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Fitzpatrick, Howell scorch district golf tournament
Colts Neck wins girls’ title; Howell’s Gaona is top female BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Getting it right at the right time of the season is the goal of every coach, player and team. Coach Tim Hogan’s Howell High School boys golf team is peaking when it matters most, and last week the Rebels claimed…
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Pats’ record 4×400 relay highlights CJ champions
Manful, Bresz, Mezzasalma strike gold at NJSIAA meet BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer All that Kelly Berg was thinking about during her 400-meter dash was “we want a banner.” Berg and her Freehold Township High School teammates had come to Hillsborough High School in Somerset County on May 22 to compete in the NJSIAA Central…
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Seventh inning lightning puts Braves in county final
Manalapan will play Wall H.S. on May 29 in Lakewood’s FirstEnergy Park BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer An improbable seventh inning comeback put the Manalapan High School baseball team in the Monmouth County Tournament championship game. Manalapan pitcher Jake Winston delivers a pitch to a Middletown South batter during a Monmouth County Tournament semifinal game…
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Firm hired to search for new FRHSD supt.
BY REBECCA MORTON Afirm that will seek out a new leader for the Freehold Regional High School District has been hired by the district’s Board of Education. At its meeting on May 17 the board hired West Hudson Associates to conduct the district’s search for a superintendent. The contract between the board and the firm…
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Howell council slices $1.9M from school tax
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — The recent vote to defeat the tax levy portion of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education’s proposed 2010-11 budget was not a mandate from the public, the president of the Howell Township Education Association (HTEA) said recently. Although Gov. Chris Christie urged voters to reject…
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State will decide on FRHSD budget
Eight municipalities fail to agree on amount of tax levy for 2010-11 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District’s budget for the 2010-11 school year is now in the hands of state education officials. The lack of unanimous agreement among officials of the FRHSD’s eight sending municipalities on a general fund…
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N.J. residents should speak out against off-shore drilling
One would think that 200,000 gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico every day would change an opinion. One may also think that this environmental disaster, which has devastated wildlife including birds, oysters, shrimp and fish as well as shutting down the small businesses associated with that wildlife, would change an opinion. The…
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Writer wonders if new state law will keep young drivers safer
This letter to the editor is only my opinion and is not intended to disrespect the memory of Kyleigh D’Alessio in any way. As a parent, I feel I must speak my mind about Kyleigh’s Law (regarding new drivers in New Jersey). These days it does not matter if you live in the suburbs, the…
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Writer will miss Regal Cinemas in Marlboro
Please help save our neighborhood movie theater, Regal Cinemas in Marlboro; it is the only one we have. It is to be torn down as of June 2010. It is a deal with Costco. You can cut all of our trees down to build the store and jam our roads with more traffic. Have a…
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