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Panel will examine horse racing industry
Gov. Jon Corzine has signed an executive order creating the Governor’s Commission on the Horse Racing Industry. The commission is to identify, assess and recommend possible funding solutions for horse racing meets after 2010 and propose long-term funding solutions that will promote the future sustained viability of the horse racing industry in New Jersey. “The…
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Sports Shorts
The New Jersey Wildcats announced the addition of Delaware soccer standout Alli D’Amico. The Manasquan native is set to join the Wildcats when they travel to Long Island for a May 9 W-League seasonopener against the Rough Riders. D’Amico finished up an accomplished college career at the University of Delaware this past fall, concluding her…
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Haskell tops 2009 Monmouth Park stakes
OCEANPORT — With the $1 million Haskell Invitational on Aug. 2 leading the way, Monmouth Park will offer $4.7 million in stakes purses this year. Bolstered by an agreement signed with horsemen in 2008, Monmouth Park will see a $500,000 increase in stakes purses, or roughly 12 percent, according to a press release from the…
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More recreation areas needed for area youth
As a community activist and community leader, I would like to see more recreational activity programs for the youth in this area. I am asking for your help in making this happen. These are the places that the young people hang out after school — Crown Chicken, Mc- Donalds, Woodrow Wilson, the train station, the…
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Monmouth golf courses are open for season
The Monmouth County Park System golf courses reopened March 15 with a special lineup of new promotions for the 2009 season. Anyone who holds a Monmouth County Park System golf ID card (resident or nonresident) will now earn one free round of golf for every 15 paid rounds of golf played at any Monmouth County…
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Tell ASIG New Jersey’s ocean is not for sale
Take enough dirt, sediment, and other building materials to fill 10 Empire State buildings. The Atlantic Sea Island Group (ASIG) wants to create an island with this material to be used for a facility to offload, store, and process liquefied natural gas (LNG) only 19.5 miles off the coast of Sea Bright. This group has…
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Jersey Intensity field hockey team wins national title
Jersey Intensity Field Hockey U-14 team WEST LONG BRANCH — Jersey Intensity Field Hockey, a local national championship level field hockey club, traveled to Virginia Beach to compete in the U.S. Field Hockey National Indoor Tournament on March 6-8. The three-day tournament featured club teams from across the nation. The JIFH U- 14 team swept…
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Hawks top Villanova
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Pictured top to bottom: Monmouth University’s Carissa Franzi (6) steps over a Villanova University player who was knocked down during an illegal pick during a home game, as the Hawks snapped a five-game losing streak with a 15-12 victory over the Wildcats on March 15. Monmouth’s Rachel Feirstein (19) drives…
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Monmouth University is NEC preseason pick
The Monmouth University baseball team will play its 2009 home opener on Friday in West Long Branch. Coach Dean Ehehalt’s Hawks, who were chosen by the Northeast Conference coaches as the 2009 NEC favorite, will play Bryant University (Rhode Island) in a fourgame series that begins Friday at 3 p.m. The teams will play a…
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