Author: MATTHEW SOCKOL, Staff Writer

  • Eatontown approves shared services deals with Shrewsbury Township

    Eatontown approves shared services deals with Shrewsbury Township

    EATONTOWN — The members of the Borough Council in Eatontown have approved two shared services agreements with neighboring Shrewsbury Township. During a meeting on Nov. 10, council members passed two resolutions authorizing the agreements with Shrewsbury Township for emergent fire protection services and for municipal recycling and clean communities coordinator services. Under the terms of…

  • Matawan-Aberdeen, Keyport, Holmdel, Hazlet, Middletown school board election results

    Matawan-Aberdeen, Keyport, Holmdel, Hazlet, Middletown school board election results

    Residents in Aberdeen Township, Matawan, Keyport, Holmdel, Hazlet and Middletown elected members of their local school boards in the 2022 general election. The results of the election are unofficial until they have been certified and that had not occurred as of Nov. 15. The results are reported on the Monmouth County Votes website, which is…

  • Eatontown, Red Bank, Tinton Falls school board election results

    Eatontown, Red Bank, Tinton Falls school board election results

    Residents in Eatontown, Red Bank and Tinton Falls have elected members of their local school boards in the 2022 general election. The results of the Nov. 8 election will remain unofficial until they have been certified, which had not occurred as of Nov. 15. The results are reported at Monmouth County Votes, which is posted…

  • Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Manalapan school board election results

    Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Manalapan school board election results

    Residents in Freehold Borough, Freehold Township and Manalapan elected members of their local school boards in the 2022 general election. As of Nov. 15, the election results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office were unofficial. The results will remain unofficial until they have been certified. Freehold Borough – Incumbent board members Brent Costleigh…

  • Voters give thumbs up to Monmouth Regional High School improvements

    Voters give thumbs up to Monmouth Regional High School improvements

    A referendum that proposed the expenditure of $15 million for athletic facility upgrades and other improvements at Monmouth Regional High School in Tinton Falls has been approved by voters. The high school is operated by the Monmouth Regional High School District and serves high school-age residents of Eatontown, Shrewsbury Township and Tinton Falls. In the…

  • Freehold Township motivational speaker publishes first book

    Freehold Township motivational speaker publishes first book

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Paul Wichansky, a motivational speaker from Freehold Township, has produced his first book, “Yes I Can! Lessons Learned From a Life Less Ordinary.” The book can be purchased on Amazon.com in eBook, hardcover and softcover formats. Wichansky, 51, described “Yes I Can!” as a book that can provide students and adults with…

  • Incumbent, former member and newcomer expected to win terms on Sayreville Board of Education

    Incumbent, former member and newcomer expected to win terms on Sayreville Board of Education

    SAYREVILLE – One incumbent, a former member and a newcomer are expected to win terms on the Sayreville School District Board of Education during the general election. According to the unofficial results posted online by the Middlesex County Clerk’s Office, incumbent Lucy Bloom, former member Christopher Callahan and newcomer Jeffrey Smith were elected to the…

  • GOP expected to take control on Sayreville Borough Council with projected victories

    GOP expected to take control on Sayreville Borough Council with projected victories

    SAYREVILLE – Republicans are expected to take control on the Sayreville Borough Council in 2023 with the projected victories of incumbent Donna Roberts and Dan Balka. According to the unofficial results posted online by the Middlesex County Clerk’s Office, GOP candidates Roberts and Balka emerged as the top vote-getters for two available three-year council terms…

  • Eatontown – Red Bank – Rumson 2022 municipal election results

    Eatontown – Red Bank – Rumson 2022 municipal election results

    Residents in Eatontown, Red Bank and Rumson have elected members of their local governing body in the Nov. 8 general election. The results of the 2022 election are unofficial as of Nov. 9 and will remain unofficial until they have been certified. That process could take one week or longer. According to the Monmouth County…