Hometown View

Spring sports practice has begun for high school baseball, softball, lacrosse, track, golf and tennis teams but for some the winter sports season is still front and center. 

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Monday morning notes and thoughts.

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A very enjoyable night at Klee’s Bar & Grill in Seaside Heights to benefit Hometown Heroes on Wednesday. 

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I spent a good part of yesterday at Monmouth University where the Department of Communications held a career event and it’s clear that the biggest concern among most college students today is finding a job. 

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While we might not admit it many of us have a serious problem, one that I don’t believe there is even a name for yet.  Actually there is: .addiction. 

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I continued a somewhat idiotic tradition of staying up to the bitter end to watch last night’s Academy Awards show which ended shortly after midnight.  

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We all have pet peeves and most are kind of innocent little things that we don’t give much thought to except at a particular time when it just gets to us.

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Shortly before noon yesterday I walked out of the building that has been my work home since 1979, got in my car and drove away just like I’ve done more than 7500 other times.

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The Shore Conference Basketball Tournament has been dominated by Monmouth County schools, not only in recent years but pretty much throughout its history.

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Most of you will have no reaction to the news that the International Olympic Committee is planning to toss wrestling out of the 2020 Olympics and that’s understandable.  However the elimination of the sport is big news in the shore area and throughout New Jersey where high school and college wrestling is indeed important to many. 

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Phil Citta’s 69th birthday is Sunday and he of course won’t be around to see it. Or will he?

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Maybe for a change somebody up there likes us as most of the shore area dodged a major bullet when it comes to the weather over the weekend. 

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