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Bowling roundup: Lacey Township boys defeat Central newsal, Monsignor Donovan

Feb 01, 2008 ... From Press staff reports The Lacey Township High School boys bowling team won two matches Thursday, defeating Central Regional and Monsignor Donovan each 2-1 at Ocean Lanes in Lakewood. Ray Robinson led Lacey against Central with a high game of 257, and Dan Lesniakowski had a ...

Swimming roundup: Tara Wuko, Dan Flynn lead Wildwood Catholic over Middle

Feb 01, 2008 ... From Press staff reports Tara Wuko and Dan Flynn each won two individual events to help the Wildwood Catholic coed swimming team defeat host Middle Township 108-62 in a Cape-Atlantic League meet Thursday. Wuko won the 200-yard individual medley and the 500 freestyle, while ...

Girls basketball roundup: Kaity Lent, Danielle Barber score 1,000th points

Feb 01, 2008 ... From Press staff reports Sacred Heart senior guard Kaity Lent scored all 22 of her points in the fourth quarter Thursday to go over 1,000 points as the Lions topped visiting Buena Regional 59-38 in a Cape-Atlantic League girls basketball game. Sacred Heart (17-0) is No. 4 in ...

Boys basketball roundup: Vineland eliminates O.C. from playoff hunt

Feb 01, 2008 ... From Press staff reports The Vineland High School boys basketball team beat host Ocean City 55-42 in a Cape-Atlantic League game Thursday, eliminating the Red Raiders from qualifying for the South Jersey Group III tournament. Ocean City dropped to 8-10 on the year. Vineland's ...

Feb. 1 high school schedule

Feb 01, 2008 ... face=+Bold; BOYS BASKETBALLface=-Bold; face=+Bold; Battle by the Bayface=-Bold; at Atlantic City face=+Bold; 7 p.m.face=-Bold; Bishop Laughlin (N.Y.) vs. Linden face=+Bold; 8:30 p.m.face=-Bold; Holy Spirit vs. Atlantic ...

Southern's Jill Smith to run in girls mile at Millrose Games on Friday

Feb 01, 2008 ... From Press staff reports Jill Smith will try to boost her reputation as one of the nation's top scholastic distance runners tonight. The Southern Regional High School junior will run in the girls mile at the Millrose Games in New York's Madison Square Garden. Smith ...

Battle by the Bay preview

Feb 01, 2008 ... WHEN/WHERE: Tonight, Saturday and Sunday at Atlantic City High School, Black Horse Pike TICKETS: $9 per session THE SCHEDULE: face=+Bold; Tonight, Session A<HLN></HLN> 7 p.m.: face=-Bold; Bishop Loughlin, N.Y. vs. Linden (Union County) face=+Bold; 8:30 p.m.: ...

Fab freshmen are quick studies in tough Cape-Atlantic League

Feb 01, 2008; McGARRY, MICHAEL ... The chants grew louder with each acrobatic layup and 3-pointer that Isaiah Morton sank against St. Joseph on Tuesday night. "He's a freshman!" the St. Augustine Prep boys basketball fans shouted. "He's a freshman!" Morton finished with 30 points and St. Augustine won 64-51. The ...

My life: Southern newsal's Jill Smith likes view out front

Feb 01, 2008 ... Jill Smith will step back onto the track and the self-proclaimed "World's Most Famous Arena" tonight. The Southern Regional High School junior will run the girls mile in the prestigious Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Smith finished fourth in last ...

Police, fire and courts

Feb 01, 2008 ... HAMILTON TOWNSHIP Car hits school bus on Route 40 A Buena Vista Township man was injured Thursday afternoon when his car ran into a tree after striking a school bus that was stopped in traffic on Route 40, police said. Several students suffered minor injuries. Joseph ...

Idol contestant performs in Mays Landing

Feb 01, 2008 ... Joe Catalano, a courier for the Hamilton Township School District - and now a contender in the seventh season of 'American Idol' - showed off his talent Thursday morning for a group of fourth- and fifth-graders at the George Hess School in Mays Landing. During the Idol audition held in ...

Lower Cape May girls team forced to swim against boys

Feb 01, 2008; LULGJURAJ, SUSAN ... BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP - The Lower Cape May Regional High School girls swim team is pretty good. Some of the girls have made state cut-off times and have been competitive in some of meets. But it's hard to notice that they swim well because they don't win too often. The problem is the ...

Who's Who in Atlantic County

Feb 01, 2008 ... Who's Who in Atlantic County [bullet] face=+Bold; County Executive:face=-Bold; Dennis Levinson [bullet] face=+Bold; County Administrator:face=-Bold; Gerald DelRosso [bullet] face=+Bold; County Clerk:face=-Bold; Ed McGettigan [bullet] face=+Bold; County ...

What's happening in Cumberland County

Feb 01, 2008 ... Red Cross walkathon April 12 The American Red Cross Atlantic/Cumberland Chapter will host the Fifth Annual People Helping People Walkathon from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 12, in downtown Millville. This event is open to all Cumberland County residents. Thomas Denning, Lakeside ...

Ocean County College raises student costs $5 per credit

Feb 01, 2008; PREVITI, EMILY ... TOMS RIVER - Ocean County College students will pay $1 to $9 more per credit-hour starting this summer to cover a 7.5 percent budgetary increase, college trustees decided this week. County residents face a $5 hike; out-of-county, $6; out-of-state, $9. Senior citizens and ...

What's happening in your town

Feb 01, 2008 ... Bridgeton Opening reception at Gallery 50 A Bridgeton gallery will be hosting an opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. today for an exhibit of work by local painter Anna Vosburgh. Vosburgh's show, titled "Expect the Unexpected," will be on view through Feb. 29 at Gallery ...

Eagleswood to start work on Cox Avenue in the spring

Feb 01, 2008; SPAHR, ROB ... EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP - After three years and three phases of preparation, the township is almost ready to break ground on a long-awaited road project. Work on Cox Avenue is expected to begin some time in the spring. In 2005, the township began investigating how to fund a ...

Cumberland County honors

Feb 01, 2008 ... Students honored as 'Giraffe Heroes' Nine Vineland elementary public school students were honored Thursday, Jan. 31, as "Giraffe Heroes" for "having big hearts, sticking their necks out to help others, and for being persistent in pursuing their goals" at the George Luciano Center at ...

Ex-husband's crime, shared number costs patients their health facility in Vineland

Feb 01, 2008; FLETCHER, JULIET ... VINELAND - For a long while, Simone Galletta says she had two remnants connecting her to her ex-husband: His last name, which she kept, and the Medicaid provider number left over from his running of a health-care business. She had met and married George Galletta in 1995. But by 1999, ...

Community: In your county

Feb 01, 2008 ... Backyard Bird Count Feb. 15 to 18 The annual Great Backyard Bird Count will take place Feb. 15 to 18. The event is organized by the Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to gather data on birds in the winter for science and conservation efforts, and to keep track on bird ...