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    Ashley Higginson added two more Ivy League championships to her collegiate résumé at the Indoor Heptagonal (Ivy League) Championships held Feb. 26-27 at the New York Armory. Higginson, a Princeton University senior, won the 5,000-meter run (16:21.16) on the first day of the meet and came back to capture the 3,000-meter run (9:26.32) on the…

  • Freehold’s O’Neill becomes two-time state champion

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Emily O’Neill There may not be anything like the experience of winning a championship for the first time; however, Freehold High School senior Emily O’Neill might disagree with that assertion. O’Neill won her second consecutive 100-yard backstroke state championship on March 6 at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology in…

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    Cornell University senior Emily Santoro of Freehold Township was named ECAC Gymnastic Specialist of the Week for the second consecutive week. At Towson’s Shelly Calloway Invitational in Maryland, Santoro won the vault at the five-team meet held Feb. 20. Her score of 9.875 was the second highest in school history and was the highest score…

  • Burlington rally shocks Colts Neck

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Colts Neck High School’s Brandon Federici (bottom) and Burlington Township’s Avery Holliday battle for a loose ball during the Central Jersey Group III state sectional tournament championship game. The Cougars fell in the finals, 70-64, on March 8. ERIC SUCAR staff When the Colts Neck High School basketball team needed…

  • Seigel, Leone & Rebels top All-FRHSD squad

    BY TIM MORRIS Marlboro High School senior Mitch Seigel (r) holds on to Bordentown’s Matt Bauer during their 215-pound bout in the first round of wrestlebacks at the state tournament in Atlantic City on March 5. Seigel won this bout, 5-2, and went on to place seventh in his weight class. Today he has been…

  • Patriots run second at Millrose Games

    FTHS quartet trails only Columbia H.S. in 4×400 at Madison Square Garden BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The members of Freehold Township High School’s 4×400-meter relay team (l-r), Kelly Berg, Rhianna Zalewski, Emily Pereira and Kelly Pereira, were all smiles after finishing second in the Suburban High School Girls 4×400 at the Millrose Games on…

  • Atlantic Highlands & Highlands offer all of the charms of seaside towns

    BY REBECCAMORTON Visitors don’t have to wait until summer to enjoy the many charms of Atlantic Highlands’ First Avenue. Nestled along the Sandy Hook Bay, Atlantic Highlands and Highlands are two small Jersey shore towns that have much to offer. Both towns are easily accessible along Route 36 and have access to the SeaStreak ferry,…

  • Arts Council presents 2011 Teen Arts Festival

    The Monmouth County Arts Council will present the 2011 Teen Arts Festival on March 17-18 on the campus of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. The annual festival is produced in collaboration with Brookdale Community College and is an opportunity for emerging teen artists of all disciplines to come together in a creative atmosphere of workshops,…

  • Luchento named state’s co-horseperson of the year

    Thomas Luchento has been recognized for fighting to bring the New Jersey horse racing industry back from the brink of extinction. Luchento, the president of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ), has received the Governor’s Trophy as co-horseperson of the year for 2010. He shares the honor with Dennis Drazin, chairman…

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