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Area athletes making their mark on Hawks’ track and field teams
Monmouth University’s men’s and women’s track and field teams are off to fast starts thanks to some area athletes. After claiming wins at the season-opening MAC Classic held in Monmouth’s Multipurpose Activity Center, where the men scored 162 points and the women had 170, on Dec. 10, they traveled to Bronx, N.Y., for the Manhattan…
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Smilin Eli is Sire Stakes Horse of the Year
Smilin Eli has been selected as the New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) Premier Division Horse of the Year for 2013. The son of Muscles Yankee won all three of his NJSS starts at the Meadowlands, including the $150,000 championship finals in a career best and stakes-record matching 1:51.2. The award for NJSS Green Acres Division…
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Experienced seniors to lead Lady Buccaneers on hardwood
By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent RED BANK REGIONAL W ith three senior starters back in the fold, Red Bank Regional High School’s girls basketball coach James Young has high expectations for his team this winter. A year ago, the Lady Buccaneers recorded a 14-13 mark, Red Bank’s first winning season in 12 years, and played competitively…
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Battle on the ice
The puck flies in the air as Middletown High School South goalie Owen Liskiewicz (right) and Christian Brothers Academy’s Steve Zawada duel for possession during the Dec. 9 game played at the Jersey Shore Arena in Wall Township. The Colts were victorious, 10-2. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR
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‘Jersey Shore Towns’ 2014 Dorn’s calendar
FAIR HAVEN — More than a century of life in Monmouth County is documented in the Dorn’s Archive, which conserves thousands of classic images of historical relevance, nostalgic charm and human interest. Twelve months worth of these local vignettes make up the 2014 Dorn’s Classic Images Calendar. The calendar pays tribute to “Jersey Shore Towns,”…
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‘How the Grinch Stole Atlantic Highlands’
SHARON HERBST What happened when the Grinch, Max and Cindy Lou Who of Dr. Seuss fame visited the Bayshore? Find out at the Second Story Art Gallery in Atlantic Highlands, where an exhibit is on view of photographs submitted by members of the public who went in and around town wearing paper masks of characters…
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Planetarium features holiday and winter shows
The Robert J. Novins Planetarium, on the Ocean County College (OCC) Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River, is offering a variety of holiday, children’s, laser and seasonal shows through Feb. 1. Children’s shows “One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure,” for children age 10 and under. Sesame Street’s Big Bird and Elmo explore the night…
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January programs for tots, teens scheduled at Red Bank Library
RED BANK — Young library patrons are invited to enjoy regular and special programming in the Avice Noblett Children’s Room of the Red Bank Public Library, 84 W. Front St., in January. Children age 5 and over can come to a Wii Game Party at the library from 4-5 p.m. Jan. 13. Artsy Smartsy will…
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Mary Margaret Hecker
Mrs. Hecker, 57, of Tinton Falls, died Dec. 11, 2013, at home. She was a surgical office manager and a member of the Office Managers Advisory Council and the Professional Association of Healthcare Office Management. She was predeceased by a sister, Eileen Votapeck. She is survived by her husband of 34 years, William Hecker; two…
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