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Snooze and lose?
By Erik J. Martin CTW Features The longer you wait to buy a home, the more it can cost you. Here’s what potential buyers should know about acting now to get in the market. Many a fisherman has a story about the big one that got away. But years from now many a would-be homeowner…
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Navesink River rowers shined at youth national championships
By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Navesink River Rowing (NRR) proudly held its own during the USRowing Youth National Championships that were held June in Sarasota, Florida. It was at this prestigious event where six of the group’s scholastic scullers battled against the best talent in the country. Senior Erik Bovino of Brielle and junior Tommy Johnston…
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Walk-off victories highlighted Middletown’s championship run
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer On Middletown Little League’s 10- year-old all-star team, every player was a star. “Every kid did something,” said manager Jim Costigan, whose all-star team won the District 19 pennant and reached the Section 3 finals this summer. “We had a really nice run.” Middletown produced some memorable victories, including three…
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Bruno named NJSIAA assistant director for cross-country, track
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It was only fitting that Bill Bruno was visiting the Steve Prefontaine shrine when the phone call came. As he was looking over the shrine to one of America’s greatest distance runners near his home tack at the University of Oregon, the call Bruno received was to inform him that…
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SPORT SHORTS
The Central Jersey Hawks Elite Basketball Team will hold tryouts for the 2015-16 season. The Hawks are for boys and girls in grades 2-11. Tryouts will be held at the Monroe Sports Center, 4 Farrington Blvd., Monroe; Ocean Recreation, 1100 West Park Ave., Ocean Township; and St. Veronica, 4219 Route 9, Howell. Tryouts will be…
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Isaacson brings knowledge, experience as Matawan coach
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Tyler Isaacson, recently elevated from volunteer assistant coach the last two years to head coach at Matawan Regional High School, might be the most recognized figure in soccer circles in Matawan and beyond. Isaacson said he has coached 90 percent of the players on Matawan’s varsity team at some time, as…
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Looking to make the pass
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Middletown High School South’s Alexandra Balsamo, left, fends off Red Bank Catholic High School’s Katie Rice as she looks to make a pass to a teammate during a Maroon and White Girls Basketball Team Camp played this year at Holmdel High School July 27-30. Most of the top teams in the…
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Jewelry sales honor mother’s memory while helping her children
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — When a borough jewelry maker heard about the death of her friend, Tamara “Tami” Seidle, she put her designs on helping the nine children who had lost their mother. “It’s just a tragic situation,” said Krista Lynn Eggering, the creative force behind Krista Lynn Designs. Eggering,…
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Junior Achievement of New Jersey (JANJ) has announced that John Kane, president and chief executive officer of Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company, has been elected to its State Board of Directors. He is responsible for Allstate New Jersey Group’s insurance operations with $1 billion in annual revenue. In addition, Kane serves as a member of…
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