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Home investment returns
By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features The American Dream is re-awakening. In a July 2015 survey by bankrate.com, 27 percent of respondents said they’d put their money in real estate if they had cash to invest for the longterm. Twenty-three percent would keep money in cash and CDs, which was the favorite top choice in…
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Waverly residents save valuable commuting time via nearby Parkway
The Waverly at Neptune luxury rental community has become well known for its brand-new apartments, upscale clubhouse amenities and beautiful Jersey Shore location. But for many residents, it is the easy access to the Garden State Parkway that truly makes it an ideal place to call “home.” The proximity to Exit 100 of the Parkway,…
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Patriots earning high seeds in upcoming soccer tourneys
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Postseason tournaments can make or break a season for high school soccer teams. Whether a team had a great regular season or underachieved, all of that can be forgotten in 80 minutes (or more) of soccer in the one-and-done cruelty of tournament play. Win a postseason championship, and a season…
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Rebels look to repeat deep run in sectional soccer tournament
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer When the NJSIAA state sectional championships begin next month, the Howell High School girls soccer team will look to pick up where it left off in 2014. The Rebels were the bracket busters in Central Jersey Group IV, going all the way from the No. 11 seed to the sectional…
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Curry’s perfect passing leads Colonials past Toms River East
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold High School’s timing on the football field couldn’t be better. With the playoffs just a couple weeks away, the Colonials are peaking. “We’re at the stage where we’re getting better each week,” head coach Dave Ellis said. “We’re playing all four quarters and we’re avoiding mistakes, turnovers and penalties.…
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SPORT SHORTS
Hockey is back in Trenton. Taking place on Oct. 30-31, the first Capital City Classic will host Princeton University, Yale University, the University of Massachusetts and the University of Maine in a four-team tournament that includes daily doubleheaders. Individual day and all-session tickets are on sale now online at www.ComcastTIX.com, by phone at 800-298-4200 or…
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Ferraro helps Braves seal A North girls soccer title
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer A gut-wrenching loss to Freehold Township High School prevented the Manalapan High School girls soccer team from celebrating a division championship at that match, but it didn’t keep the Braves from ultimately achieving their goal. When the Patriots and Braves played in Manalapan Oct. 19, the Braves needed a win…
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Hayes, Brannan place 2nd, run personal bests at county meet
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Colts Neck High School’s Jordan Brannan finishes his second-place run at the Monmouth County Cross-Country Championships at Holmdel Park Oct. 20. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR There’s always a disappointment in finishing second. However, for Monmouth County cross-country runnersup, Niamh Hayes of Howell High School and Jordan Brannan of Colts Neck…
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Three board seats available in Freehold Borough race
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer FREEHOLD — In Freehold Borough, a write-in candidate could win a three-year term on the Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education in the Nov. 3 election. The terms of board members Michael Lichardi, Susan Greitz and Maureen Mac- Cutcheon will end in December. Only two candidates, Lichardi and…
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