week for the Freehold Township High School girls swim team. First, the Patriots were the top finishing public school at the Monmouth County Championships held Jan. 24 at the Ocean County YMCA in Toms River. The Patriots’ second-place finish behind Red Bank Catholic, which won its…
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