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Jackson athletes excel in early season meets
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Andre Davis picked up points in the high jump and anchored two medal-winning relays to lead Jackson Memorial High School’s boys outdoor track and field team to a third-place finish at the Husky Relays April 11 at Matawan Regional High School. Davis cleared 5-10 in the high jump for third place,…
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Jaguars break out of slump with victory over Patriots
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School’s softball team shrugged off a season-opening hitting drought in a bid to recapture the form of its 18-6 season a year ago with a nondivision victory over Freehold Township High School, 6-5, April 11. “We definitely lost four solid players [to graduation] and have a young team,”…
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Knocking the ball loose
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Jackson Memorial High School’s Brad Greenway, right, pops the ball loose from Freehold Township High School’s Chris Novella during a lacrosse game April 6 in Jackson. The visiting Patriots defeated the Jaguars, 8-2.
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Brighton Beach Memoirs
TOP PICK Center Players, Freehold’s award-winning resident theater company, brings a little bit of old Brooklyn to downtown Freehold with its production of “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” written by Neil Simon and directed by Leslie Hochman of Matawan. This comedy-drama is an autobiographical play set in 1937, when Neil Simon was a teen living in Brighton…
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Project Matters working to get guitars into musicians’ hands
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Correspondent FREEHOLD — An organization that wants to provide guitars to young musicians is striking the right note. Karen High, who founded The Project Matters, seeks to further the creation of music, with an emphasis on aspiring musicians age 21 and younger. High told her story in a recent Greater Media…
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Vic DiBitetto heading for iPlay America, ‘Paul Blart’
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Vic DiBitetto A few months ago when Manalapan resident Vic DiBitetto went to the movies with his wife, she begged him to keep his mouth shut. But he couldn’t resist. The moment his face appeared in one of the coming attractions, DiBitetto stood up and shouted to the audience, “Hey…
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Freehold man charged with murder of Jackson resident
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Hector Calderon JACKSON — Just 13 hours after an investigation into the shooting death of Jackson resident Peyman Sanandaji began, officials announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with the killing. Authorities said Hector Calderon, 47, was arrested without incident at his home on South Street, Freehold Borough, just…
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Plan for in-house attorney could resurface in Jackson
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The debate surrounding an in-house legal department in Jackson could heat up again as residents who support such a change may attempt to place the issue before residents in the Nov. 3 election. The news that residents may be asked to vote on such a proposal came just…
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School budget’s impact to be discussed April 27
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Details as to how the Freehold Regional High School District’s 2015-16 budget will impact taxpayers and what new programs, if any, the spending plan funds will be discussed when the budget’s public hearing takes place on April 27. The public hearing will be held at 8 p.m. at Freehold Township…
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