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Monroe aims for continued improvement on the mats
MONROE TOWNSHIP By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent The measure of how far the Monroe Township High School wrestling team has progressed can be traced to when Billy Jacoutot became coach five years ago. Jacoutot arrived from Spencerport High School in New York — one of the top teams in the Empire State — which was coached…
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On the drive
FRANK GALIPO St. Joseph’s High School of Metuchen’s Bryce Layne (1) tries to get around a Monmouth Regional High School defender during the Dec. 27 Albert E. Martin Tournament game played at Red Bank Regional High School. The Falcons were victorious, 81-33. St. Joe’s was scheduled to host Red Bank Regional in the finals on…
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Hambletonian winner Trixton is Standardbred of the Year
Hambletonian winner Trixton will receive the 2014 Secretary of Agriculture’s Trophy as New Jersey Standardbred of the Year as selected by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. Trixton and Deo Volente Farms, the 2014 New Jersey Breeder of the Year and the trotter’s new home, will be among the honorees at the 58th annual New…
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East Brunswick’s Esposito qualifies for PGA Champions Tour
By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Monroe Township’s Frank Esposito has every reason to be smiling as he checks over his clubs at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe. He has qualified to play on the Champions Tour in 2015. FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Frank Esposito Jr. of East Brunswick is about to begin the journey of his life and…
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On the clean list
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Wanting to look his best before his special trip from the North Pole, Santa Claus stopped by Spotswood Quick Wash Laundry on Dec. 20 to do a few loads of laundry while wishing customers a Merry Christmas.
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Antidote offered in war on heroin
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer A new tactic in the ongoing war against drug addiction in Ocean County was deployed in the halls of a Jackson church as volunteers and county officials armed people with the overdose antidote Narcan. For two hours on the evening of Dec. 16, members of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office,…
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Councilman disagrees with CFO on finances
SOUTH RIVER — A borough councilman expressed his dissatisfaction with recent budgetary maneuvers and cast the sole vote against renewing the contract of the chief financial officer (CFO) during the final council meeting of 2014. The dissension at the Dec. 15 meeting came after CFO Joseph Zanga issued some year-end financial recommendations that would free…
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High school students invited to snow-tube
The East Brunswick Department of Recreation & Parks will sponsor a Youth Council & Recreation snow-tubing trip to Mountain Creek in Vernon on Jan. 31. Students in eighth through 12th grade will be chaperoned by the Youth Council staff. The bus will leave the Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, at 9 a.m.…
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Jamesburg library offers amnesty in January
Fines on overdue books at the Jamesburg Public Library, 229 Gatzmer Ave., will be erased during the month of January with the donation of one can of unexpired food per $1 fine. Collected items will be given to the Deacon’s Food Pantry in Jamesburg.
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