• LAWRENCE: HomeFront lauds family’s efforts

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     If those who contribute to a cause without seeking acknowledgment are unsung heroes, then the dining room at the Greenacres Country Club was filled with them on Friday.     About 80 women — mostly members of HomeFront’s Women’s Initiative — turned out to hear Princeton resident John Crowley speak…

  • Late surge has Rebels looking for big finish

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Once again, the Howell High School boys lacrosse team has proved to be a second-half-of-the-season squad. The Rebels started slowly this season, due in large part to the turnover from graduation, but they have put things together in the second half of the regular season to qualify for postseason play.…

  • Postseason play a first for Manalapan lacrosse

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The Manalapan High School girls lacrosse team is no longer the pushover squad in the Shore Conference A North Division. There was a time when the Braves gauged success by the goals they scored or by their margin of defeat. All of that has changed in 2010 because a group…

  • Mustangs capture first volleyball championship

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The championship banner that the members of the Marlboro High School boys volleyball team have been envisioning throughout the spring of 2010 has become a reality. The Mustangs captured the Shore Conference A North Division volleyball championship on May 4 when they defeated Christian Brothers Academy of Lincroft for the…

  • Gilbertson, Mezzasalma claim county crowns

    The two-day 2010 Monmouth County Track and Field Championships were a field day for Freehold Regional High School District athletes. Between the boys and girls, area athletes captured six championships at the county meet that was held on May 5 and May 8 at Neptune High School, Neptune. On the first day of the meet,…

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    Taryn Applebaum, a junior at Manalapan High School, has been named a finalist for the 2010 National Cheerleader of the Year Scholarship Competition that will be held from May 21-23 in Fayetteville, N.C. Applebaum is a varsity cheerleader at Manalapan and a member of the World Cup Shooting Stars. She has been cheering for 10…

  • Teen snags a big one

    FISH ON RON NUZZOLO Irecently received an email asking me if an 8-pound largemouth bass was a big deal or not. My immediate reaction was any freshwater fish at 8 pounds is a big deal. Any 8-pound largemouth bass caught in Manalapan by a 13-year-old is an even bigger deal. Kevin Thompson is an avid…

  • Patriots’ boys, girls lax teams repeat as champs

    Freehold Township boys advance to SCT semis for the first time BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The 2010 campaign has been a great season for Freehold Township High School lacrosse, and it has the Freehold Township’s Gene Blanco (front) fends off Toms River North’s Eric Sciorilli during the Patriots’ 14-8 victory over the Mariners in…

  • Anthony C. Franklin

    Mr. Franklin, 61, of Manalapan, died May 6, 2010, at The Manor, Freehold. Born in Orange City, he had lived in Bloomfield for 27 years before moving to Manalapan seven years ago. He fought for his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. Mr. Franklin was a line technician for Verizon in…

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