Hometown View

The Pine Belt Arena should be the scene of an exciting Saturday of high school wrestling as the venue hosts the Shore Conference Tournament Semifinals and Finals for the first time ever. 

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In the world we live in it’s often hard to find good things and good news but let’s close out the month of January with a couple of positive items.

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Is Alex Rodriguez on a quick path to the Hall of Shame where he might be welcomed in by Lance Armstrong? 

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We have become an increasingly lazy society which explains the popularity of drive thru lanes at everything from banks to fast food restaurants. 

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Random thoughts on this final Monday of January, a month which has reminded us that winter is still alive and well.

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They opened their doors in 1962 as St. Joseph High School and a little more than two decades later the school name was changed to Monsignor Donovan.  Now in its 50th year as Ocean County’s catholic high school Mon Don’s year-long golden celebration continues tomorrow with an Alumni Basketball Reunion and Retired Jersey Celebration.  

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I’ve been making more and trips to the barrier island in the last couple of weeks and there is plenty of good news but unfortunately just as much bad news. 

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I first met Geoff Brown in November of 1999 when he was introduced as General Manager of what would be a new minor league baseball team in Lakewood.  At that time the team did not have a name or even a stadium and they were working out of temporary offices in the Lakewood Industrial Park. 

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There will be moans and groans heard around the shore today.  People will show up in their office complaining about how they had to clean off their cars and scrape ice off the windshield. 

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It seems quite ironic that Barack Obama will be sworn in today for his second term as President of the United States on the same day we honor Martin Luther King, Jr.

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