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Jags hope summer work will spark wins in fall
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Senior captains Mike Pendergast, a fullback who can play many positions, and Josh DeLorenzo, a midfielder, are leading summer workouts that began this week as the Jackson Memorial High School boys soccer team looks to leave behind an uncharacteristic 7-12 season in 2008 that fell short of qualifying for postseason…
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Shortest Distance sets Freehold win streak
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Shortest Distance had the staying power. Owned and trained by Freehold’s John Schmigel, Shortest Distance set a Freehold Raceway record for consecutive wins, 12, before the track’s winter-spring harness racing meet recently concluded. Driver Jim Marshall III (l-r), of Jackson, and owner-trainer John Schmigel, of Freehold, take Shortest Distance out…
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Corzine continues to fiddle while Garden State burns
Jon Corzine has rammed a budget through the state Legislature that raises taxes, cuts spending for important programs and employs a host of gimmicks that just push the financial reckoning into the future. But instead of paying attention to the crisis facing our state, the Wall Street Wizard devoted a day to orchestrating a partisan…
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Former committeeman comments on tree ordinance
While I appreciate Steve Chisholm’s praise and acknowledgement of the work the committee did for the Jackson tree ordinance (“Shade Tree Chairman Sets Record Straight on Tree Law,” Tri-Town News, June 11, 2009), there are, to be fair, some omissions of fact. Specifically, his comments attacking Mike Kafton were definitely unfair and misleading. While Mr.…
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Jackson Township lauded for attempts to protect feral cat colonies
We applaud Jackson Township and Councilman Scott Martin for recognizing the importance of a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) ordinance to benefit the feral cats in your community. The ASPCA believes TNR is the most humane and effective way of controlling feral cat colonies and has a direct correlation to reducing pet overpopulation and the numbers of animals…
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Carolyn A. Schuhlein Gruetze
Mrs. Gruetze, 66, of Spotswood, died June 29, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are a son, William Gruetze of Highland Park; a daughter, Heidi Huchko, and her husband, Kenny, of Jackson; a brother, Warren Schuhlein of Florida; a granddaughter; and her former husband, Helmut Gruetze. Services were held at The…
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Helen M. Nemeth Dorko
Mrs. Dorko, 74, of East Brunswick, formerly of New Brunswick and the Port Reading section of Woodbridge, died June 29, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Her husband, Alexander Dorko, died in 1993. Surviving are two sons, Alexander Dorko, and his wife, Dawn, of Jackson and David Dorko, and his wife, Patty,…
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Michael D. Vastardis
Mr. Vastardis, 79, of Holmdel, died June 25, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He had resided in East Brunswick before relocating to Holmdel in 1993. He was a chef at the Red Oak Diner, Hazlet, for more than 30 years, retiring in 1995. He was predeceased by his wife, Evanthia, in…
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Jeffrey T. Viola
Mr. Viola, 55, of Jackson, died June 16, 2009, at home. He was a self-employed guitar amplifier manufacturer and the owner of Eltone Electronics, Jackson. Mr. Viola is survived by his wife, Arleen; a son, Steven Phillip Viola of Wayne; a daughter, Sheryl Leigh Viola of Jackson; a brother, Kevin Viola of Texas; three sisters,…
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