Tag: Manalapan

  • A look at scholastic football in the region

    A look at scholastic football in the region

    Colts Neck Colts Neck High School closed its season with a 21-0 defeat to Northern Burlington County Regional High School in a regional crossover game on Nov. 9 in Columbus. The Cougars, which had previously won two straight games, ended their season with a 2-8 record. Manalapan Manalapan High School remained undefeated and the team…

  • Criminals target vehicles in Manalapan

    Criminals target vehicles in Manalapan

    MANALAPAN – Motor vehicles were the targets of crime during a recent week in Manalapan. Police said that on Oct. 26 at 8:30 a.m., a 41-year-old Manalapan resident reported that an unknown individual removed belongings from an unlocked vehicle while it was parked in the driveway of a Fountayne Lane residence between 10:30 p.m. Oct.…

  • Braves, Patriots ready for challenge of state football playoffs

    Braves, Patriots ready for challenge of state football playoffs

    Chalk up a league championship and an undefeated record for the regular season for the Manalapan High School football team. Now the Braves will focus on their next and final goal of the season: an NJSIAA sectional playoff championship. Manalapan achieved winning both a Shore Conference A North Division title and ending the regular season…

  • Pension Road homes burglarized

    Pension Road homes burglarized

    MANALAPAN – Police are investigating a pair of burglaries to homes on Pension Road. At 2:30 p.m. Oct. 20, a resident reported that a home on Pension Road, Manalapan, was burglarized during the daytime hours. Several items were reported stolen. A door to the residence was forcibly opened and the bedrooms were specifically targeted, according…

  • A look at scholastic football in the region

    A look at scholastic football in the region

    Freehold Township Freehold Township High School improved to 7-1 after it defeated East Brunswick High School, 17-14, at home on Oct. 27. Freehold Township quarterback Nick Reardon threw for 186 yards and two touchdowns. His main target was receiver Kevin Doherty, who caught both touchdown passes and finished with 89 receiving yards. In a crucial…

  • A look at scholastic football in the region

    A look at scholastic football in the region

    Colts Neck Colts Neck High School remains in pursuit of its first victory of the season, which it hopes to capture at Monroe Township High School on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. The Cougars were shut out on the road by Central Regional High School. 23-0, on Oct. 20 to fall to 0-7 on the…

  • Parking plan dooms proposal for aerial adventure park

    Parking plan dooms proposal for aerial adventure park

    MANALAPAN – An application that proposed the construction of an aerial adventure park has been denied by the Manalapan Zoning Board of Adjustment. No one who spoke during the board’s Oct. 5 public hearing took issue with the proposed use, which was to construct a Boundless Adventure facility on property owned by the Monmouth Council,…

  • Manalapan committee will seek grants for local projects

    Manalapan committee will seek grants for local projects

    MANALAPAN – Municipal officials are working on three projects and in order to advance the work they are applying to the state Department of Transportation (DOT) for grant funding. During a Township Committee meeting on Sept. 27, officials passed three resolutions to submit grant applications to the DOT. The first application seeks funding for the…

  • Five candidates seek two seats in Manalapan race

    Five candidates seek two seats in Manalapan race

    MANALAPAN – Five residents are seeking two three-year seats on the Manalapan Township Committee in the Nov. 7 general election. The committee has a 4-1 Republican majority. The candidates are Republican incumbents Susan Cohen and Jack McNaboe, Democrats Adam S. Weiss and Amelia Rendeiro and Libertarian Hisham Hamed. Cohen has served on the committee since…