Month: August 2003

  • Sheehan Classic returns to Red Bank Saturday

    Defending champion Simon Wangui of Kenya will head up a field of about 3,000 runners in the five-mile George Sheehan Classic on Aug. 9 in Red Bank. The annual event, which traditionally kicks off to the sounds of strains of Bruce Springsteen’s "Born to Run," takes participants through downtown Red Bank and through the neighboring…

  • Freehold Raceway reopens for 2003 summer/fall meet

    Triple Crown event,Cane Pace, highlights stakes schedule Freehold Raceway reopens for 2003 summer/fall meet Triple Crown event, Cane Pace, highlights stakes schedule VERONICA YANKOWSKI Freehold Raceway opened its doors on Thursday to mark the start of the 2003 season at the storied racetrack. The first jewel in Pacing’s Triple Crown, the Cane Pace, highlights Freehold…

  • Nothing funny about Peace Rules’ win of the Haskell

    By doug mckenzieStaff Writer By doug mckenzie Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Winning jockey Edgar Prado gives the triumphant thumbs-up after riding Peace Rules to the win in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport on Sunday. OCEANPORT — With a record New Jersey racing crowd of 53,638 packing Monmouth Park Sunday and setting new…

  • Mid-Monmouth Babe Ruth stars fall in Regional final

    By tim morrisStaff Writer Mid-Monmouth Babe Ruth stars fall in Regional final By tim morris Staff Writer Pitching and defense carried the Mid-Monmouth Babe Ruth 16-year-old all-stars all the way to the finals of the Mid-Atlantic Regional. But when those two elements went sour for just one inning, it was enough to knock them out…

  • Township teams one step away from World Series

    By tim morrisStaff Writer By tim morris Staff Writer This is what dreams are made of. Two all-star teams from the Freehold Township Little League are still standing, still dreaming of reaching the World Series, and no one can blame them. Having won at the District and Section levels, and now collecting state championships, both…

  • Freehold American wins state Little League crown

    Bristol and East Regionnext for Township Stars By tim morrisStaff Writer Freehold American wins state Little League crown Bristol and East Region next for Township Stars By tim morris Staff Writer Freehold Township American’s Little League All-Stars (ages 11-12) had little to prove at last week’s Little League state championships. In winning the District 19…

  • Freehold Township Juniors repeat as state champions

    Eastern Regionals arenext for All-Stars By tim morrisStaff Writer Eastern Regionals are next for All-Stars By tim morris Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY Freehold Township’s Ryan Cuneo shows off the form that has struck fear in the opposition throughout the summer during Saturday’s game against Hatsboro, Pa., at the Eastern Regional tournament in Tinton…

  • Relay for Life an important event in fight against cancer

    The American Cancer Society Relay for Life movement has swept across Freehold and surrounding communities. The cancer survivors, caregivers, family and friends who participated in Relay for Life at Freehold Raceway on June 7 were joined by hundreds of thousands more across the country. Throughout the United States, Relay for Life participants joined together with…

  • Secretary’s decision would open land to development

    President Bush’s secretary of the interior, Gale Norton, has launched a potentially devastating, three-pronged attack on America’s last remaining wildlands. First: With a stroke of a pen she removed special safeguards for millions of acres of pristine wildlands that had been recommended for protection as federally designated wilderness, the federal government’s highest level of protection.…