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Summer basketball leagues benefit players and coaches
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer There’s a reason that the Colts Neck High School boys basketball team remains a contender year-in and year-out. Head coach Lou Piccola has his team playing in the Hamilton Park Summer Basketball League in Jersey City. Piccola prefers to take his team north on the turnpike rather than play in…
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Britton wins 4th state Senior PGA
Senior PGA Professional Bill Britton (Trump National Golf Club, Colts Neck) engraved his name on the New Jersey Senior PGA Professional Championship Trophy for the fourth time in his career. Britton was the only player in the field to keep both rounds under par, going 68- 70 for a two-day total of 138, 4-under par.…
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Record crowd expected to greet American Pharoah for Haskell
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Since breaking the 37-year-old Triple Crown curse with his wire-to-wire win at the Belmont Stakes June 13, American Pharoah has become an American folk hero. The 3-year-old thoroughbred has become a nationwide star, and that has brought increased attention to the sport. As a result, all eyes will be on…
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Higginson wins gold in meet record at Pan Am Games
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Former Colts Neck High School great Ashley Higginson celebrates her gold medal win in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for Team USA at the Pan American Games in Toronto July 24. It was her biggest international victory. Ashley Higginson scored the biggest international win of her track and field career when she…
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Area players help PDA club capture national soccer title
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Colts Neck High School’s Frankie Tagliaferri, left, was one of six Freehold Regional High School District players on the PDA Arsenal U-17 team that won the national championship in Richmond, Virginia. CHRISTINA SMITH During their downtime, the girls soccer players from the Freehold Regional High School District schools pondered how…
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James Joseph Luby
James Joseph Luby, 63, of Alpharetta, Georgia, passed away peacefully on July 22 after struggling for three years with Parkinson’s, Lewy body and heart diseases. Jim was the loving husband of Cathy (nee Ruger); father of Sean and Meghan; and son-in-law of Walter and Catherine Ruger of Bellmore, New York. Jim and Cathy were born,…
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Fun at the Middlesex County Fair
TOP PICK For 77 years, the Middlesex County Fair has been a tradition that brings together thousands of residents for a week of summer fun. Some 85,000 visitors annually explore the county’s rich agricultural heritage, learn a new craft, try a new food, or go on a ride – all in a day’s visit at…
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Did you know …
Fred Armisen and Bill Hader in IFC’s “Documentary Now!” TYLER GOLDEN/IFC IFC is rewriting history with its new series, “Documentary Now!,” premiering on Thursday, August 20 at 10 p.m. Created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Seth Myers and starring Armisen and Hader, this new comedy series lovingly parodies some of the world’s best known…
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Five radio disc jockeys who rocked our socks off
By Lucie M. Winborne Wolfman Jack With so much music out there to listen to, it always helps to have a good navigator. Such is the radio disc jockey, or DJ. And through the decades, a few are remembered as the ones who introduced America to its greatest hits. The term “disc jockey” was coined…
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