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Horse farm name results in confusion
Regarding the recent lawsuit decision by the Appellate Division of N.J. Superior Court regarding a defamation suit in favor of your newspapers, I offer my congratulations. However, the recent onslaught of media coverage regarding constitutional rights that protect news organizations from such litigious actions has brought to our attention the fact that while we support…
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Raceway Park hosting 40th NHRA Nationals
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park will be the center of the drag racing universe this weekend. The famed quarter-mile drag strip on Pension Road, near Englishtown, will be reverberatingwith the sounds of the most powerful drag racing machines as Raceway Park hosts the National Hot Rod Association’s (NHRA) 40th annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals from…
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Sports Shorts
The third annual Bocce Invitational Tournament will be held 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Colonial Park, Mettlers Road, in Somerset, June 20. Hundreds of amateur and professional bocce players are expected to compete in the daylong event that features matches in both amateur and professional categories. The New Jersey Bocce Invitational is an Italian-American…
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Meet of Champions
Above: South Brunswick’s Sophia Ginez competes in the girls 1600-meter run at the 2009 NJSIAA Track & Field State Championships held at South Plainfield High School’s Frank Jost Field on June 3. Ginez placed fifth. Right: South Brunswick’s Jamie Thompson competes in the girls long jump. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff
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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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Victory gardens promote healthier lives, communities
Guest Column • Michele S. Byers Since so many of us want to both save money and eat healthier foods, how about bringing back an icon of the past — the victory garden? The term “victory garden” originated during World War I, and these backyard plots became a common sight on the home front in…
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OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND – Advertorial
By Gloria Averbuch Advertorial OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND By Gloria Averbuch Sky Blue FC Collette McCallum Photo credit to: Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com Just as learning is not confined to a classroom, neither are sports and fitness confined to organized teams and programs. You can do a lot to promote children’s fitness,…
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NOTES
CHRIS KELLY staf f Max Falvey, Eatontown, tries his luck in a fishing derby held at Eatontown’s Wampum Park on June 6. ONE-USA Walk for Juvenile Cancer to help and assist The Valerie Fund will take place 9 a.m.-noon June 13 beginning at Seven Presidents Park, Long Branch and ending at the West End section…
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BOE mourns loss of board member
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The township Board of Education will begin making preparations to appoint a new member next month following the passing of James Wagner last month. According to Superintendent of Schools Thomas Pagano, the board will wait until next month for the school year to be over and to allow each member time to…
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