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  • HILLSBOROUGH: School board candidates react to 25 statements on school issues

    Five candidates agree on big issues, but disagree on smaller ones By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Five candidates seeking election to the Board of Education agree on the major issues, like support for the 2012-13 budget and use of technology in schools.    But there are minor differences on topics like the school calendar, high school…

  • Athletes set for Colts Neck Relays

    With the Penn Relays (April 26-28) rapidly approaching, time is not on the side of track and field competitors who are trying to put up a mark they need to qualify for the national event in Philadelphia. One of the last opportunities to gain entry into the nation’s biggest track meet will come on April…

  • Segal, Dennis run one-two in St. Paddy’s 10-mile race

    Craig Segal and Rob Dennis turned back the clock at the Freehold Area Running Club’s 23rd St. Paddy’s Day 10-Mile Run. Segal and Dennis, who were high school opponents before they embarked on collegiate careers, finished first and second, respectively, in the March 25 race that started and ended at Michael J. Tighe Park in…

  • New bats are making batters earn their hits

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township High School’s Ryan MacFarlane practices with the new type of bat that is being used in baseball games this spring. Ever since metal bats were introduced to baseball, they have stirred debate. There was a safety issue because of the velocity at which the ball leaves the bat…

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    Matt Yuhas, a senior at St. Peter’s College, was named the Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference and New Jersey College Baseball Association Pitcher of the Week after his complete game win against Fairfield. Yuhas, a 6-1, 190-pound righthander who graduated from Freehold High School, Freehold Borough, allowed one earned run as the Peacocks scored a 2-1 victory.…

  • Freehold Twp., Colts Neck expect to battle in A North

    The Colts Neck and Freehold Township high school girls lacrosse teams were fit to be tied in 2011 as the Cougars and the Patriots shared the Shore Conference A North Division title. For Colts Neck, it was the Cougars’ first championship, while Freehold Township extended its streak to five straight division crowns. All eyes inANorth…

  • Patriots score big early win vs. Howell

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School’s Ryan King (l) tries to elude Allentown High School defender Trevor Ferrara during a scrimmage between the Rebels and the Redbirds on March 28 in Howell. The Rebels have opened the 2012 lacrosse season and are hoping to contend for Shore Conference A North Division honors. ERIC…

  • Rebecca LynnWalling

    Ms. Walling, 28, of Howell, died April 2, 2012, at home. Born with trisomy 9/18, she loved spending her days with her friends at the LADADIN adult program, Lakewood, for the last 23 years. She was predeceased by her maternal grandfather, Kenneth Truesdell; her maternal step-grandfather, Lloyd Weniger; paternal grandparents, Jacob and Doris Walling; and…

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