JEFF GRANIT staff Freehold Township High School quarterback Rob Mara participates in a passing drill during practice on Aug. 27 as the Patriots prepare for the kickoff of the 2008 high school football campaign. For previews of the Freehold Township, Freehold Borough and Howell grid squads, see Sports.
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Serendipitous meeting outside Borough Hall produces historic photo
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
FREEHOLD — Smalltown America has a name, according to Roger Kane — and it is Freehold Borough. Kane was one of four former mayors who, along with Freehold Borough's current Mayor Michael Wilson, appeared on the steps of Borough Hall on July Fourth following a public reading of the Declaration of Independence. More...
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
Local high school students can say farewell to their cell phones for the length of the academic day. The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education adopted a new policy at its Aug. 25 meeting which requires remotely activated or activating communication devices to be kept in student lockers. More...
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer
ENGLISHTOWN — The Manalapan Englishtown Regional School District will start the 2008-09 school year with an enrollment of about 5,474 students and a new business administrator on board. Students in the K-8 district that serves children from the two municipalities will begin the new year Sept. 4. More...
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer
MANALAPAN — The Township Committee is expected to adopt a resolution on Sept. 10 that will allow a binding referendum question to be placed on the Nov. 4 general election ballot. More...
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
MARLBORO — The incessant buzzing of an alarm clock on the morning of Sept. 4 will mark the start of a new school year for nearly 6,100 children who attend the Marlboro K-8 School District. Students and parents can expect to see some new additions in various places throughout the district. More...
'Greetings From the Shore' with Paul Sorvino to be released Sept. 12
BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer
Every year, summer brings with it thousands of tourists battling higher gas prices, sunburn, Garden State Parkway bottlenecks and each other for a piece of that sandy strip of paradise known as the Jersey Shore. More...
Youngster, 10, is a hit singing anthem at game
