Tag: Colts Neck
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Colts Neck, Marlboro have strong showings on track
By Jeff Appelblatt The Shore Conference A North Division track and field meet was dominated by Colts Neck High School and Neptune High School. From Colts Neck, it was the usual suspects that took over the 3,200-meter run. Jordan Brannan won, while Anthony Russo, Matthew Schaefer and Kevin Berry rounded out the top four runners…
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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…
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Matawan council looks to future water repairs
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer MATAWAN – The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will allow the Borough of Matawan to fix its water main during the reconstruction of Route 34 in the fall of 2020. The NJDOT is currently in the preliminary stages for the repaving Route 34, according to the Borough Administrator Louis Ferrara.…
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Cougars holding onto unbeaten boys’ volleyball record
By Jeff Appelblatt If exhaustion kicked in from playing each day, the perfect record of the boys’ volleyball team from Colts Neck High School could have been in jeopardy by the time it played its fourth match in four days. The team wasn’t used to daily competition, but when the Cougars took the court at…
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Public hearing May 3 for Colts Neck school budget
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Property owners will pony up 88.5 percent of the total costs needed to operate the Colts Neck K-8 School District from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. The Board of Education has introduced a 2017-18 budget that totals $25.36 million and will be supported by the…
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Colts Neck will have contested GOP primary
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – There will be a contested Republican primary in Colts Neck on June 6 as three residents have filed nominating petitions to run for two seats on the Township Committee. The two Republicans who win the primary will gain spots on the Nov. 7 general election ballot and…
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Colts Neck officials plan capital improvements
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Several capital improvements will be funded by the Colts Neck Township Committee during 2017. On April 12, committee members introduced an ordinance authorizing the capital improvements. The ordinance will reappropriate excess bond proceeds ($96,137) and reappropriate capital funds ($83,836) for a total of $179,973. The funding will…
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Cougars’ volleyball team doesn’t miss a beat with coaching change
By Jeff Appelblatt There have been a few years over the last decade that Colts Neck High School’s boys’ volleyball team wasn’t one of the top teams to beat in the Shore Conference A North Division, but the Cougars are fighting for the top spot most seasons — including this one. Fourteen-year coach Glenn Jansen…
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Team effort expected from Colts Neck baseball team
By Jeff Appelblatt It’s been an up-and-down start for the baseball team at Colts Neck High School. Through the first few weeks of the season the team has shown it’s capable of winning, but it has also shown that it may have fewer answers to avoid losses than it did in the past. For instance,…
