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Balanced approach leads Jaguars to on-ice success
JACKSON MEMORIAL By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent There aren’t many players on the Jackson Memorial High School ice hockey team with big statistical numbers, but the Jaguars have relied on a well-balanced team effort in a 10-3-2 season. Junior winger Kyle Sampson leads the team with 10 goals and five assists, senior defenseman and captain John…
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SPORT SHORTS
Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport will be offering new bonus programs for trainers and owners during the 2014 racing season. Throughout the course of Monmouth’s 2014 summer meet — slated to begin on May 10 — a trainer will receive a $300 bonus for every non-state-bred starter, regardless of surface. Additionally, owners will receive a…
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Jaguars, Liberty Lions wrestlers turn attention to postseason
By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent I t was an eventful week for Jackson’s high school wrestling teams, as Jackson Memorial High School and Jackson Liberty High School both set their sights on next week’s NJSIAA state sectionals and the district tournament. Both teams fell victim to Howell High School in the Shore Conference Tournament (SCT), with…
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Howell wins the big one, captures conference crown
HOWELL By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School wrestler Jimmy Slendorn, top, has Christian Brothers Academy’s Liam Gallagher tied up during their 120- pound match in Howell on Jan. 27. Slendorn won by a major decision, as the Rebels prevailed, 38-25, clinching their ninth straight Shore Conference A North Division title. The match was…
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Days of fun planned for man’s best friends
More than 150 pet-related vendors will be on hand when the Super Pet Expo returns to the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison from Feb. 7-9. The fun-filled family event will feature entertainment and educational activities. Highlights include the following: A pet fashion show and competition will require judges to grade participants…
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Medical building gains approval
JACKSON — Preliminary and final site plans for a new medical facility on North Cooks Bridge Road were recently approved by the Planning Board, paving the way for at least one new dental practice in the area. The application was submitted by Twin Giants Realty and calls for the construction of an 8,000-square-foot, one-and-a-halfstory mixed-use…
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Children pleased to receive books from Reading Buddies
By DAVE BENJAMIN Correspondent Members of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program present books to pupils at Lakewood’s Spruce Street School during a recent visit. The volunteers participate in the Oceans of Learning/Reading Buddies program. DAVE BENJAMIN Residents of Jackson made children at a school in Lakewood smile when they showed up bearing very special gifts:…
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Revaluation firm to be hired
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer FARMINGDALE — The Borough Council is expected to hire a company that will be charged with conducting a revaluation of all properties in the municipality within the next month. “We have to get the revaluation done this year. We are looking into hiring a company and getting the revaluation done…
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Zebrafish model is useful tool in identifying self-renewing properties of prostate cancer stem cells
Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey demonstrates that using zebrafish to identify self-renewing tumor stem cells in prostate cancers may be more beneficial than using traditional experimental models when aiming to predict response to therapy. Prostate cancers are suggested to contain self-renewing tumor stem cells that have the ability to grow uncontrollably and…
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