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Jaguars, Lions still in football playoff hunt
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The football teams at Jackson Memorial High School and Jackson Liberty High School stayed in the hunt for NJSIAA playoff berths with victories on Oct. 17. Jackson Memorial clinched a non-losing season and strengthened its bid for a spot in Central Jersey Group IV with a 21-14 victory over Brick Memorial…
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Lancers stay undefeated behind new coach
ST. JOHN VIANNEY By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The St. John Vianney High School football team has certainly turned a corner this year. The Lancers, whose last divisional championship was 32 years ago, finished with just four wins in 2013. Under new head coach Mark Ciccotelli, St. John Vianney is undefeated through six games and in…
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SPORT SHORTS
Margret “Maggi” Romano, a founding member of the Standardbred Pleasure Horse Association, has been selected to receive the 2015 Spirit of the Horse Award from the Rutgers Equine Science Center. Romano, of Millstone Township, is the wife of Anthony Romano, a member of the board of directors of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of…
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Jaguars riding late success into boys soccer tourneys
JACKSON MEMORIAL By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School has one of the hottest boys soccer teams in the Shore Conference as it heads into the tournaments, going 7-0-1 in its last eight games and allowing only two goals in that stretch, which included a 2- 0 Shore Conference A South Division victory over…
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New Egypt boys playing for share of division soccer title
NEW EGYPT By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent A year ago, Travis Ward was the go-to scorer for New Egypt High School’s boys soccer team with a seasonrecord 30 goals. He was a big part of the team making a run to its first NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I title before suffering only its third loss of…
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Running through the line
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Vincent Lee, running the through the middle of Jackson Liberty High School’s defensive line, is the leading rusher for the Jackson Memorial High School football team. On Oct. 24, the Jaguars will look to improve their 5-1 record when they travel to Toms River High School South for a Shore Conference…
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School district receives grants
By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — Buildings in the Howell K-8 School District will have repair work completed with assistance from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA). The SDA and the Christie administration announced Oct. 9 seven grants that have been executed for Howell’s schools through the SDA’s Regular Operating District (ROD)…
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Issues with sewer system delay Plumsted redevelopment plan
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — An amendment to the New Egypt Redevelopment Plan that was recently approved by the Township Committee seeks to ensure that homes will be built on a specific parcel even if a major element of the redevelopment plan never comes to fruition. Officials approved the plan on Oct. 1,…
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Monsters and spirits roam Allaire village
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The Historic Village at Allaire is not really haunted, but that hasn’t stopped the 19th-century ironworks from becoming the subject of ghost stories and urban legends among locals. Once a year, the employees and volunteers who help maintain the village pretend that all of the ghost stories are true.…
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