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Is Knowing Everything A Good Thing?
By Paul Hall Imagine that everything you do is monitored, stored and processed. I know, some think that is true now, but what if it was not only really happening but also a company was bold enough to tell you they were doing it? In the new film The Circle from director James Ponsoldt, we…
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Dodgers pick up Somerset Patriots pitcher
The Somerset Patriots have announced that left-handed pitcher Jeremy Bleich’s contract has been purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. Bleich appeared in two games this season and struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings. He re-signed with the team in April after he spent time in spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks. This was…
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Sayreville man convicted of defrauding client of retirement benefits
A former financial advisor entrusted with advising clients on investments was convicted by a federal jury on April 28 for defrauding a former factory worker out of his retirement savings and using the funds for his own benefit. Jesse Holovacko, 39, of Sayreville, was convicted on all counts of an indictment charging him with six…
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Good Samaritan robbed of laptop at train station
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — A superhero feat was followed by a crime of opportunity, which Police Chief Thomas Bryan has called “nothing less than appalling and disgusting.” Last week Anil Vennavalli, 34, of Piscataway, dropped his backpack containing his laptop computer and leaped onto the Central Avenue train station’s tracks to rescue…
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Spring Dance Extravaganza at Red Bank High May 12
The Red Bank Regional High School Visual & Performing Arts Academy dance majors will present their Spring Dance Extravaganza on May 12. The show will start at 7 p.m. and will be held at the Red Bank High theatre, 101 Ridge Road, Little Silver. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for senior citizens and…
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Jaguars’ baseball team raises money for retinoblastoma research
By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Memorial High School baseball fans proudly sported their team’s colors and the Jaguars logo when their team took its home field for a key Shore Conference A South Division showdown April 29 against Brick Township High School. The t-shirts they wore also read “Jackson baseball supports Retinoblastoma Research.” Marisa Malta, the 13-year-old…
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Redbirds avoid baseball slump with comeback victory
By Wayne Witkowski Allentown High School’s baseball team looked like it was in danger of falling into something it has not encountered through most of the first month of the season: a slump. The Redbirds, coming off a 2-1 loss to Nottingham High School April 24, had fallen behind Hamilton High School West, 3-0, in…
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Howell Knights of Columbus Council 6201 hosting benefit golf tournament
The Howell Knights of Columbus Council 6201 will hold its 33rd annual golf tournament May 15 at Pine Barrens Golf Club in Jackson, a private course that has been the site for the U.S. Open Qualifier. All proceeds will benefit Deborah Heart & Lung Foundation, Catholic Charities, Ronald McDonald House, Operation Homefront, Stomp the Monster,…
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Howell’s McNamara scores medal in vault at Eastern Nationals
By Wayne Witkowski Brooke McNamara, a Level 9 gymnast reaching the Eastern Nationals for the first time, earned a medal in the vault with an eighth-place finish off a score of 9.4 at the Summit Sports and Ice Complex in Lansing, Michigan, last weekend. “I’ve been really powerful in the vault,” said McNamara, an eighth-grade…
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