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Sports Shorts
The 21st Annual Invitational Golf Classic, hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Foundation, will be held 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. June 22 at Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson. Player sponsorships begin at $1,000 and will benefit the Heart Center of New Jersey at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH). In addition…
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St. Joe’s baseball caps season with GMC title
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer A3-2 win over Old Bridge High School gave the St. Joseph High School baseball team its third Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament title in the past five years. Leftfielder George Gonzalez, the game’s Most Valuable Player, came up with a pair of clutch hits, including the game-winner in the seventh inning.…
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A season of highs, lows for OBHS Lady Knights
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer The Old Bridge High School girls lacrosse team completed a successful spring campaign with an 11-8 mark and, perhaps more importantly, will lose just five seniors to graduation. Along the way, the Lady Knights reached the finals of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament where they lost a heart breaker,…
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Trojans lose title game in extra innings
CHRIS KELLY staff Bishop Ahr’s Julie Braun (14) tries to tag out Immaculate Heart Academy’s Victoria Grimshaw during the NJSIAA Non-Public Group A Softball Championship game held at Toms River East High School on June 7. Bishop Ahr lost 5-4 in 11 innings.
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New act will ensure safe streets for all ages
Our nation’s transportation infrastructure is in dire need of an overhaul. Between 1993 and 2003, nearly 52,000 pedestrians and more than 7,400 bicyclists were killed in road accidents; studies show that designing streets with pedestrians in mind may reduce pedestrian risk by as much as 28 percent. Unfortunately,many of the people most hurt by inadequate…
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Thinks vice chairwoman has lost sight of duties, responsibilities
While I have no desire to become involved in a political controversy, I do feel the letter to the editor submitted by Mary Lou McCormick, vice chairwoman of the Sayreville Democratic Party Organization, (“Attack on Chairman, Organization Unfounded,” Suburban, May 28) needs to be addressed for clarity. In my letter (“Volunteer Deserved, Did Not Receive,…
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Child-protection service needs overhaul
The children. Has anyone considered the health and well-being of the children during these times of financial hardship? Monetary burden gives rise to child abuse and neglect. Some of those families that struggle with day-to-day survival issues and mounting financial pressures may be pushed over the edge and culminate in taking their pain, anger and…
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In Bizarre World, movie popcorn is a bargain
Coda • GREG BEAN Iread the most curious story in the newspaper recently, and it still has me scratching my head. The national motion picture industry, which does 40 percent of its business between May and August when the summer blockbusters reach the theater, is having an unexpected boom this year, in spite of the…
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NOTES
The music honor society at Ranney Middle School, Tinton Falls, has been named the 2008-09 Tri-M Chapter of the Year in the junior division by the National Association for Musical Education. The chapter was chosen from 375 junior chapters worldwide and will receive an $800 scholarship for summer music study. Ranney’s members organized activities for…
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