• Roche, Hand pace All-FRHSD cross country

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Mackenzie Roche set an ambitious goal for herself this fall and the Freehold High School senior achieved it. Having never qualified for the NJSIAA Cross Country Meet of Champions in her previous three years, the Colonials’ harrier set out to reach that state championship event. On her way to the…

  • O’Dowd, FTHS trio top X-C all-star team

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The successful tradition of distance running in the Freehold Regional High School District is in good hands with Colts Neck High School’s Mike O’Dowd. The Cougars’ junior emerged as one of the state’s best distance runners in 2009, winning the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional cross country championship.…

  • Trio of Cougars tops All-FRHSD volleyball

    The Freehold Regional High School District volleyball teams are still playing catch-up with Colts Neck. During the recently completed 2009 season the Cougars remained the area’s premier squad as they won the Shore Conference A North Division crown for the fourth straight year. However, behind Coach Glenn Jansen’s Cougars, Howell, Marlboro and Freehold all had…

  • Ice hockey teams look to build on success

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It took just one season for all of the Freehold Regional High School District ice hockey teams to spoil their fans. The sport made its varsity debut in the FRHSD in 2008-09 with unprecedented success, led by the Howell Rebels. Marlboro High School’s Reid Lacognata brings the puck up ice…

  • Plenty of questions to be asked of AARP representative

    I was very interested in reading the letter from Jim Dieterle, senior state director of AARP, which appeared in the Nov. 18 News Transcript. His very flattering thanks to congressmen Rush Holt and Frank Pallone, I feel, needs some clarification. First, AARP has received $18 billion, according to the Obama Administration’s Recovery. gov website, for…

  • New atlas puts New Jersey back on the map

    Maps have been around for as long as human civilization. Early cartographers drew maps on animal skins or carved them into clay tablets to help hunters and traders find their way. Modern maps show much more — everything from rainfall to railroads, from preserved lands to toxic waste sites, from how residents vote to how…

  • Mayor says facts support dissolution of MTMUA

    Guest Column • Jonathan L. Hornik As the mayor of Marlboro, I am compelled to respond to not only the Dec. 9 Your Turn guest column from the Marlboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority (MTMUA) commissioners, but also to the recent attacks coming from the MTMUA itself as to the administration and Township Council’s investigation into…

  • Resident wants abandoned Bergerville Road homes to be removed

    The shacks on Bergerville Road are a disgrace to the communities next to them and to the adult community in Freehold Township, and to Howell. Any pedophile could take a child into one of these shacks and you know what they could do to them. Besides that, their appearance is disgusting and I would like…

  • Night for Gabriel helps to raise money for sick youngster

    On behalf of the Monmouth Chapter of the Latino Leadership Alliance, I wish to thank your newspaper for publishing a story about our fundraiser for Gabriel Luis Garcia, a 4-year-old boy suffering from leukemia. As a result of the publicity and the work of so many kind people, we anticipate raising approximately $5,000. There are…

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