• Employee files suit to regain title & lost pay

    Issue involves degree earned through online Breyer State University BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education is defending itself against a lawsuit stemming from the removal of employee Lorraine Taddei-Graef’s doctoral title and advanced pay following a decision of the Commission on Higher Education that deemed her doctorate…

  • Zoners reject plan for cell tower

    Freehold Township residents kept up fight for more than a year BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Agroup of neighbors who live in the vicinity of 169 Robertsville Road, Freehold Township, will sleep better knowing their bucolic landscape will remain intact following a unanimous decision made by members of the Freehold Township Zoning Board of…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Jill Lemesevski (r), 16, samples fudge during a demonstration provided by former White House chefs to students of the Freehold Regional High School District Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Academy at the Five Star Café at Freehold High School, Freehold Borough, on Nov. 18. For more photos, visit GMN Photo Galleries at…

  • Sports Shorts

    Manalapan’s Brian Grimm, a senior at Harvard University, was named to the All-Ivy League Soccer Team, Second Team. Grimm, a defensive midfielder, anchored a staunch defense that helped the Crimson win the Ivy League crown this fall. The Crimson registered eight shutouts en route to the Ivy League title. Grimm assisted on two game-winning goals.…

  • Clark, Calafiore help Hawks score NCAA win

    Monmouth defeats UConn; wins first NCAA Tournament match in university history BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Monmouth University’s Ryan Kinne goes up for a head ball against UConn’s Greg King during the second half of a first-round NCAA Tournament soccer match in West Long Branch on Nov. 19. Monmouth won its first…

  • Ryan’s 5 TD passes lead Rebels past Montgomery

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer They made it look very easy. Scoring the first six times they had the football on drives of 80, 74, 64, 70, 35 and 69 yards, the Howell High School Rebels defeated the Montgomery Cougars, 41-18, on Nov. 16 in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV…

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    • The Goddard School, 50 Route 520, Morganville section of Marlboro, will host a Jingle Bell Jump at 10 a.m. Dec. 2 to raise money for the Children’s Arthritis Foundation. They will be covering all floors with bubble wrap and each child will wear jingle bells on their ankles and jump on the bubble wrap…

  • Shenker finally gets playoff experience

    Freehold Township grad plays for NCAA-bound Montclair State University BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Jesse Shenker’s time finally arrived. As the Montclair State University strong safety said, “I’ve waited 15 years for this. I’ve been playing football since I was 7 and I have never experienced the playoffs. I’m excited.” Montclair State won the New…

  • Holiday concert to be held in Manalapan

    The Manalapan Arts Council will present a concert by the Manalapan Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School, 155 Millhurst Road, Manalapan. The performance, “Champagne Pops!,” will include a mix of classic favorites, from Rossini overtures to Strauss waltzes. In keeping with the New Year’s tradition of the Vienna…

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