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    Colts Neck High School graduate Ashley Higginson had another strong cross country season for Princeton University. Higginson, a Tigers’ co-captain, was an All-Ivy League selection as the Tigers won their fifth straight Heptagonal (Ivy League) title. She was 15th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional and 74th at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., as…

  • Henderson’s Colonials owned Freehold Borough

    Freehold High School football team enjoyed memorable season in 1985 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Twenty-five years ago this fall the most exciting football player the Freehold Regional High School District has ever seen was restoring glory to the once-proud Freehold High School football program. Joe Henderson In 1985 Joe Henderson and his teammates had…

  • BlueClaws hold ticket prices steady

    The Lakewood BlueClaws have announced that all ticket prices for the 2011 baseball season will remain the same as 2010. This marks the third straight year the team has not raised ticket prices, according to a press release. The BlueClaws are the Single A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. They play in the South Atlantic…

  • Colonials bid for state football championship

    Freehold High School faces Middletown South on Dec. 4 at Rutgers Stadium BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold High School’s second trip to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III state championship football game in three years will find the Colonials playing a familiar foe: fellow Shore Conference member Middletown South High School of Middletown. Colts…

  • School board considers benefits of social media

    Howell officials consider creating Facebook, Twitter accounts BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer HOWELL — Parents may eventually get the latest information about the Howell K-8 School District through their Facebook and/or Twitter accounts if a proposed plan to bring the district into the social media age moves forward. School officials discussed the potential use of…

  • Howell schools cited for use of digital technology

    For the sixth year, the Howell K-8 School District has been named one of the top technologically advanced school districts in the nation. This year the district placed first in the Top 10 of all medium-sized school districts nationwide, in the 2010 Digital School Districts Survey. School districts from across the United States took part…

  • Bernard D. McKenna

    Mr. McKenna, 76, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Farmingdale, died Nov. 14, 2010, after a brief illness. He was a U.S. Army veteran and served in the Korean War. He had been an owner, driver and trainer of standardbred horses. After retiring, he became the first valet at the Meadowlands Raceway Drivers Room, where…

  • Salvatore F. DiBartolo

    Mr. DiBartolo, 71, of Freehold Township, died Nov. 19, 2010, at home. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Prior to retiring, Mr. DiBartolo was a partner of Greggs Girl Clothing Manufacturer, New York City. Surviving are by his wife, Loretta Lauro DiBartolo; two sons, Thomas DiBartolo and Gerard DiBartolo, both of Freehold Township; a daughter,…

  • Rosebud E. Polverino

    Mrs. Polverino, 81, of Freehold, died Nov. 16, 2010, at her daughter’s home in Manasquan. She was a graduate of Freehold High School. Mrs. Polverino was employed by a local auto dealership and then worked as a secretary at Central Jersey Bank and Trust, Freehold, until she retired in 1989. She was predeceased by her…

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