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Tickets available for school’s gift auction
The Rosenauer Elementary School, Jackson, will host its second annual gift auction at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Woodlake Country Club, 25 New Hampshire Ave., Lakewood. Tickets for the event are $35 per person and include a dinner of roasted sliced sirloin, roasted chicken or a vegetarian entrée. Raffle ticket packages can also be…
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Howell ready to host state grid playoff game
Rebels will open bid for CJ IV sectional title vs. Montgomery H.S. BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Keep the train rolling. That is what Howell High School assistant football coach Mike Verrochi kept shouting every time the Rebels picked up a first down and marched down the field. There was plenty of rolling on Nov.…
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Jackson lights the menorah on Nov. 14
Jackson’s fourth annual Hanukkah menorah lighting will be held 4:30-6 p.m. Dec. 14 at the municipal building, 95 West Veterans Highway. The event is free and open to the public. Kosher holiday refreshments will be served in the meeting room of town hall at 4:30 p.m. The Jackson Civic Chorus and The Shiron, the children’s…
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Jaguars meet Braves for CJIV soccer title
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer The Jackson Memorial High School girls soccer team was explosive in the early rounds of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV tournament, but the Jaguars switched gears on Nov. 9 when their defensive pressure highlighted a 1-0 victory over East Brunswick in the sectional semifinals. Jackson Memorial High School’s Ariana…
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Odessa Klezmer Band to perform at library
The Odessa Klezmer Band 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 to the United States by 19th-century Eastern European Jewish immigrants. It is an instrumental upbeat style of music. The program…
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Books take pupils around the world
PLUMSTED — Students at the New Egypt Middle School have lifted off for England as part of the school’s new reading incentive program. The program will see students traveling around the world this year. Every two weeks, students who have read 20 minutes per night for enjoyment will earn a passport to the next country…
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Students enjoy opportunity to experience working world
JACKSON — Several Jackson businesses opened up their hearts and their doors to students with special needs from Jackson Liberty and Jackson Memorial high schools on Oct. 21 for National Disability Mentoring Day (DMD), a day of career awareness. DMD is a day of career exploration held in more than 30 states whereby specialneeds high…
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After campaign season, we have cauliflower ears
Coda • GREG BEAN D ear President Obama: I’m sorry I hung up when you called the other night. That was rude, I know, especially from a supporter, but it was your recorded voice, and it was the dinner hour, and I had just put a couple of thick pork chops in the pan and…
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