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      January 21, 2009  RSS feed

      ERIC SUCAR staff Marlboro High School senior Meghan Reilly drives to the basket for a layup during the Mustangs' Jan. 16 home game vs. Howell. The visiting Rebels topped Marlboro, 33-32. More...
      Marlboro board hears county superintendent explain ideas and goals

      According to Executive County Superintendent of Schools Carole Morris, a consolidation plan being pursued by the state could one day bring an end to the Freehold Regional High School District. More...

      Residents of all towns will be welcome to attend event at elementary school

      The Freehold Borough Neighborhood Pride Committee is continuing its efforts to bring the community together on many levels. One such effort will be the Freehold Borough Community Job Fair to be hosted by the Neighborhood Pride Committee and held at the Park Avenue Elementary School, Park Avenue, on April 8. More...


      FRANK GALIPO Jason Novak, 9, of Howell, fills in his bingo card as he tries for the winning combination of numbers during the Candy Bingo event that was held at the Aldrich School, Howell, on Jan. 9. The family event was sponsored by the school's PTO. More...


      Borough joins other towns to support feasibility study

      Afeasibility study that will examine the issue of municipalities sharing solid waste services is in the works and Freehold Borough will be a part of it. Borough Councilman George Schnurr said he attended a meeting presented by the Central Jersey Council on Government (CJCOG) in Marlboro on Jan. 12. The possibility of municipalities sharing various services was discussed. More...


      MANALAPAN — The expanded Manalapan Recreation Center, Route 522, is ready for its finishing touches. A project that has added new athletic fields to the township's sprawling recreation complex came a step closer to completion with the awarding of two contracts by the Township Committee. More...


      FRHSD panel seeks new Marlboro rep

      Less than a year after being elected to serve as Marlboro's representative on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education, Katie Goon has resigned from her seat. She tendered her resignation, which was effective immediately, during the board's Jan. 12 meeting held at Manalapan High School. More...


      Greater Media New Jersey Radio Station 95.9 WRAT-FM ("The Rat") will conduct a Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament at the Jersey Shore's fourth annual Men's Expo to be held from 1-6 p.m. Jan. 24 at Asbury Park Convention Hall, on the Asbury Park boardwalk, Ocean Avenue between Fifth and Sunset. Admission and parking are free. More...


      The Howell Women's Club will sponsor a Casino Night March 21 at the Woodlake Country Club, New Hampshire Ave., Lakewood. The ticket price of $55 includes a buffet dinner and $50 in chips. There will be 50 prizes from $50 to $250 as well as the club's 2009 Super 50/50 drawing. Doors open at 6:15 p.m, with dinner at 7:15 p.m. More...
      Astaggering fact released this week by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics gnawed at my cheerful nature and exposed my existential angst. It was that 61 million people volunteered through or for an organization between September 2006 and September 2007. More...
      With the resignation of Katie Goon as Marlboro's representative on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education, one vacancy exists on the nine-member panel. More...
      Coda • GREG BEAN
      The results for the 2008 holiday shopping season are almost in from the nation's major retailers, and it looks like it was worse than anyone could have predicted. Business was so bad at places like KB Toys and Sharper Image that it's possible those companies won't survive the coming year. Circuit City announced it is closing its remaining U.S. stores. More...
      FT boys in hunt for 6th straight A North title
      It's at practice, away from the public eye, where Freehold Township's boys basketball team has laid the foundation of its continued success. Senior Matt Devine remembers his underclass days. "We were going up against Eddie [Fischer], Marcus [Roberson] and T.J. [LaFalce]," he recalled. "It wasn't easy. They were our role models. More...