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Musical tributes, family activities will celebrate life of toddler
The Lyrics for Lucas Foundation will hold a musical tribute and celebration in support of the Where Angels Play Foundation and Lucas DiGuilio’s gift to the Garden Friends Learning Center in Sayreville from 1-5 p.m. on April 22. The event will be a day of celebration and remembrance for Lucas, who passed away at the…
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Redbirds’ softball team hopes South Carolina trip pays off
By Wayne Witkowski Little did Allentown High School softball coach Kim Maurer and her players realize when they planned a mid-March trip to the Cal Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, how fortuitous it was amid the onslaught of winter weather after a brief stretch of mild temperatures in the opening week of preseason.…
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Sayreville to honor Hall of Fame candidates on April 29
The Sayreville War Memorial High School 2017 Hall of Fame annual awards banquet is scheduled for 6 p.m. on April 29 at the VFW Hall on Jernee Mill Road in Sayreville. This year’s honorees are: • Dr. Daniel Giovenco, Class of 2006: Obtained a master’s and a PhD degree in Public Health by age 27; received a $1.25 million…
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Full Court Press program makes stop in Howell
The Full Court Press: Prep for Success, a youth mentoring program with clinics held around the country conducted by former professional basketball players, made a stop April 1 in Howell, where about 135 youngsters ages 8-18 learned some life lessons and sharpened their basketball skills at Middle School North in Farmingdale. “It’s very beneficial for…
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Freehold baseball team looks past weather in hopes of good year
By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold High School’s baseball team was one of many to have its 2017 opener postponed because of weather, but head coach Jon Block didn’t want to say a thing about weather the day before his team’s scheduled first game. “I’m not going to make excuses. That’s the way it is, so I’m…
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Freehold softball team looking for turnaround season
By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold High School’s softball team was set to begin its season April 1, but rain changed that plan. The team knew 24 hours prior and yet, coach Danielle Orender knew it was still necessary to hold its regularly scheduled practice March 31 — even if it was inside the gym because of…
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Manalapan girls aim to move past early lacrosse struggles
By Jeff Appelblatt This season is a work in progress for Manalapan High School’s girls’ lacrosse team. The team had no answer for the Cougars in its March 29 opener at Colts Neck High School. Colts Neck jumped out to a 14-2 lead at halftime and finished the Braves off without much of a challenge,…
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Teenagers come of age in the ’50s
By Lucie M. Winborne Poodle skirts and bobby socks. Greased-back ducktails and souped-up hot rods. Rockin’ ’round the clock to the tunes on a jukebox. Times were indeed a-changing for youth in the 1950s. Prior to that decade, the term “teenager” hardly existed, nor was adolescence even considered a separate stage of life by adults…
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Business Brief
Michael L. Murphy has rejoined R.J. Brunelli & Co., Inc. in Old Bridge as a senior sales associate, focused on representing the firm’s foodservice and grocery clients in eastern Pennsylvania markets. Murphy most recently served as director of Retail Services for Cushman & Wakefield in Philadelphia for four years. From 2006-12, he had served as a senior…
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