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SPORT SHORTS
Sky Blue FC has confirmed its 2015 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) home finale for Sept. 2. Kickoff for the match against FC Kansas City will occur at 7 p.m. at Yurcak Field on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway. Tickets for the home finale of Sky Blue FC’s sixth professional season are on…
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Allentown’s Stroud key to Cheetahs Northeast title run
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The New Jersey Cheetahs Premier Under-18 softball team out of Allentown won the Northeast Regional and finished fifth at the nationals this summer. Abby Stroud went from the depth of disappointment and frustration to the heights of exhilaration in a span of a few weeks, as she is about to embark…
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Teachers undergo training for new agriculture course
ALLENTOWN — New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher recently visited the Stone Bridge Middle School in Allentown where 18 agriculture teachers from five states, including 11 from New Jersey, were attending a 50-hour training course preparing them to teach a new rigorous, academic course on agricultural research in the fall, according to a…
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Lynn Marie Skalaban
Lynn Marie Skalaban, 68, a resident of Weathersfield, Vermont, passed away Aug. 12 at her home in Weathersfield surrounded by her husband of 49 years, Peter, and their daughter, Alexis. Lynn was born on June 29, 1947, in New Brunswick, the daughter of Walter and Gladys (Hoover) Korsak. She lived in East Brunswick, where she…
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Provocative new play for American audiences
TOP PICK Layla Khoshnoudi, Jacob A. Ware, Judith Hawking, Gregory Haney SUZANNE BARABAS New Jersey Repertory Company announces the U.S. premiere of “Nobody’s Girl” by Australian playwright Rick Viede. Is there anything more scandalous than a juicy tell-all memoir? Viciously funny, “Nobody’s Girl” features a potpourri of outrageous characters who wheel and deal in a…
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Jewelry sales honor late mother’s memory while helping children
When a West Long Branch jewelry maker heard about the death of her friend, Tamara Seidle, she put her designs on helping the nine children who had lost their mother. “It is just a tragic situation,” said Krista Lynn Eggering, the creative force behind Krista Lynn Designs. Eggering, along with some kind-hearted helpers, helped to…
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County reps hear comments on care centers from public
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Members of the public had an opportunity to put their views about the sale of two county-run care centers on the record at a recent public hearing. The meeting focused on the John L. Montgomery Care Center, Freehold Township, and the Geraldine L. Thompson Care Center, Wall Township, and took…
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Did you know …
“Lead with Your Heart” William Baldwin and Kari Matchett © 2015 CROWN MEDIA UNITED STATES, LLC William Baldwin follows his heart in Hallmark Channel’s original movie world premiere of “Lead with Your Heart” on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 9 p.m. The film tells the story of a happily married couple facing life-changing decisions as they…
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America’s love affair with cooking shows
by Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine 1936 “portrait” of Betty Crocker, as imagined by artist Neysa McMein If there’s one thing Americans enjoy almost as much as good food, it’s watching others cook it. Variety shows and Westerns have come and gone, but the cooking show endureth forever … or at least it has for…
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