• Mustangs are buoyed by tournament title

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The Marlboro High School girls basketball team headed into the heart of the Shore Conference A North Division schedule this week fresh off a holiday tournament championship. Coach Brian Nash’s Mustangs won the J. Michael Tucker Tournament held at Bordentown High School, Burlington County, on Dec. 28-29. The tournament field…

  • Area teams to be featured at Boardwalk Hoop Group Showcase

    Many of the area’s basketball standouts and best teams will be on display on Jan. 14-15 at the Boardwalk Hoop Group Showcase Long Branch High School in Long Branch will host 10 games (five games each day). Most of the boys and girls teams that will be competing are ranked among the top 25 teams…

  • Indoor auto racing returns to Atlantic City

    I ndoor auto racing will return to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City for the 10th consecutive year under the promotion of Len Sammons. Sammons has confirmed that the events will be held on Feb. 3-4. Ted Christopher from Plainville, Conn., will return to defend the “Gambler’s Classic” title he won in 2011 in the headline…

  • Braves attack opponents by deploying ‘the system’

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Manalapan High School girls basketball coach Scott Horton found the answer he was looking for in “the system.” “It’s something I discovered in 2005 and it really interested me,” Horton said. “I could relate to it.” The system is a style of basketball developed by DavidArsenault, the head coach at…

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    The Monmouth County Park System is shaking up its winter golf season by having just one course open – Bel-Aire in Wall Township. Bel-Aire offers an 18-hole executive course and a nine-hole course. Winter golf rates are $12 for the 18-hole course, and $8 for the nine-hole course. These prices are in effect now and…

  • Patriots show their mettle in victory over Eastside

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township High School girls basketball coach John Sciarappa wanted to get his team some out-ofarea competition over the holidays so he took the Patriots to play in the Lady Ghosts Pink Classic Holiday Hoops for Cancer Tournament in Paterson. The event at Eastside High School was held on Dec.…

  • Classic a fitting tribute to Kuhnert

    Patriots top Colonials in inaugural game honoring late FHS coach BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold High School’s Pat Mullin soars toward the basket past Freehold Township High School’s Casey Skievaski (15) during the Jack Kuhnert Classic played on Jan. 6 in Freehold Borough. The visiting Patriots defeated the Colonials, 65-52, in the first of…

  • Supt. reviews reasons why specific tests are required

    Parent’s note to Marlboro school board prompts discussion at meeting BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — Some pupils in the Marlboro K-8 School District may view midterm examinations and final examinations as unavoidable evils, but an email from one parent recently sparked discussion about the need for such cumulative assessments. During a Dec. 19…

  • Jennie Young

    Mrs. Young, 89, of Farmingdale, died Jan. 5, 2012, at home. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved to Farmingdale 16 years ago. She attended PS 47 School for the Deaf in New York City. Mrs. Young was predeceased by her husband, Warren, in 2000. Surviving are two daughters, Noreen Susinno of Farmingdale and…

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