Tag: West Virginia University
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Mountaineers remember Chris Gray during Sept. 11 ceremony
On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, athletic officials at the University of West Virginia honored three individuals during the football team’s Sept. 11 home game against Long Island University in Morgantown, W. Va. During a ceremony, Mountaineer football fans paid tribute to former West Virginia quarterback…
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More laughter than tears at service for former Manalapan mayor
Jim Gray was remembered as a gregarious person who enjoyed good times with his friends and family members, and as a person who dedicated more than a decade to the service of his community, at a memorial service that was held in his honor. Gray, 76, a former Republican township committeeman and mayor of Manalapan,…
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James McDivitt Elementary School celebrates 50 years with visit from astronaut
OLD BRIDGE — Students at James McDivitt Elementary School got a chance to meet a real-life astronaut, a longtime friend of their school’s namesake, in celebration of the school’s 50th anniversary. “I met James McDivitt in 1978,” Captain Jon A. McBride, a veteran National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut, said during a special visit on…