Tag: Ocean Township
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Spartans’ baseball team looks to go deeper in postseason
By Warren Rappleyea With six key position players and two starting pitchers back in the fold, Ocean Township High School’s baseball team looks forward to another strong season after posting an 18-10 mark a year ago. Spartans coach Cip Apicelli will also look for a strong showing in the postseason after reaching the round of…
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East Brunswick, Ocean Township men charged in $1.2 million embezzlement scheme
PHILADELPHIA – Two local men have been charged in connection with a million-dollar fraud scheme. An indictment was filed on March 24, charging Daryl Stevens, 45, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with four counts of mail fraud. An information was filed, charging Justin Jordan, 34, of East Brunswick, and Christopher Cook, 40, of Ocean Township, with multiple…
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Grant will help curtail flooding in Ocean Township
By Kenny Walter Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP- The township council is hoping a federal grant will help curtail some of the flooding issues near Deal Lake The council submitted an application during the Feb. 25 meeting for a Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grant through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that could fund two retention ponds…
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Spartans to rely on runs during softball campaign
By Warren Rappleyea With four of its best hitters back, Ocean Township High School’s softball should have little trouble producing runs as coach Ryan Pringle looks to solidify the Spartans defense. Ocean Township, 16-12 a year ago, is also looking to replace its top pitcher, Michaela Pemberton, who graduated in June after hurling the lion’s…
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Talk brings Confederate soldiers’ stories to life
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — On April 12, 1861, gunshots rang out at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, signifying the start of one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history. The Civil War has been the subject of hundreds of thousands of books, movies and television documentaries, but…
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Ocean Planners hear 75-unit residence application
By Kenny Walter Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP- The first of what may be several hearings on a 75-unit age restricted development was heard last week. Representatives of Toll Brothers presented testimony during the March 1 Planning Board meeting for the single-family senior housing development on the corner of Green Grove Road and West Park Avenue,…
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Ocean Township looking to offer rec discount for vets
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — As a thank you to local veterans, the Ocean Township council is considering expanding an ordinance waiving various fees for veterans. Mayor Christopher Sicilliano said during the Feb. 25 Workshop meeting that he’d like to see many of the fees Ocean levies on residents waived for local…
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Ocean Chamber of Commerce planning Expo 2016
Businesses looking for months of promotion and branding aligning with the Greater Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce (GOTCC) are now able to register as a sponsor of the GOTCC’s annual Business & Consumer Expo. The largest and most well attended B2B & B2C Expo in Monmouth County, Expo 2016 will be held at the Jumping…
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March Madness scores early but misses later
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer It has been said that the weather in March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, but the same can likely be said for the NCAA Tournament. The tournament, commonly called March Madness, is appealing to both basketball fanatics, college graduates supporting their alma maters and…