• Marlboro baseball team to rely on pitching, defense

    MARLBORO A Memorial Day barbecue has become a tradition for the Marlboro High School baseball team. It began when the Mustangs made a deep run in the state playoffs. Since they were still playing baseball at the time of the holiday, head coach Jim Ferraro decided to have a team barbecue. It carried over to…

  • Colonials bringing experience into A North Division baseball

    FREEHOLD By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold High School’s baseball team moves up to the Shore Conference A North Division this spring. The Colonials, just a couple of years removed from their state sectional championship season, are bringing an experienced team with them with 14 returnees from last year’s 10-13 season. “Defense and the return…

  • Replacing starting pitching is Cougars’ biggest concern

    COLTS NECK By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer As the Colts Neck High School baseball team looks to build on last year’s championship season, head coach Mike Yorke’s greatest concern is pitching. Last spring, the Cougars rode two legitimate No. 1 starters, Gianni Magliaro and Robbie Warendorf, to a 16-6 season that included the Shore Conference…

  • Shatsky, Famulare, Wagner head district girls hoops team

    Freehold Township High School’s Sam Famulare, above, and Marlboro High School’s Nicole Shatsky, right, joined the 1,000- career point club during the 2014-15 season. Marlboro High School’s drive to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship, led by a senior who refused to let her team lose, highlighted the girls basketball season in the Freehold…

  • Mullen, O’Reilly, Wilson head boys district hoops team

    Colts Neck High School’s Chris O’Reilly (14) scored his 1,000th career point this winter while leading the Cougars to a 16-9 record and a berth in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV semifinals. By joining his brother, Sean, as a 1,000-point scorer, the O’Reillys are the only brothers to reach that milestone at Colts Neck.…

  • Freehold council spends $42K on pipe repairs

    FREEHOLD — Emergency repairs that were made to a broken sewer pipe were paid for through a recent action of the Borough Council. The problem occurred at the intersection of Manalapan and Bowne avenues in December. Water and sewer utility personnel discovered the broken line during a routine maintenance check. The Borough Council authorized D&D…

  • ON CAMPUS

    Martin Pietras, son of Monika and Piotr Pietras of Marlboro, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semester at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. Martin, who is a 2013 graduate of Colts Neck High School, is majoring in 3-D animation. Jessica Martin of Freehold has been named to the…

  • Plan to redo Olde Silver Tavern advances with sewer easement

    MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has granted permission for a sanitary sewer line to traverse property that is owned by the municipality. The sewer line to be extended from Tennent Road will connect to the Olde Silver Tavern property on Route 522. An application approved by the Planning Board in December 2013 calls for the…

  • Resident faces long road in recovery from burns

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer MANALAPAN — When Vicky Grzelak recalls the snowy day in January when her husband, Frank, was severely burned by a fire in their garage, she remembers panic. On Jan. 27, after shoveling snow for his neighbors, Frank, 55, was working in his garage on his mother’s car. When he walked…

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