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Braves skating back to state tournament
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer With a 9-3-4 record, the Manalapan High School ice hockey team is on its way to a second straight NJSIAA state tournament appearance. Any ideas that the success the Braves enjoyed in their first varsity season in 2008- 09 was beginner’s luck have been removed. And with several freshmen coming…
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Cougars riding defense in pursuit of playoffs
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Lou Piccola, ever the perfectionist when it comes to team defense, believes his Colts Neck High School boys basketball team may have turned the corner. The Colts Neck Cougars and the Freehold Township Patriots hooked up in a Shore Conference A North Division matchup on Jan. 26 in Freehold Township.…
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Theater granted spot on national historic register
BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Count Basie Theatre occupies a special place in the Red Bank community and now its provenance has been recognized on the national level. Chief Executive Officer Numa Saisselin announced that the National Park Service added the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank, to the National Register of…
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9/11 responders urge action on benefits bill
Pallone urged to move bill out of committee BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Despite a driving rain, more than 30 people rallied in front of Rep. Frank Pallone Jr.’s (D-NJ) Long Branch office on Jan. 25 to urge the congressman to move forward with a bill that would guarantee extended health care for Sept. 11…
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Basket raffle Feb. 20 at Park Avenue School
FREEHOLD — The Park Avenue Elementary School, 280 Park Avenue (Route 33), will host its seventh annual PTO Basket Raffle on Feb. 20. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., followed by the raffle at 8 p.m. Admission is $10 per person and includes desserts, refreshments and chances for door prizes. No one under 18 will…
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Leaders announce new Latino Action Network
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Agroup of Latino leaders from around New Jersey have created an organization aimed at uniting the state’s diverse Latino communities and promoting a public policy agenda committed to economic and political empowerment. Frank Argote-Freyre, of Freehold Borough, has been asked to act as interim chairman of the Latino Action…
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Photo
Welcoming a truckload of supplies courtesy of the A&P family of supermarkets (a sponsor of Greater Media’s Good Samaritan Holiday Bash fundraiser held Dec. 13 at the Stone Pony, Asbury Park) are (l-r) Joyce DeRosa, Samaritan Center treasurer; Regina Finn, Samaritan Center director; and Cliff Staskiewicz, of the Manalapan Department of Public Works. Staskiewicz used…
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Panel aims to serve Jewish community
The Western Monmouth County Joint Programming Committee, a brainchild of the Jewish Community Center of Western Monmouth County (JCCWM), has recently been created to better serve the Jewish community in the western part of Monmouth County. According to a press release, the committee comprised of approximately 25 agencies in Monmouth County will offer additional programs…
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Attack on jail guards results in indictment
On Jan. 11 a Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment charging Anthony E. Montgomery, 38, of Neptune Township, with first-degree attempted murder, two counts of seconddegree aggravated assault, and one count each of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, fourthdegree unlawful possession of a weapon and third-degree terroristic threats. The charges…
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