• Panton, Roche continue to win with titles at conference meet

    In the final tune-up before the state sectional track and field championships, Freehold Township High School’s Domonique Panton and Ciara Roche continued their winning ways. They followed up their victories at the Monmouth County Championships with wins at the Shore Conference Championships May 16 at Neptune High School. Panton repeated her jumping double by taking…

  • Mustangs clutch in recent softball tournament wins

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The Marlboro High School softball team is no longer looking for a seat at the table with the best programs in the Shore Conference. The Mustangs are there. Two come-from-behind, one-run playoff victories have taken the Mustangs where they’ve never been before, solidifying their place among the Shore’s best in…

  • Improved Patriots earn berth in baseball playoffs

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The prospects for the Freehold Township High School baseball team at the outset of the season were dim. The Patriots had just one returning starter, catcher Joe Silvestrone. Even though he was one of the best in the Shore, he was just one player. Rob Eriksen and Kyle…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The new Arena Lacrosse League (ALL) has announced the Sun National Bank Center will host the fifth week of the Arena Lacrosse League Showcase Tour starting Aug. 17 and finishing with a feature Showcase Game on Aug. 22. Tickets for the Aug. 22 Showcase Game start at $15 and are on sale now online at…

  • Weise, Hamilton capture district golf championships

    Freehold Township High School’s Bobby Weise and Howell High School’s Rebecca Hamilton were the individual champions at the annual Freehold Regional High School District Golf Tournament. Weise, a sophomore, had to work overtime to capture his first big high school tournament. He and Howell’s Mike Stefanelli each carded a 75 on the par-71 Gamblers Ridge…

  • Patriots keep season going with state playoff win at Howell

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It was not a typical year for the Freehold Township High School girls lacrosse team. For the first time in eight years, the Patriots didn’t win at least a share of the Shore Conference A North Division title. Manalapan High School beat them twice for the first wins the Braves…

  • Division champion Cougars enter playoffs as top seed

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Colts Neck High School pitcher Mike D’Ottavio delivers a pitch during the Cougars’ 10-6 win May 14 at Middletown High School North. The Cougars (21-2) are the top-seeded team in the Shore Conference Tournament and NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV playoffs. FRANK GALIPO Having put together a championship regular season,…

  • Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival

    TOP PICK More than three dozen of the area’s best food trucks will converge on Monmouth Park for three days of food, fun and racing. The Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival will be held May 23-25 at the Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport. The participating food trucks include Ahh! La Cart, Amanda’s Bananas, Betty’s Icebox,…

  • A Brief History Of Prom

    By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine Prom 1952 The prom is fondly considered a rite of passage and even has been called a “dress rehearsal for a wedding.” An appropriate enough metaphor, given the common elements of elaborate formalwear, music and refreshments, themes and the ceremonial honoring of a couple. But while it hasn’t been…

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