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SPORT SHORTS
Nominations are being accepted for the Brookdale Community College Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2015. This will be the first class inducted since the inaugural group was recognized in 1979. To be inducted into the Brookdale Athletics Hall of Fame, the inductee must meet the criteria listed on the nomination form and fall into…
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Players competing for open positions on Jackson Memorial girls soccer team
JACKSON MEMORIAL By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent I n a typically strong summer turnout, at least 30 players have been taking part in the Jackson Memorial High School girls soccer team’s early morning workouts twice a week to prepare for the start of preseason training in mid-August. Unlike past summers, there are few marquee names in…
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Jackson’s Clemmer returns as Hawks’ defensive leader
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School graduate Kim Clemmer returns to Monmouth University for her senior year as team captain. The Hawks, who won the Middle Atlantic Athletic Conference championship last fall, are the preseason pick to do it again. Clemmer plays midfield and defense for the Hawks, who begin the season on…
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Growing boys sure know how to eat
ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Growing boys. There’s just nothing like them. Having raised four of them, I speak from the voice of experience. I happen to know, firsthand, that they like to wrestle and brawl. They will spar over the last glass of juice, and they love to throw down on the front…
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ON CAMPUS
Nichole Delnero of Jackson earned a master’s degree in education administration from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Mass. Alexia Polachek of Jackson was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Providence College, Providence, R.I. The University of Hartford, Hartford, Conn., named Rebecca Cheatham of Jackson…
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Jackson girl is winner in drawing for diamond
FREEHOLD — Traditionally, females are gifted with a diamond when they become engaged to be married. That was not the case for two local youngsters who each received a diamond by picking it out of a Waterford crystal sugar bowl with a tweezers. Finding the diamonds was part of Freehold Jewelers participation in the annual…
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Residents asked to dispose of unwanted medications
Several pharmacies in Howell and Farmingdale will be providing their customers with a safe way to dispose of unused and unwanted medications. As part of the statewide Project Medicine Drop program, when a person picks up a prescription at a participating pharmacy, he will be given a self-sealing bag into which unused or unwanted medicines…
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Firefighters mark graduation
The Monmouth County Fire Academy recently graduated 38 firefighters from the Firefighter I program. Graduates were divided into two classes: Class 102 graduated on June 24, and Class 103 graduated on June 25. Both ceremonies were held at the Monmouth County Fire Academy, Route 33, Howell. According to a press release, graduates worked 188 hours…
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Superior officers’ salaries set
By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council has adopted an ordinance that establishes salaries for the Howell Police Department’s superior officers. Superior officers are sergeants, lieutenants and captains. Voting to adopt the ordinance on July 15 were Mayor Bill Gotto, Deputy Mayor Robert Nicastro, Councilman Edward Guz and Councilwoman Pauline Smith.…
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