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Beach yoga returns to Long Branch
Long Branch Recreation will sponsor yoga classes at West End Beach in Long Branch, weather permitting, through Sept. 7. Morning classes will be held seven days a week from 7-8 a.m. Evening classes will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Due to boardwalk construction, morning and evening classes will be held…
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Ray Licata Memorial swims into 11th year on Aug. 16
LONG BRANCH – It has been 11 years since Ray Licata, a community activist and devoted swimmer who displayed a deep passion for the ocean, died unexpectedly late one summer afternoon following his routine swim. To continue to honor his memory, the committee members of the Ray Licata Memorial Swim have announced that the annual…
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Italian American Festival
Clockwise from top left: Children of all ages make their way out of the Cuckoo Haus at the annual Italian American Festival at Joe Palaia Park in Ocean Township on Aug. 5. People of all ages make their way along the grounds of the festival. A young man tries his hand at one of the…
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A hand up, not handout for working families in need
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SCOTT FRIEDMAN Founder Brant Holmes, right, and his wife and Executive Director Dorothy Stearns work together to put away a donation of eggplants at Bentley Community Services in South Brunswick on Aug. 8. Bentley Community Services is certainly not a typical food pantry. Walking into the main building of Bentley,…
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Funding increase for shore protection is in the works
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Shore advocates are seeking an increase in the New Jersey Shore Protection Fund, a costsharing partnership with the federal government to replenish eroded beaches along the 137-mile Jersey Coast. KATHY CHANG/STAFF The biggest driver of the tourism industry— the third largest industry in the state—- is the beachfront that spans…
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SPORT SHORTS
Registration remains open for Joint Base MDL’s 2015 Beast of the East 10K Mud Run scheduled for Sept. 19. The event is open to the public and features more than 20 obstacles, costume contests and plenty of mud with joint base service members. To register, visit www.gomdl.com and click on Beast of the East Mud…
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Allentown’s Storey part of Bandits’ championship team
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Madison Storey broke into the starting lineup as a freshman on Allentown High School’s softball team last spring, playing first base. But Storey added an even greater accomplishment over the summer when she played right field and catcher as part of the New Jersey Bandits’ drive to the United States Specialty…
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Scheuerman suffers injury at Steelers training camp
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Ross Scheuerman of Allentown will have to shop around for another shot in the NFL. Scheuerman, the Lafayette College graduated who went undrafted, suffered an injury that not only cost him a chance to play in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ opening exhibition Hall of Fame game versus the Minnesota Vikings Aug. 9,…
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Running through drills
REBECCA NOWALSKI Allentown High School football players Cameron Capone, left, and Colin Roy run through a linemen drill during a team practice at the high school.
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