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State gymnastics championships
DORINE SHAPIRO Howell High School’s Monica Servidio finished third in the all-around competition at the NJSIAA Individual Gymnastics Championships. The sophomore improved on her fifth-place showing in 2013. Earlier, she had won the all-around at the Shore Conference Championships.
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Speaker will discuss 1860 shipwreck
Collisions at sea are among the most calamitous and terrifying of maritime disasters. This was especially true during the mid-1800s when steamand wind-powered vessels plied Atlantic coastal waters in ever greater numbers during the nascent years of the American Industrial Revolution. In the pre-dawn hours of June 21, 1860, the side-wheel steamer Robert J. Walker…
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Driver inattention ruled cause of fatal accident
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Aug. 19 crash that claimed the lives of three people on Kozloski Road has been attributed to driver inattention on the part of driver Nicholas Dever, who was killed in the crash. Dever, 19, of Freehold Borough, was driving a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta south on…
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Audubon Society bird walk set for Dec. 6
The Monmouth County Audubon Society will host a bird walk on Sandy Hook in northern Monmouth County at 10 a.m. Dec. 6. Participants will meet in the old visitor center parking lot on Sandy Hook. A variety of birds may be seen during this event, including snow buntings, northern harriers, yellow-rumped warblers and long-tailed ducks.…
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A Musical Parade
TOP PICK The Oasis Players will return to the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County at 2 p.m. Nov. 30. “A Musical Parade” will take the audience through a century of music, celebrating composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers. The cabaret salutes the 50th anniversary of Broadway’s “Hello Dolly,”…
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Local comedian Vic DiBitetto prepares for breakout year
ENTERTAINMENT By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Vic DiBitetto I n show business, it’s not “who you know,” but “who knows you.” At least, that seems to be the case for Manalapan resident Vic DiBitetto, who, after 30 years of fighting in the trenches of stand-up comedy, has finally made it big. “It’s a tough, beautiful,…
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Winery event benefits area autism group
A nonprofit organization that raises awareness about autism received nearly $7,000 after a Food Trucks and Fire Pits festival at Laurita Winery in Plumsted Township attracted hundreds of guests for food, fun and philanthropy. Parents of Autistic Children (POAC), Brick Township, received a check for $6,800 from the New Egypt winery and its owners, Ray…
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Couple celebrates 50th anniversary
MILESTONES Miriam and Walter Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Walter Whalen of Jackson recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple was married Nov. 21, 1964, at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Passaic, and held their reception at Schweisguth’s, Clifton. A renewal of vows conducted by Bishop David O’Donnell took place on Oct. 19 at St.…
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Police, firefighters save man, dogs from burning residence
JACKSON — A resident and three dogs were saved from a burning home when members of the Jackson Police Department and Jackson Township Fire Station 55 (Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1) braved fire and smoke to save their lives. Police said officers Edward Travisano, Anthony Riso and Jody Benecke were among the first…
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