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      August 13, 2009  RSS feed

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      Holbrook Little League's Jordan Mundell gets set to turn a double play as a base runner from North End, Bridgeport, Conn., bears down on him during a game in the Eastern Regional Tournament on Aug. 8 at Michael J. Tighe Park, Freehold Township. The Holbrook Little League Junior League all-stars from Jackson won this game, 9-2, and remained alive in the tournament as of Aug. 10. More...
      Holbrook shooting for regional championship

      TLeague all-star team of Jackson has been playing championship baseball this summer. On Aug. 5 in Madison, the Holbrook allstars (players ages 13 and 14) won the New Jersey state championship in their division, defeating Monroe, 8-0. More...

      Cub Scout comes through with rescue
      Quick-thinking youngster pulls cousin out of pool
      BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

      Because of the ideals that have been ingrained in him through his participation in Cub Scouts, Ben Cooper is not an ordinary boy. On a muggy afternoon over the Independence Day weekend, Ben, 8, summoned his scouting skills in response to a crisis at a family gathering. More...


      'Sorcerer's Apprentice' to star local canines
      Wolf dogs will appear in new version of old favorite, now starring Nicolas Cage
      BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

      Four area residents will make their screen debut in Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," due in theaters next July. Samson, Sierra, Bandit and Takota may have relatively small parts in the film, but star Nicolas Cage, director Jon Turteltaub and other cast members found them fascinating, according to Mike Hodanish. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Rotary classic car show set for Aug. 26
      LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood Rotary Club will hold its 15th annual antique and classic car and truck show at Larsen Ford Suzuki, Route 88, Lakewood, 5-8 p.m. Aug. 26 (rain date Aug. 27). Proceeds from the event will support local and Rotary charities. The registration fee for cars is $10 in advance and $15 at the show. Registration will begin at 4 p.m. More...
      • JMHS football parents will host pig roast
      • Jackson food pantry sets distribution dates
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       Letters
      • Health care should be a right for every citizen
      This is in response to a letter to the editor from an insurance broker, Abe Weiss, ("Government-Run Health Option Will Not Serve the United States," Tri-Town News, July 30) about health care, where he states that we have the greatest health care in the world. More...
      • Congregation Ahavat Olam gives the gifts of sight and hearing
      • Investigate facts about health care reform and Medicare
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       Editorials
      • Resident offers suggestion for U.S. health care situation
      Cruel and unusual punishment is how someone once described employerbased health care. Citing the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution to protest our health care system might seem dramatic to some, but not to the millions who have lost their ability, and therefore their right, to be protected from a different type of enemy. More...
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Post office closings? Not with better marketing
      Although the U.S. Postal Service doesn't have an official motto, the one most people believe is the motto is inscribed on the façade of the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Frances G. Young
      Mrs. Young, 52, of Hazlet, died July 31, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She had resided in Jackson and Marlboro before relocating to Hazlet 20 years ago. Mrs. Young was a teacher for 18 years, and taught for the last seven years at Middle Road School, Hazlet. She was predeceased by her father, Harvey Schonfield. More...
      • Raymond Grassi
      • Joseph Negra Jr.
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       Sports
      • article has image Catcher coming back with a bang
      New Egypt's Mike Fassl, returning from knee injury, wins home run derby
      Mike Fassl, who is about to start his senior year at New Egypt High School, Plumsted, snapped out of his quiet, injury-marred junior year with a bang last month when he won the Eastern League All-Star Game Home Run Derby. The Eastern League All-Star Game was hosted by the Trenton Thunder at Waterfront Park, Trenton, on July 15. More...
      • article has image Gillon is a girl on the go for Jackson track team
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