• Freehold Raceway reopens with live racing on Sept. 1

    Live harness racing will return to Freehold Raceway, Route 33, Freehold, on Sept. 1. The track’s 41-day fallwinter meet will run through Dec. 17. Post time is 12:30 p.m. on all race days. Fans who purchase a program on opening day will receive a free T-shirt and a special Renaissance Dining Room opening day buffet…

  • Coaching keeps Vento active in track and field

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer One of the assistant coaches that U.S. Athletic Trust Elite Track coach Frank Harrison took with the team for its recent European trip was former Freehold High School and Duke University high jump standout Debra Vento. “She was great to have on the trip,” Harrison said. Vento, who is the…

  • Saturday in the Park 5K to benefit ‘safe harbors’

    More than 500 women runners and walkers will become spokespersons for organizations that provide services such as shelter and advocacy for women and children when they take part in the Saturday in the Park Women’s 5K at Holmdel Park, Holmdel, on Sept. 3. The women will be running and walking to raise funds for and…

  • Ex-Falcon star Allen is preseason All-America

    Monmouth U. defender is on Hermann Trophy watch list for 2011 Monmouth University senior R.J. Allen, a former standout at Saint Joseph High School, Metuchen, has been named to Soccer America’s Preseason All-American Team. The Hawks’ defender was one of 25 players singled out for All-American selection by the publication. The Northeast Conference champion Hawks…

  • Snow verbally commits to Lafayette College

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Annette Snow A nnette Snow left Freehold Township High School for Blair Academy in northwestern New Jersey last year because she wanted to go somewhere that she believed would “prepare me for college.” This summer Snow’s decision to change schools began to pay off as she made a verbal commitment…

  • Area athletes witness Europe’s love of track & field

    Representatives of U.S. Athletic Trust Elite Track compete in two countries BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Frank Harrison (c) demonstrates the proper form for throwing the discus to his son, Dan, as Zach McDermott looks on. Harrison coaches the U.S. Athletic Trust Elite Track team that competed at several venues in Europe this summer. For…

  • Pasquale “Pat” Villani

    Mr. Villani, 57, of Freehold Township, died Aug. 27, 2011, at home. He was born in Nocera Inferiore, Naples. He earned a master’s degree from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and was employed as an electrical engineer for Vonage in Holmdel. Mr. Villani was the author of two books and the holder of…

  • Albert J. Mangino

    Mr. Mangino, 87, of Howell, died Aug. 19, 2011, at Wedgewood Gardens, Freehold Township. Prior to his retirement in 1984, he was a truck driver for J&J Trucking Co., New York City. Mr. Mangino was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, having served in the European theater. Surviving are his wife, Mercedes Mangino;…

  • Richard Bambara

    Mr. Bambara, 54, of Manalapan, died suddenlyAug. 17, 2011. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., and The College of Staten Island, Staten Island, N.Y. He was employed as a computer consultant for EMC Corp., Berkeley Heights. Surviving are his wife, Celia; two children, Richard and Michelle of Manalapan; his parents, Joseph and…

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