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Bridge St. getting makeover
By JESSICA D’AMICO Bridge Street, known by many as a treacherous thoroughfare in Metuchen, is receiving a facelift. The borough recently received a $200,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) for reconstruction of the ailing artery that connects Route 27 and New Durham Road, and the DOT is in the process of…
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Bishop Ahr High School’s Amari Hyatt tries to stretch her time in the air as she competes in the long jump at the Greater Middlesex Conference Track and Field Championships May 6 at Frank Jost Field in South Plainfield.
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DOT to make repairs to Morris Goodkind Bridge in New Brunswick beginning tonight
There will be overnight lane closures beginning tonight for priority repair and repaving of the bridge deck of the Morris Goodkind Bridge on Route 1 northbound in New Brunswick. The asphalt overlay on the bridge deck is failing, necessitating a priority repair with temporary overnight lane closures for several weeks while the work is being…
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Pickup sheds pounds but is no lightweight
The redesigned 2015 Ford F-150 leverages aluminum to minimize weight and boost its fuel economy, but without sacrificing utility. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features A utomakers — particularly the domestic brands — would seem to be in a pickle these days regarding their full-size pickup truck lines. With the U.S. economy firmly in recovery mode,…
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Q&A
Back in action with Sharon Peters Q: I have some back issues that are rather significant and on long road trips the pain is reduced somewhat if I can tweak the height or angle of the seat slightly for a little while. So I want whatever car has the greatest number of power adjustments on…
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Attendance up at Monmouth Park opener
With a crowd of 10,168, Monmouth Park rolled out a successful Opening Day on May 10. Ribo Bobo posted a length-and-a-half win in the $75,000 Decathlon Stakes featured on the 12-race program. “What a great start to what we hope is an even greater racing season,” Dennis Drazin, advisor to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s…
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Brookdale softball returns to national championship tourney
Staff Writer By TIM MORRIS A s Brookdale Community College head coach Bo Scannapieco sees it, seeding isn’t going to matter. Whether his team is seeded No. 1 or No. 2 at the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division III Softball National Championship that begins on May 15 in Rochester, Minn., there is no…
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Caseys’ diamond success courtesy of strong hitting
By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent RED BANK CATHOLIC R ed Bank Catholic (RBC) High School’s baseball team owns a 15-4 mark thanks in part to an offense that has scored 124 runs and includes five regulars batting better than .300 for a team batting average of .338. Shortstop Al Molina leads the way with an amazing…
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SPORT SHORTS
Rutgers University Football will conduct several camps this summer for children and women. Players entering grades 1-12 will participate and improve their skills in a variety of ways, led by Rutgers coaches, as well as college and high coaches from around the country. Participants are divided into groups and will learn position skills and practice…
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