Author: Greater Media
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Make your voices heard on Freehold schools
In reading a News Transcript article about the Freehold Borough K-8 School District’s new school year, I was dismayed to learn that the meeting for residents to express their concerns about school overcrowding have no evening hours. This deprives many people of a chance to speak. I believe the hard-working parents of students are those…
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Servidio, Astarita leaders of promising gymnastics season
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Marlboro High School sophomore Melissa Astarita competes on the uneven bars during the Mustangs’ season-opening win over Toms River High School North Sept. 10 in Marlboro. Astarita was the NJSIAA Central/South Jersey Group I all-around champion last season. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR It would be hard to duplicate what Freehold…
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Braves, Colonials, Rebels open football seasons with victories
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer After the first game of the high school football season, every coach can see room for improvement for his team. The good news for half the coaches playing the first weekend of the season is that they are coming off victories. Manalapan High School, Freehold High School and Howell High…
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Golf Outing honoring Richardson is Sept. 21 at Gambler Ridge course
It’s been a year since Anthony Richardson passed away, but his memory lives on. A three-sport standout at Freehold High School who went on to play football at Temple University, Richardson lost his battle with pancreatic cancer last October at the age of 45. To his teammates and friends at Freehold, he will always be…
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Braves, Patriots set to vie for more soccer championships
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Two very successful boys soccer programs — Manalapan High School and Freehold Township High School — added to their acclaimed history in 2014. John Natoli’s Braves went 16-4-3 while winning the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV title and the Shore Conference A North Division co-championship. The Braves defeated Monroe Township…
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SPORT SHORTS
The Monmouth County Historical Association’s Historically Speaking Lecture Series will feature the early history of the Brooklyn Dodgers and their connection with Monmouth County Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Red Bank Public Library (84 W. Front St.). Bog Iron and Baseball is the story of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms baseball team and its owner…
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Colts Neck, area girls soccer teams look to win more titles
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer There’s a lot to look forward to in girls soccer in the Freehold Regional High School District this fall. Nicole Whitley (Freehold Township High School), Emma Smith (Freehold High School), Rebecca Hamilton (Howell High School) and Frankie Tagliaferri, Alison Russo and Amanda Visco (Colts Neck High School) were all teammates…
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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage completes launch of new consumer website
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. announces the completion of the launch of ColdwellBanker- Homes.com, a new consumer website that unifies 17 brokerage websites that served 50 of the largest 100 metropolitan areas in the United States. The new site features all of NRT’s Coldwell Banker branded and MLS property…
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Weichert, Realtors’ Marlboro office to participate in Marlboro Day event
Barbara Berg, manager of the Weichert, Realtors Marlboro office, announces that her office will be participating in the upcoming Marlboro Day event on Sept. 20 (with a rain date of Sept. 27) from noon to 5 p.m. at the Marlboro Municipal Complex. The event, organized by Marlboro Township Department of Recreation, will include a variety…
