Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Police identify man crushed at cardboard compacting facility

    Police identify man crushed at cardboard compacting facility

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A man who was crushed to death in a cardboard compactor at an East Brunswick salvage yard has been identified. Alvaro Esteban, 22, of Freehold, died on Dec. 8 at Atlantic Sales and Salvage on Edgeboro Road in East Brunswick. “Esteban died in the cardboard recycling area…

  • Unconscious woman rescued from fire in residence

    Unconscious woman rescued from fire in residence

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer JACKSON – An unconscious woman was rescued from a burning home when police officers and firefighters responded to a residence on Huntington Drive on the afternoon of Dec. 15. Jackson police reported that at 12:58 p.m., officers Kevin Chesney, Joe Candido and Cassie De La Torre responded to a report…

  • Freeholders appoint county counsel

    Freeholders appoint county counsel

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has appointed Michael D. Fitzgerald to serve as county counsel for a three-year term. Fitzgerald will serve as the chief legal officer for the county when he begins his term on Jan. 9. He will succeed Andrea Bazer in the position. Fitzgerald is a member of the Colts Neck…

  • Eric LeGrand urges students to carry on

    Eric LeGrand urges students to carry on

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — A student at Edgar Middle School asked Eric LeGrand, a former football defensive tackle at Rutgers University, if he could go back to the tackle that left him paralyzed from the neck down and change anything, would he? LeGrand said he believes his injury, which occurred during a…

  • Robotics program will run from Dec. 27-29

    Robotics program will run from Dec. 27-29

    MARLBORO – The Marlboro Recreation Community Center will host a three-day robotics program for children in conjunction with the Minds in Motion organization. The robotics program will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 27, 28 and 29 at the recreation center, Wyncrest Road. The program is open to children ages 5 to 12.…

  • Wright-Debow Road project required to be re-bid

    Wright-Debow Road project required to be re-bid

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer JACKSON – A road project that began in June and was then delayed by a construction shutdown associated with a lack of money in New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) will be rebid and undertaken in 2017. At a meeting on Dec. 13, members of the Township Council passed a…

  • Shrewsbury residents reject school district’s referendum

    Shrewsbury residents reject school district’s referendum

    By KAREN RAPOLLA Staff Writer SHREWSBURY – Borough residents voted no on Dec. 13 to all four questions on a multi-part, multi-million-dollar referendum for the district’s one school. The results were as follows: Question 1             525    yes           844      no Question 2…

  • Freehold Township school board corrects issue in audit

    Freehold Township school board corrects issue in audit

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Administrators in the Freehold Township K-8 School District have prepared a corrective action plan in response to a finding in an audit of the 2015-16 school year. The audit was discussed at a Board of Education meeting on Dec. 13. In an audit of the 2015-16 school…

  • Jackson council awards contract for senior center upgrades

    Jackson council awards contract for senior center upgrades

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer JACKSON – The Township Council has awarded a contract for improvements to the Jackson Senior Center to the Fasolino Contracting Corporation, Sewell. At their meeting on Dec. 13, council members passed a resolution awarding a $258,100 contract to the firm. Jackson Business Administrator Helene Schlegel previously said the project will…