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Jaguars set to tip off basketball campaign
Joe Fagan had a wealth of experience with young basketball prospects in AAU programs, but he still learned a lot last season in his first year as Jackson Memorial High School’s boys basketball coach. “Last year was a tough situation; I was not sure what we had,” said Fagan. “This year we are much improved.…
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Odessa Klezmer Band to perform at library
The Odessa Klezmer Band, led by Ed Goldberg, will perform at the Jackson library, 2 Jackson Drive, at 7 p.m. Dec. 16. The band has been touring the tri-state area for more than 25 years. Klezmer music was brought over to the United States by 19th-century Eastern European Jewish immigrants. It is an instrumental upbeat…
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Sport Shorts
Rutgers University wrestler Joey Langel, a redshirt freshman, was rated No. 8 in the United State at 125 pounds in the Wrestling.net preseason rankings. Langel was part of the 2008-09 Rutgers recruiting class that was ranked No. 3 in the country. The Scarlet Knights are coached by former Jackson Memorial High School wrestler and coach…
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Datebook
• A Hanukah menorah lighting hosted by the Achdus organization of Lakewood will be held the third night of Hanukah, Dec. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at Lakewood Town Square, Clifton Avenue and Third Street. Details: 216-973-0002. • The “Breakfast with Buster” annual food and toy drive will be hosted for the ninth year by the…
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Tickets for state wrestling tourney on sale Dec. 14
In what has become an eagerly anticipated annual tradition, 336 of the top high school wrestlers from around the state will converge on Atlantic City to spend a weekend competing in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State Wrestling Championships at Boardwalk Hall on March 5-7, 2010. Tickets for all four sessions will go…
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Food drive to be held at New Egypt speedway
A food drive will be held at New Egypt Speedway, 720 Route 539, New Egypt, on Dec. 10, 11 and 12. Nonperishable items can be dropped off at the speedway on those days between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Details: 609-758-1900 or www.newegyptspeedway.net.
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OCC women’s cross country squad captures national title
The Ocean County College women’s cross country team is No. 1 in the nation after the Lady Vikings finished first in the team competition for the Division III National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) National Championship held on Nov. 7 at Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, N.Y. The Vikings won the title as they competed…
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Natalia “Natascha” Haas
Mrs. Haas, 83 of Whiting and formerly of Lakewood, died Nov. 27, 2009, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. She retired as an emergency room technician at the Paul Kimball Hospital, Lakewood, after 25 years. Mrs. Haas was predeceased by her former husband, Gunter Haas, in 1985. Surviving are a son, George Haas of Lakewood;…
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Hypnotism to be topic of discussion at library
Certified hypnotist and author Robert M. Fried will discuss the benefits and misconceptions of hypnotism at 7 p.m. Jan. 6 at the Jackson branch of the Ocean County Library, 2 Jackson Drive, Jackson. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is requested by calling 732-928- 4400.
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