Tag: Freehold
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Blood drives scheduled Jan. 27, 28
New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center (NYBC), announces that it is conducting blood drives that are open to the public at St. Robert Bellarmine Church, 61 Georgia Rd., Freehold, from 2:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. on Jan. 27 and at Monmouth Mall, 180 State Route 35, Eatontown, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on…
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Rebuilding Colonials pick up come-from-behind win over Braves
By Jeff Appelblatt Before the season began, coach Jen Brzucki said it would be a rebuilding year for her girls’ basketball team at Freehold High School. So when she saw her team fall behind by double digits in its second game of the season, she couldn’t have thought of it as anything significant. The team…
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Freehold wrestlers keep it close with tough CBA team
By Jeff Appelblatt The start of the season was disappointing for Freehold High School wrestling coach Matthew Shepherd, but it wasn’t because of anything he or his team could control. “We had our first tournament canceled,” the 11-year coach said. “We [were to] open up at Princeton [High School], and they canceled the tournament.” Shepherd…
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Freehold bounces back to dominate in first win of season
By Jeff Appelblatt In its first game of the season Oct. 16, Freehold High School’s boys’ basketball team was dominated by its crosstown rival, Freehold Township High School. But it was only one game, and the Colonials showed they could bounce back and do some dominating of their own. In their second game Oct. 20…
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Freehold falls in boys’ hoops opener to rival Freehold Township
By Jeff Appelblatt Maybe it was the energy of the home crowd, or it was the benefit of shooting on the hoops they were used to. Whatever the reason, Freehold Township High School dominated its rival from Freehold High School right from the start Dec. 16. The Patriots went up, 13-4, in the first quarter…
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Colonials look to be competitive despite rebuilding season
By Jeff Appelblatt Sierra Strong had a fantastic game in the Freehold High School girls’ basketball team’s season opener Dec. 16 against Freehold Township High School. However, the problem for Freehold was both teams expected that. Freehold Township made it clear early that it had no problem living with Strong’s top-notch performance. The 16 points…
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Seniors puts up decorations for all to enjoy
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — It’s the most wonderful time of the year. With a festive Santa’s hat and bright red sweater, Joan Brand, a resident at Carriage Pointe on – a 14-unit, 55-years-old and older senior housing complex on Route 516 – brings holiday cheer to her fellow neighbors by decorating their…
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Police identify man crushed at cardboard compacting facility
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A man who was crushed to death in a cardboard compactor at an East Brunswick salvage yard has been identified. Alvaro Esteban, 22, of Freehold, died on Dec. 8 at Atlantic Sales and Salvage on Edgeboro Road in East Brunswick. “Esteban died in the cardboard recycling area…
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Patriots’ swimmers look to be competitive in pool
By Jeff Appelblatt Freehold Township High School’s swim coach, Brittany Bott, has been a swimmer longer than any of her student-athletes have been alive. Once a couple of practices were in the books, Bott had both the boys’ and girls’ squads knowing how competitive she really was. “I might be the only head coach in…