Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Trojans’ basketball teams have turned seasons around

    Trojans’ basketball teams have turned seasons around

    By Jimmy Allinder Bishop Ahr It wouldn’t have been shocking if the Bishop George Ahr High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams struggled this season. Both underwent a facelift during the offseason, with Darius Griffin Jr. succeeding Dennis O’Keefe as boys’ coach and Brittney Griffin taking over for girls’ coach Kevin Harper, bringing with them…

  • Hard-working Colonials searching for points on the court

    Hard-working Colonials searching for points on the court

    By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold High School’s boys’ basketball team just can’t seem to score late in games. It appears that no one wants to be responsible for late shots for the Colonials, and not many players look to shoot the ball early in the game either. The team been knocking time off the clock moving…

  • Marlboro pick up two wins against A North hoops rivals

    Marlboro pick up two wins against A North hoops rivals

    By Jeff Appelblatt Marlboro High School’s boys’ basketball team didn’t have the busiest week on the court aside from practice. The Mustangs played only two games last week, but they were both wins and came against Shore Conference A North Division rivals, Colts Neck High School and Howell High School. The first of those wins…

  • Local student pens patriotic essay focused on democracy

    Local student pens patriotic essay focused on democracy

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — Saint John Vianney High School junior Jeffrey Nelson believes that being an American comes with certain responsibilities. He captured this sentiment in his audio essay for the Voice of Democracy scholarship contest, which is sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and open to high school students. Nelson’s take on patriotism…

  • Braves’ wrestlers not deterred by loss at Shore Conference meet

    Braves’ wrestlers not deterred by loss at Shore Conference meet

    By Jeff Appelblatt The wrestling team from Middletown High School North ended Manalapan High School’s wrestlers’ goal of winning the Shore Conference meet eventually won by Howell High School, but Manalapan coach Scott Pressman thinks his wrestlers had more positives than negatives to take away from the annual competition. That list began with the win…

  • Jackson crash claims life of township resident

    Jackson crash claims life of township resident

    JACKSON – Police are investigating a motor vehicle crash that claimed the life of a young man. According to the Jackson Police Department, at 2 a.m. Jan. 28, police officers and emergency personnel responded to a serious motor vehicle crash on Freehold Road. Police said the crash involved one vehicle which had one occupant. Police…

  • Cold weather, taxes, and a visit from an unwelcome guest

    Cold weather, taxes, and a visit from an unwelcome guest

    January is not a nice month. He is a selfish old man who is cold, frigid and all about himself. He wants the lovely Christmas memories boxed up along with any trace of my jovial mood. He also wants any hope for summer days eradicated and worse yet, he brings along one of his nasty…

  • Colonials fall to Rebels in tough conference wrestling meet

    Colonials fall to Rebels in tough conference wrestling meet

    By Jeff Appelblatt Coach Matt Shepherd felt it essential to gather his coaching staff right away when Freehold High School’s wrestling team got back to Freehold the night of Jan. 26. The team had been bounced from the Shore Conference Wrestling Tournament, and the coaches needed to make plans for the next day and the…

  • French honor students denied trip to United Nations

    French honor students denied trip to United Nations

      By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — Whether some French Honor Society students will be able to take a trip to New York during the last week of February is still under review,  the issue has brought up larger concerns about student safety and field trips. Superintendent of Schools Richard Labbe and some members of…