Tag: Colts Neck
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Colts Neck has contested Republican primary
COLTS NECK – There will be a contested Republican primary in Colts Neck on June 6. Tom Orgo, Edward Eastman and Michael Viola have filed nominating petitions to seek two seats on the Township Committee. The top two vote-getters in the primary will earn spots on the Nov. 7 ballot. Two three-year terms on the…
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Holmdel holds fifth annual Unified Game Day
Local students participated in the Holmdel School District’s fifth annual Unified Game Day that was recently held at Cross Farm Park in Holmdel. According to the press release from the Holmdel School District, over 200 Special Needs and General Education Peers were involved in the event that attracted the Colts Neck, Little Silver and Upper Freehold…
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Patriots playing above their seed in conference tournament
By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold Township High School’s baseball team prepared for the second round of the Shore Conference Tournament (SCT) knowing it was an underdog. But that didn’t matter for the lower-ranked No. 18 seed. In the game May 20, Ryan Ford gave up only one hit to Monmouth Regional High School, and the Patriots…
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Colts Neck board adopts $23.5 million school budget
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The owner of a home assessed at the Colts Neck average of $843,743 will pay $93 more in taxes to the Colts Neck K-8 School District from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. The Board of Education has voted 8-0 to adopt a $23.5 million budget…
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Cougars hope recent losses prepare them for tournaments
By Jeff Appelblatt No one ever wants to lose, but following a recent defeat to John P. Stevens High School, Colts Neck High School volleyball coach Greg Hope refused to put his head down. “It’s not fun. I don’t like losing,” the first-year head coach said after the match in Colts Neck. “There are no…
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Manalapan swings itself back into win column
By Jeff Appelblatt Manalapan High School’s baseball team was slumping. The six-game losing streak was only about half as long as the 11-game winning streak that preceded it, but the feeling of losing lingers. However, no one was going to feel bad for the Braves. When the Cougars hosted them at Colts Neck High School…
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Freehold baseball piling on wins with sights set on division title
By Jeff Appelblatt It’s as if Freehold High School has had two baseball seasons going on since the end of April, and the Colonials are putting on great shows in each of them. Games in the Monmouth County Tournament (MCT) were inserted right into Freehold’s regular-season schedule. So while the No. 5-seed Colonials won tournament…
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Area teams have strong performances at county relays
By Jeff Appelblatt Marlboro High School’s outdoor track and field team was excited by what its student-athletes did at the Monmouth County Relay Championships May 4 in Long Branch. The girls’ 4×100-meter relay team of Lauren Newman, Briana Mullan, Alexa Friedman and Danielle Spano won. Gianna Gomez won the long jump and triple jump relays.…
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Montrose schoolhouse will be open to public
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The historic Montrose schoolhouse at the corner of Cedar Drive and Montrose Road in Colts Neck will be one of dozens of sites open to the public during the Weekend in Old Monmouth tour. Weekend in Old Monmouth is an annual event when dozens of historic sites…
