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Sports Shorts
Drive to the Hoop, a 3-on-3, all ages basketball tournament, will be held March 20 at Monmouth University’s multipurpose activity center in West Long Branch. Various age and skill divisions will be available. Each team will be guaranteed three refereed games, with winning teams moving on to the playoff rounds and finals. The event will…
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EHS boys hoops being paced by Grippo, Carroo
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The Edison High School boys basketball team heads into this week’s action fresh off its best week of the season. Last week, the Eagles took two out of three with victories over Woodbridge and South Amboy. The team’s loss came at the hands of St. Joseph, a team regularly beating…
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Edison wrestlers getting adjusted to new leader
Alum Tom White takes over for Gerry Nisivoccia BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Losing two county champions, a regional qualifier and a longtime head coach is no small obstacle to overcome for any high school wrestling team. This year’s Edison High School team has faced these obstacles head on and continues to improve. Under the…
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Ahr wrestlers win weekend tourney
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Records can be deceiving at this time of the year. The Bishop Ahr High School wrestling team appears mediocre with a 5-5 overall record, but upon closer examination the team emerges as one of the best in the county. The Trojans enter this week’s action unbeaten in the Greater Middlesex…
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Straight to the hoop
St. Joseph of Metuchen’s Ace Sudah drives to the basket as his team hosted Piscataway on Jan. 14. St. Joe’s won the game, 83-39. PHOTO BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Silver Alert is now law
Legislation that establishes a system to help locate missing persons who suffer from dementia or other cognitive impairments was signed into law by then-Gov. Richard Codey. The measure, S-1551/A-2844, creates an emergency Silver Alert System for providing public notification of those missing persons in a manner that is similar to the Amber Alerts that are…
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Temple Emanu-El to present concert
Temple Emanu-El of Edison will present “Beth Schafer: Live in Concert” on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 7:30 p.m. at 100 James St., Edison. Schafer is redefining Jewish music by combining masterful songwriting with sensitivity to liturgy and with unique insight toward text. What makes her music so special is her attention to the universal themes…
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PSE&G proposes solar panel farm in Edison
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer EDISON — A solar farm being planned by Public Service Electric & Gas Co. (PSE&G) in the southern part of Edison should be completed by the end of the summer. Edison is one of four sites statewide (Trenton, Hamilton and Linden are the others) that were selected by PSE&G. The…
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The great outdoors comes inside
Instructor Alan Zlata of A to Z Fish helps Zachary Zemaitis, 10, of Washington Township cast, while Tanner Sodano, 10, of Byram gets pointers from Chip Jablonski at the Outdoor Sportsmen Show at the N.J. Expo Center in Edison on Jan. 16. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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