This Week In Marlboro And Colts Neck: Local Athletes Highlighted

Hello, neighbors! Here is a look back at some of this week's main headlines — everything you need to know about what's happening in Marlboro and Colts Neck.

First, today's weather: Rain in the morning and afternoon. High: 74 Low: 71.

Here are the top stories today in Marlboro-Coltsneck:

1. Ahead of the upcoming soccer season, NJ Advance Media profiled the top players to watch at every position and Marlboro's own Max Rosen, has made the list. With Rosen pacing the Mustangs attack, "this team has the potential to be Marlboro’s best since Ryan Morris took over the program," the publication wrote. (nj.com)
2. A Pennsylvania college head women’s basketball coach resigned amid an investigation into allegations that she sexually assaulted a Marlboro native former player at Vassar College when she coached there a decade ago. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
3. Falson Lane In Marlboro Will Be Closed Until Sept. 3, in order for the road work to be completed before the start of the school year. (Marlboro-Coltsneck Patch)
4. Meet the man behind Agapi Trees, the Colts Neck business that makes beauty of bonsai permanent. Rich Taylor inherited his father's fascination with bonsai trees and made a living out of it. (Asbury Park Press)
5. Colts Neck senior lineman Dan Volpe was selected to the USA TODAY NETWORK preseason All-New Jersey football first team. (Asbury Park Press)

Today in Marlboro-Coltsneck

• Tours of Historic Battery Lewis - Monmouth County Activity Center (10:00 AM)
• Vintage Base Ball Game - Monmouth County Activity Center (11:00 AM)

Marlboro-Coltsneck Patch Notebook

• A huge congratulations this morning to Freehold Township High School alum Robert Griswold after breaking a world record and winning a gold medal in the 100M Backstroke at the Tokyo Paralympics! Way to go Robert! " (Facebook)
• Happy 100th Birthday to Usha Bhatia. A Marlboro resident for 31 years, she proudly holds Mayor Jonathan Hornik proclamation declaring her birthday, August 21, 2021 as 'Usha Bhatia Day'. (Facebook)
• A 13-year-old girl was reported missing by her mother on Aug. 24, 2021 at 6:30 a.m. Natalee Perez left her home in Marlboro at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 (Facebook)
• Mayor Jonathan Hornik , with the support of the Township Council, ordered and directed flags within the Township of Marlboro to be flown at half-staff in recognition and mourning of the loss of American US troops killed in Afghanistan. (Facebook)
• Monmouth County military veteran John Caporaso shared some pictures of his new four-legged best friend. Thanks to Colts Neck Lions Club's fundraising, Caporaso was able to get the service fog he had been waiting for. (Facebook)

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About me: I am a Breaking News Editor for Patch, covering towns in Monmouth County. I started my journalism career in Lisbon, Portugal, where I worked for publications such as Público and Sábado. I have also worked as a breaking news reporter for the New York Daily News and graduated from NYU with a MA in Journalism. Feel free to email me with any questions, comments or tips, at catarina.moura@patch.com

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