• SPORT SHORTS

    Walter Ingram and John Soucheck used identical scripts to score decisive victories in the 50th annual Captain Ronald Zinn Memorial Races at the Wall Township Recreation Complex April 18. Both raced out to early leads in the traditional event that again honored Zinn, the twotime USA Olympian and West Point graduate who lost his life…

  • Colts Neck continues win streak as Keselman surpasses 300 goals

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer With her team on a winning streak, Colts Neck High School’s Erika Keselman has reached a milestone. With the Cougars emerging as one of the Shore Conference’s top girls lacrosse teams, Keselman registered her 300th career goal during Colts Neck’s latest win, 12-2, over Red Bank Regional High School April…

  • Manalapan lacrosse team takes its game to new level

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer After a program-defining victory, the goal of every team is to make that win hold up and prove it wasn’t fluke. Manalapan High School’s girls lacrosse team has done more than just make its first win over Freehold Township High School stick. The Braves have added another signature victory that…

  • Patriots send message with key division win over Rebels

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township High School’s Brandon Nunez tries to get around Howell High School defender Anthony Pozsonyi during the Shore Conference A North Division clash in Howell on April 29. Nunez scored three goals in the 9-2 win that created a three-way tie for first place in the division between Freehold…

  • The Spirit of the Jerseys

    TOP PICK Experience five centuries of New Jersey’s history all in one place at the annual Spirit of the Jersey State History Fair — a historical festival for all ages on May 9 at its new location at Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan. This free, award-winning event — running 11 a.m.-5 p.m., rain or…

  • National Day of Prayer events set

    MARLBORO — In 1952, a bill was passed in Congress stating that the president was to set aside an appropriate day each year as the National Day of Prayer. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a law designating the first Thursday of May as the annual observance of the National Day of Prayer. Monmouth Worship…

  • Central Jersey Irish Festival coming to Lake Topanemus

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Correspondent The Central Jersey Irish Festival, sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, will make its debut at Lake Topanemus Park, Pond Road, Freehold Township, on May 16. The festival will commemorate Irish culture and is a partnership between the Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 16, Freehold Borough, and the Ancient…

  • Volunteer Day planned for June

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Human Relations Committee will host a Volunteer Day on June 13 in the Freehold Intermediate School gymnasium at the Park Avenue Elementary School complex. The event will provide an opportunity for area residents to learn more about a variety of volunteer opportunities, according to Borough Councilman Ron Griffiths, who is…

  • Who the heck is rosemary, anyway?

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch You could search the world over, and I doubt you would find a family as hard to cook for as mine. Some members of the Clinch household aren’t bad. They will eat peppers, onions and spices with names that can’t be pronounced. Others restrict my culinary creativity to salt…

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