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Kick Cancer event to aid Embrace Kids
The third annual Joanne J. Amato Kick Cancer fundraiser to benefit the Embrace Kids Foundation, New Brunswick, is set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. June 7 at Heavenly Farms, Dunhams Corner and Cranbury roads, East Brunswick. The event, which is organized and sponsored by Special Teams Solutions, will feature kicking, snapping and passing coaches, and NFL…
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GMC baseball
Top: North Brunswick’s Chris Rosenberg (l) tries to tag out St. Joseph of Metuchen’s Shane Alvarez at second base for the Greater Middlesex County baseball title May 30 at East Brunswick Tech. North Brunswick came in second place. Above: North Brunswick’s Bryan Gaeta (l) tries to beat out the throw to St. Joseph’s first baseman…
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Professional advice you can take as the gospel
Coda • GREG BEAN Editor’s note: Greg Bean is on vacation. This column originally ran Aug. 3, 2005. Inever thought I’d come to the point in my life where I had any foolproof professional wisdom for my kids, at least any they’d listen to. But recently I had a conversation with one of my sons…
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NOTES
Mat Pilates classes will be held 7 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 a.m. Saturdays during the summer at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, Ocean Avenue. Pilates strengthen the body’s core, lengthen muscles and build overall body strength without weights. Preregistration is required; when six or more have enrolled, walk-ins will be accepted. For more information, call…
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Declining enrollment shutters Pope John XXIII
Diocese cites demographic shift, economic downturn BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — With enrollment slipping and costs rising, the Trenton Diocese has decided to shutter the doors on the Pope John XXIII Regional School in Ocean Township. The decision to close the Catholic grammar school was announced on May 15 by the diocesan…
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Govt. studies financial impact of fort closure
Study will look at cost of services to host towns BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) is assessing the financial impact the closing of Fort Monmouth and the transfer of hundreds of acres of property back to the host municipalities, will have on the infrastructure…
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Long Branch man found guilty of sexual assault
AMonmouth County jury returned a guilty verdict May 27 against a Long Branch man for assaulting a young girl. of second-degree sexual assault, S tephen Lamont Scott, 28, was convicted which occurred in October 2006, against a 9-year-old girl, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The jury also found Scott…
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Wellness Community benefit honors Maria Gatta
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OCEANPORT — A fundraiser that will be held in memory of former Oceanport mayor, Maria Gatta, on June 10, evolved from a dream shared by Gatta and her friend and business partner, Dee Frankel. “Dee and my mom said after they retired from their business, they wanted to do something…
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Lakehurst to Red Bank is panel’s rail selection
Efforts continue to institute passenger train service for inland Monmouth, Ocean BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Passenger train service could come to inland Monmouth and Ocean counties if NJ Transit administrators follow through on the recommendation of a working group of stakeholders. According to a May 27 press release from NJ Transit, members of a…
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