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Cougars top Perth Amboy
The Colts Neck High School football team scored its first win for new head coach Greg LaCava on Sept. 17 with a 7-0 victory over visiting Perth Amboy High School of Middlesex County. A tough defense made Joe Iacono’s 41- yard touchdown run in the third quarter stand up. Colts Neck improved to 1-1. The…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Manalapan High School Josh Firkser (39) tries to elude Jackson Memorial High School’s Dave Niskanen during the first quarter of the Jaguars’ 13-6 victory over the Braves on Sept. 17 in Jackson.
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Neptune gridders edge Freehold in overtime
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Somebody had to win. That sums up Neptune High School’s 26-20 overtime victory over Freehold High School on Sept. 17 in Neptune. It was a football game which both teams did their best to win and to lose. With each team losing five fumbles and the Colonials intercepting two passes,…
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Datebook
• The Freehold Art Society will hold a meeting and demonstration at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. Dhriti Bagchi, a Manalapan artist, will demonstrate “Alpana” decorative painting. This native art is done with rice paste. She learned this traditional technique in West Bengal in southeastern India.…
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Harmony Society to perform, seeks singers
The Red Bank area chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society will perform at 1 p.m. Sept. 27 at Harvest Day at Longstreet Farm, Longstreet Road, Holmdel. The 40- man chorus and featured quartets will perform songs in four-part harmony. The chorus invites male singers of all ages and voice parts to attend open rehearsals at…
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Manalapan MRC-CERT seeks donations
The Manalapan Medical Reserve Corps and Community Emergency Response Team (MRC-CERT) invites the community to donate items for shipment to the American troops overseas. Items may be brought to the Manalapan Health Department in Town Hall, Route 522 at Taylors Mills Road, during regular business hours. Suggested items can be found by searching the internet…
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Free dog/cat rabies clinic in Manalapan
The Manalapan Township Board of Health will sponsor a free rabies immunization clinic for dogs and cats on Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Community Center building on Route 33 West in Manalapan. All dogs must be on a leash and cats confined to carriers. The Community Center (old Millhurst Fire Co.…
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Managing editor shows lack of concern for other people
This letter is about News Transcript Managing Editor Mark Rosman’s voting dilemma in his recent column “Corzine and Christie: A Couple of Characters.” Am I to understand that Mr. Rosman wants anther political party, a third, or perhaps like Italy’s unlimited choices, that twice elected the man who controls the media? I cannot understand Mr.…
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Dog walk at park to benefit dystonia
The Central Jersey Dystonia Support and Action Group will host its fourth annual “Dogs for dystonia…a dog walk and so much more” at Turkey Swamp Park, Georgia Road, Freehold Township, from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 11. Registration is $15 per dog. Scheduled activities include a dog walk at the lake, contests, face painting, dog…
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