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    A Manahawkin man was sentenced to five years in prison for theft by failure to make disposition when he did little to no work on homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy despite receiving nearly $700,000 for repairs, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday.

      Yankees ace Gerrit Cole is scheduled to throw off a mound Saturday for the first time since getting hurt in spring training. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner has been on the 60-day injured list all season with right elbow inflammation. He’s not expected back until at least June. Cole has been throwing on flat ground. The 33-year-old right-hander was shut down in March due to nerve irritation and edema in his pitching elbow. In other injury news, infielder Jon Berti played third base Thursday in a rehab game with Double-A Somerset and went 1 for 4 with a walk and two strikeouts. He was set to go through a workout Friday and potentially come off the injured list Saturday.

        The New York Mets have moved struggling starter Adrian Houser to the bullpen for at least one turn through the rotation. Houser allowed four runs over five innings in Thursday’s 7-6, 11-inning win over the Chicago Cubs. He is 0-3 with an 8.16 ERA in six starts this season. The Mets will have right-hander Christian Scott start in his major league debut in Saturday night’s game against Tampa Bay. Scott went 3-0 with a 3.20 ERA in five starts with Triple-A Syracuse. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza hasn’t ruled out using a six-man rotation.

          Workers have begun removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker truck. The demolition that began Friday is expected to keep both sides of Interstate 95 in Norwalk closed through the weekend and extend a traffic nightmare on the major artery linking New England and New York. Gov. Ned Lamont says the plan is still to reopen the highway on Monday morning. Crews are expected to finish removing the bridge by Sunday morning, and road repairs will be made. The tanker truck burst into flames under the overpass after colliding with two other vehicles Thursday. The cause remains under investigation.

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          A Manahawkin man was sentenced to five years in prison for theft by failure to make disposition when he did little to no work on homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy despite receiving nearly $700,000 for repairs, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday.

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