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Lombardi winners are announced
Unbeknown to many, Vince Lombardi was more than a legendary football coach. The man who guided the Green Bay Packers to five NFL championships in the 1960s during his Hall of Fame career was also a great college football player himself. He was guard on the famous Fordham University offensive line of 1936 that was…
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Wave’s historic season ends in celebration
All six L. B. wrestlers place at state finals BY DOUG MCKENZIE Staff Writer It was all the way back in November when the Long Branch High School wrestling team started talking about its ultimate goal. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Left: Long Branch head coach Dan George (l) and assistant coach Eric Saunders react…
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Borden case is over, but it should never have begun
Coda • GREG BEAN Well, the Marcus Borden school prayer saga is finally over (at least in the courts), bringing to an end one of the saddest chapters in New Jersey education. I’ve had mixed feelings about this business from the start. I understood the stance taken by the East Brunswick school district, which had…
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‘All the world’s a stage’
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Long Branch High School student Cassie Delacruz competes in the 19th annual Shakespeare Competition sponsored by the English Speaking Union of Monmouth County on March 7. Right: D.J. Hamlin, Long Branch High School, delivers a monologue during the competition, which was held at the Performing Arts Center at Brookdale…
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Two perspectives on the Holocaust
On March 15, the opening of “The Exhibit: A Journey to Life” at the Monmouth Museum will bring to life the world that was lost during the Holocaust. Suitcases, scrapbooks, family photographs and other memorabilia are part of the multimedia exhibits, “A Journey to Life,” which documents the life experiences of Holocaust survivors, and “Voices…
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Sire Stakes purses bumped to $3.5M
N.J. bred and owned horses get preference for entry The Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey has successfully negotiated a $400,000 purse enhancement for the 2009 New Jersey Sire Stakes events at the Meadowlands. The additional funding will be applied to the preliminary legs of the New Jersey Sire Stakes. This year’s finals…
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Traffic study calls for new Route 539 signal
No light warranted for Sharon Station intersection BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A traffic signal may be warranted at the intersection of Route 539 and Burlington Path Road, but not just a short distance away at Sharon Station Road and Route 539. The results of a traffic evaluation on the two intersections…
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Vehicles prohibited from riding trails
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Motorized vehicles will not be permitted on any of the trails or bridle paths in the township. At the March 4 Township Committee meeting, an ordinance prohibiting such vehicles on township-owned property other than public streets or highways passed 4- 0. Committeeman Elias Abilheira was absent. Mayor Nancy…
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Local towns could share court services
Millstone to study issue with Roosevelt, U.F. BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The township is the lead agency in a feasibility study to determine the potential of sharing municipal court services with Roosevelt and Upper Freehold. The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs SHARE (Sharing Available Resources Efficiently) program notified Millstone of its…
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