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The 2012 Hudson Reporter All-Area Baseball and Softball Teams once again represent the very best that Hudson County has to offer and highlight some extraordinary performances on the local diamonds this spring. On the All-Area Baseball Team, there are six returning honorees from last year’s team, namely Kenny Roder and Abe Groomes of Hoboken, David …

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Penny Carroll is a resident of the Jersey City Heights, where she’s raised her five children and nurtures her four grandchildren. These days, most of her time is spent caring for her 6-year-old son, Luis Monge, Jr., who is just a little more unfortunate than most kids his age. Little Luis has a rare form …

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Over the last decade, Bob Hurley has received his share of Hall of Fame honors, most notably the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction he enjoyed in Springfield two summers ago. Last Saturday night, Hurley received yet another Hall of Fame induction, this time gaining induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame at …

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Tim Rodriguez had high hopes that this would be a special season for the Marist High School baseball team. After all, Rodriguez had paid his dues for three years, watching the Royal Knights continue to improve during that time. As a senior shortstop, Rodriguez believed that he would save his best for last. “I definitely …

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It all began innocently about 16 years ago or so, when a quartet of talented Jersey City youth baseball players were brought together to play on the same baseball team. Back then, there was a local team called the Jersey City Stars of Tomorrow, a program run by dedicated people like Harvey Zucker and the …

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The fate of the state championship that the North Bergen High School football team won last December was in the hands of 24 coaches, athletic directors and school administrators in Robbinsville on Wednesday morning, but the architect of that team, Vince Ascolese, was 100 miles away, busy receiving chemotherapy treatments as he continues his fight …

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When Dashawn Putman entered St. Peter’s Prep a little more than three years ago, he wanted to become a football star. “I was a wide receiver,” Putman said. However, there was always another side to him. “When I was little, I used to jump around the house and everything,” Putman said. “It used to drive …

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The cell phone rang unexpectedly in early March and the caller ID information, somehow eliminated after a hospital stay in early February, didn’t reveal who was on the other end. “Mr. Hague? It’s me, Jason Bush,” the caller said. “I just wanted to thank you for all the things you did for me. When you …

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