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Jackson’s Soloman adjusts to DH role with Colonels
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Former Jackson Memorial High School standout Bryan Soloman has adjusted well to being the designated hitter for Eastern Kentucky University’s baseball team. He’s batting .322. EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Bryan Soloman played nearly every inning when he was at Jackson Memorial High School, either as a third baseman or pitcher. However,…
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Rutgers Theater Co. to show ‘Acting is Believing’
Anna Lentz and Sam Urdang When all the world’s a stage, the line between playing a role and living one’s life can get a bit hazy (and murderous). Rutgers Theater Co. travels south of the border to explore the actor’s art of illusion in Lope de Vega’s “Acting Is Believing (Lo Fingido Verdadero),” running April…
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Spring job fair April 4
Individuals who are looking for a job are welcome to attend the Monmouth County job fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 4 at the Brookdale Community College Collins Arena, 765 Newman Springs Road (Route 520), Lincroft. Local employers and employment resource organizations will be participating in the free event. No registration is required…
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Tree seedlings to be distributed in Plumsted April 5
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Seventeen months after superstorm Sandy thrashed the Garden State, the Plumsted Youth for Nature and the Environment (PYNE) is joining forces with local, state and national organizations to revitalize a recovering tree population. Starting at 9 a.m. April 5 at the Plumsted recreation field on Brindletown Road, tree…
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Visit Sandy Hook with Audubon Society
Spring is here and with it comes the annual migration of raptors and songbirds along the Atlantic Flyway. The public is invited to join the Monmouth County Audubon Society on April 13 for a spring bird walk to look for these migrants on Sandy Hook. The peninsula of Sandy Hook acts as a natural funnel…
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Tract’s preservation announced
JACKSON — The Trust for Public Land has announced a significant purchase of land to help protect the Toms River corridor. A portion of the land is in Jackson. The 195 acres, which are part of the Barnegat Bay Watershed, will provide residents and visitors with a place to hike, bike, canoe and experience nature,…
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Quick Chek hearing set
JACKSON — An application proposing the construction of a Quick Chek convenience store and gas station at the intersection of Bethel Church and South New Prospect roads, Jackson, is scheduled to go before the Planning Board at 7:30 p.m. April 7 at the municipal building. Attorney Raymond Shea is expected to seek approval for the…
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Energy efficiency is goal of improvements
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer More than $20 million in capital improvements could soon spur greater energy efficiency and other repairs in the Freehold Regional High School District’s six schools. The Board of Education passed two resolutions at its March 10 meeting that will enable district administrators to go out to bid to obtain a…
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Market putting squeeze on New Jersey renters
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A fter nearly two years of living in her car, in various shelters and even in a climate-controlled storage locker in Monmouth County, Vicky M. no longer identifies herself as a resident of any town. She says simply that she is from New Jersey. And according to a new study…
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