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Prized possession
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Jason Eiger of East Brunswick decides which prize he wants at the annual St. Stan’s Carnival at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Sayreville on June 26.
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Critics: Flood zone rule changes would do harm
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Critics of revised rules governing projects in flood-prone areas say the changes proposed by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) would weaken flood protections throughout the state. “My understanding is that changes will include removing environmental protections, allow property owners to build in vulnerable areas and…
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East Brunswick library gives glimpse of global languages
By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer An East Brunswick Public Library patron works with the Pronunciator program, part of the library’s Global Connection program, which offers members the chance to learn up to 80 foreign languages. MICHAEL NUNES/STAFF EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Public Library is taking steps to bridge the gap in the township’s…
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Venokur develops strong ethic behind the plate
By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Ashli Venokur It says a lot about what’s most important to Ashli Venokur that the highlight of the East Brunswick High School catcher’s life was volunteering to help at the Special Olympics a year ago. Venokur, a rising senior, recalled last summer how she helped during the softball portion of the…
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Players of vintage baseball seek to revive Middlesex County club
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The Elizabeth Resolutes take on the Brooklyn Atlantics in old-fashioned garb. The vintage baseball teams play by the 19th-century rules of the teams they are emulating. The game has changed a lot since those days, when players didn’t wear mitts and the diamond was set up in a grass…
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SPORT SHORTS
Cheesequake Baseball will hold registration for the 2015 fall season. Mail-in registration is available online at leaguelineup.com/cqba and is due by Aug. 1. The Central Jersey Baseball Academy and ProDreams Camps are excited to be back in Upper Freehold for the fourth consecutive year of their instructional baseball camp supporting Redbird Baseball. Camp runs July…
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Coalition demands new direction for NJ energy policy
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer A newly formed coalition of more than three dozen environmental, religious and labor organizations took to the State House to champion renewable energy as a must for New Jersey. After a day of lobbying members of the state Legislature, the Clean Energy Coalition hosted a rally June 25 on…
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Sign language could fill graduation requirement
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Parlin Gressitt (left) practices signing with Phoebe Gartside during an American Sign Language program at the Middletown Township Public Library on June 27. Gartside, a senior at Middletown High School South, founded the program along with classmate Sarah Maggipinto to teach the basics of signing, which could become a…
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Falcons’ Heatter reflects on days with Dirty Birds
By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Eric Heatter Eric Heatter will only be a junior this fall at Monroe Township High School, but he has already verbally committed to play baseball at Rutgers University when he graduates. That’s how much the state university thinks of his pitching ability. Heatter’s statistics from the recently completed season prove he…
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