• Cane Pace final set for Labor Day at Freehold

    Harness racing’s newest millionaire, If I Can Dream, can dream big. On Aug. 29, If I Can Dream, the 3-yearold son of Western Hanover, won the $108,300 Cane Pace Elimination at Freehold Raceway, Freehold. With the victory, If I Can Dream not only secured his entry to the Labor Day, Sept. 7, $325,000 Cane Pace…

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    Julia Magliaro, 4, of New York, finds the picking just perfect as she picks green beans at DeWolf’s U-Pick Farm in Plumsted on Aug. 23.

  • Woman charged in bank robbery

    JACKSON — A Lakewood woman has been charged by Jackson police with robbing the County Line Road branch of Sovereign Bank. Jackson police Detective Robert Reiff said that on Aug. 18, a teller at the Sovereign Bank at 2285 West County Line Road was approached by an individual who presented a threatening note that demanded…

  • Sport Shorts

    David Hayes of Howell is a tailback on the University of Delaware football team. Hayes, a redshirt freshman, made the team as a walk-on after playing a key role in Howell High School’s 2007 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional championship season. Hayes was named the Blue Hens’ Most Improved Offensive Player during spring…

  • Plumsted students report for new year

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer PLUMSTED — It will be back to business — school business, that is — on Sept. 8 for 1,830 students in the Plumsted K-12 School District. The school day at the New Egypt Primary School will run from 8:35 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The school day at the Dr. Gerald…

  • Best of the best 4-H equestrians compete

    Horse Park hosts 284 young riders from around state BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Only the cream of the crop of 4-H equestrians rises to the club’s annual state championship show. Judges Coeli Netsky (l) and Marsha Montgomery make their way out of the ring as Lamont gaits by during the N.J. State 4-H Championship…

  • Hawks are preseason NEC men’s soccer pick

    The Monmouth University men’s soccer team is still the team to beat in the Northeast Conference. In the NEC coaches preseason poll, the Hawks were once again picked to win the conference championship. Coach Robert McCourt’s Hawks from West Long Branch have won the last four NEC regular-season titles. Finishing second in the coaches preseason…

  • Former reporter is new info officer

    James Quirk joins staff at FRHSD BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer There is a new yet familiar face on Pine Street in Englishtown at the administrative offices of the Freehold Regional High School District. James Quirk has started work as the public information coordinator for the FRHSD, which operates high schools in Colts Neck, Freehold…

  • Teacher charged in grade scheme

    COLTS NECK — A woman who taught social studies at Colts Neck High School has been charged with theft by deception in connection with an alleged scheme to charge students in return for extra credit points. In a press release issued Aug. 31, Colts Neck police said the teacher, Megan Laboy, collected more than $1,400…

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