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FTHS track teams clinch titles, undefeated seasons
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer One maintained its winning streak; the other put a year of frustration behind it. In either case, the end result was the same: a championship for the Freehold Township High School track and field teams. On May 11, both teams — the Patriots boys and girls — completed their 2010…
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Freehold Township High School softball pitcher Brooke Witcher is focused on the batter at home plate as she prepares to deliver a pitch during the Patriots’ 5-1 victory over Old Bridge High School on May 14 in Freehold Township. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Braves claim A North baseball championship
After a long drought, Manalapan squad wins second title in two years BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer In 2009 the Manalapan High School baseball team broke a 30-year championship drought when the Braves won the Shore Conference A North Division public schools title. In 2010, Coach Brian Boyce’s Braves saw to it that the program…
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Marlboro students commended for history projects
MARLBORO — National History Day on May 1 served up honors to numerous students at the Marlboro Middle School and at Marlboro Memorial Middle School. Students first presented their yearlong historical research projects at the regional New Jersey National History Day competition held at Rider University, Lawrenceville, in March. Students chose a variety of ways…
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Biotech teens deliver environmental lessons
Pupils from Catena School enjoy interacting with older students BY MICHELLE TUCHOL Correspondent Biotechnology High School student Rebecca Cook helps pupils from the Catena School plant black-eyed Susans in cups during an April 30 environmental event. MICHELLE TUCHOL FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Pupils from the Joseph J. Catena School were in for a pleasant surprise on…
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on campus •••
The Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, Mass., awarded cadet Frank Altomare of Freehold the master’s award during the college’s annual sea term, a month and a half spent at sea. Jessica Swerdloff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Swerdloff of Manalapan, has been selected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Students…
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Manalapan committee reduces K-8 tax levy
Roth votes no on resolution to trim $1.377 million from elementary school district BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Township Committee has voted to certify a tax levy of $49.6 million for the Manalapan- Englishtown Regional School District for the 2010-11 school year. That amount is $1.377 million less than the $51…
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Student describes ‘can-do’ attitude in winning essay
Daughter of baseball great Jackie Robinson visits local school as part of award package BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Before the civil rights movement, before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., before Rosa Parks, there was Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sharon Robinson (above), the daughter of Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie Robinson,…
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Dorothy M. Graff
Mrs. Graff, 74, of Howell, died May 14, 2010, at home. She and her husband owned and operated Kenneth L. Graff Trenching & Trucking and The Korden Corp. She was predeceased by her husband, Kenneth L. Graff Sr.; two brothers, John and Timothy Peters; and a sister, Eileen Campbell. Surviving are five daughters, Debra Lane…
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