Tag: Upper Freehold Township
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Redbirds open 2022 lacrosse season with victory over Hopewell Valley
ALLENTOWN — The spring of 2021 saw the Allentown High School girls lacrosse team rise back up to prominence as the Redbirds soared to a 16-1 record and reached the championship game of the NJSIAA state sectional tournament. As the 2022 season gets underway, Coach Jen Garavente believes her players have what it takes to…
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Upper Freehold Regional school board introduces budget
The Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education has introduced a $43.6 million budget that will fund the operation of the district during the 2022-23 school year. Residential and commercial property owners in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township will be asked to pay a $28.6 million local tax levy to support the budget. Following…
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Redbirds ready to pursue success on softball diamond in 2022
ALLENTOWN – In 2021, the members of the Allentown High School softball team got a firsthand look at what it takes to make a run at a championship during a 15-7 campaign. The Redbirds were six outs away from playing for the Central Jersey Group III state sectional tournament championship when they led Colts Neck…
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Millstone, Upper Freehold Regional school districts will see aid reduced
The Millstone Township K-8 School District and the Upper Freehold Regional School District will both see the amount of financial assistance they receive from the state reduced for the 2022-23 academic year. Earlier this month, Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled his Fiscal Year 2023 budget, which includes proposed funding for New Jersey’s public school districts during…
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Redbirds post winning record; have high expectations for 2022-23
ALLENTOWN – The 2021-22 season came to an end for the Allentown High School girls basketball team on March 3 in the quarterfinal round of the Central Jersey Group III state sectional tournament against Wall High School in Wall Township. A full season on the court – following a 2020-21 campaign that was abbreviated by…
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Monmouth County History: Origins of the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area
By Thomas K. Robbins The Robbins Burial Ground in Upper Freehold Township has been discovered again and again over its 300-year existence. Abandoned, overgrown and forgotten describe its current state. Occasionally a news story is published which renews interest in it. A headline in the 1966 Asbury Park Press read “Hunter Finds ‘Lincoln’ Family Grave”…
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Allentown officials keeping tabs on plans for Stein property
ALLENTOWN – Mayor Thomas Fritts has confirmed what residents have been saying for some time: there is surveying activity taking place on a parcel of land in Upper Freehold Township bordering Allentown that could be a prelude to commercial development. During a meeting of the mayor and Borough Council on Feb. 22, Fritts provided an…
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Masks will be optional in Upper Freehold Regional School District
When New Jersey’s school mask mandate is lifted on March 7, administrators in the Upper Freehold Regional School District will make the use of a mask optional for all individuals in the district’s three schools. Superintendent of Schools Mark Guterl stated in a Feb. 18 letter that on March 7, Upper Freehold Regional students and…
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Redbirds coming together heading into homestretch of campaign
The Allentown High School girls basketball team has seen its fair share of ups and downs so far during the 2021-22 campaign. The Redbirds carried a 5-5 record into a Jan. 24 game against Freehold Township High School and Coach Dana Wells and her players were in agreement that the team’s best basketball is still…