• ROBBINSVILLE: Redevelopment area eyed for Route 130 businesses

    Proposed zone would extend from North Gold Drive to Route 526 By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — The Township Council has asked the Planning Board to investigate whether a group of parcels on Route 130 North and Robbinsville-Allentown Road can be declared an “area in needed of redevelopment.”    The proposed redevelopment area includes 15…

  • Largest College Solar Installation in North America Coming to Mercer County Community College’s Campus

    By Saveria Symons West Windsor, NJ:  Through the Mercer County Improvement Authority (MCIA) and Mercer County’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Sustainability, and as part of the county’s Renewable Energy Initiative, construction will begin this fall on a 43-acre solar farm on the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College (MCCC).  On September 13…

  • Colonials to host Neptune in B North grid showdown

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold High School and Neptune High School have developed quite a rivalry on the gridiron in the last couple of years. When the Colonials won their first state football title in 2008, they beat Neptune twice during the season, including a state playoff game. The Scarlet Fliers got a measure…

  • Clark’s goals lift Monmouth

    Freehold Township High School graduate Ryan Clark scored twice in the second half to lift the Monmouth University soccer team to a 2-1 win over Princeton University on Sept. 25 in West Long Branch. With the win, the Hawks completed the non-conference portion of their 2011 schedule at 6-2-0. The Tigers fell to 1-4-1. “I…

  • Former mat coach D’Andrea to be roasted upon retirement

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Former Manalapan High School wrestlers will have a chance to reminisce and to roast coach Dennis D’Andrea at the Dennis D’Andrea Retirement Roast to be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Brick Township PAL, 60 Drum Point Road, Brick Township. D’Andrea retired from teaching at the end of…

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    Harness driver Steve Smith scored the 3,000th win of his career in the third race at Freehold Raceway on Sept. 22 with Kristins Victory. Smith, 50, won his 123rd race of the year. He began driving in 1985 and recorded a career high 266 wins in 2007. Freehold Raceway has live racing Thursday through Saturday,…

  • Manalapan baseball teams win Labor Day Classic crowns

    Teams from the Manalapan Baseball and Softball Association continued the success they enjoyed during the summer when the association hosted the Manalapan Labor Day Classic. The Manalapan Braves Blue 12U team won the National Division crown over the Marlboro Mustangs Blue, 6-5, and the Manalapan Braves Red won the 12U American Division title, beating the…

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    Kevin Politz, 15, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, will be one of only 40 boys scouted from across the country to participate in the U.S. Soccer Under-17 Residency Program for the fall semester of 2011. Politz received his invitation one week after returning from his first Under-15 Boys National Team Camp in Carson, Calif.…

  • Freehold gymnasts record highest score in New Jersey

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer By scoring a school-record 113.55 points in a victory over Red Bank Catholic High School, the Freehold High School gymnastics team has delivered a message to the rest of the state: the Colonials are that good. Freehold’s point total against the Caseys was not only a new school record, but…

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