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Input sought from community for strategic plan
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District will begin a collaborative strategic planning process that will include input from a cross section of community members. “Ideally we would like to have at least 50 people from the community come together to take part in the strategic planning process,” Kathy Winecoff, field…
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Ronald McDonald House provides the comforts of home
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Ronald McDonald shares a smile and some fun with children at a Ronald McDonald House, which provides “home away from home” for families facing a child’s medical challenges. PHOTO COURTESY OF RONALD McDONALD HOUSE The hardships of family life — whether great or small — are usually ironed out at…
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Bulletin Board
– Citizens’ group to meet Oct. 19, host speaker Citizens for Informed Land Use (CILU) will host Greg Remaud, deputy director of NY/NJ Baykeeper, at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at its meeting slated at the Holmdel Senior/Community Center, 4 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel. Remaud will discuss Baykeeper’s recent efforts in creating the new Freneau Woods…
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Jacked up
Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: My husband has changed three punctured tires in the last few months. There’s no mystery about the flats. We live five miles in on a dirt road and there are several houses under construction. I’m sure debris bounces out of the trucks and we drive over nails or screws. I…
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Here come the crossovers
By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Now the best-selling rides on the road, a bounty of new crossover SUVs are coming to market as roomier and more practical alternatives to both small and midsize sedans Car-based crossover SUVs are the hottest items in the auto business these days. Crossover sales were up by 14.3 percent over…
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New models a huge success at Monroe Township 55+ community
More than 500 visitors and interested buyers attended the model grand opening last month at K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Monroe, a new active-adult lifestyle community being developed off Prospect Plains Road in Middlesex County’s Monroe Township. The community’s first two models opened the weekend of Sept. 19-20 and, according to the builder, guests were…
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SPORT SHORTS
The Fourth Annual Step Up For Sarcoma 5K was held Sept. 27 at the Manalapan Recreation Center. Hundreds of runners and racewalkes completed the 3.1-mile race that benefits sarcoma research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Over the four-year history of the race, the event has raised $62,000 for sarcoma research. The overall male and…
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Jackson field hockey teams gear up for postseason play
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Jackson Memorial High School and Jackson Liberty High School field hockey teams will finish their respective seasons in November as both head into the Shore Conference and NJSIAA tournaments with impressive records. For Jackson Memorial, enjoying a 10-1- 1 season, it will be the fourth straight year the seniors will…
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Tortoriello, defense lead the Warriors to another shutout
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent NEW EGYPT Gino Tortoriello scored three touchdowns and rushed for more than 200 yards, and the defense again opened the scoring when Kyle Frimel ran back an interception 45 yards for a touchdown as New Egypt High School’s football team secured its second straight shutout victory, 27-0, over Maple Shade High…
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