Category: News Transcript Calendar

  • Howell voters approve three new schools

    Howell voters approve three new schools HOWELL — Voters said yes to the construction of three new schools in the community when they approved at $46.6 million building plan on Dec. 11. The $46.6 million public referendum will be supported by state aid totaling $14.2 million, leaving Howell taxpayers with a net cost of $32.4…

  • Graduation day for five new Monmouth sheriff’s officers

    Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley announced that five sheriff’s officers have graduated from the Monmouth County Police Academy as members of the 62nd Basic Police Recruit Class. The new sheriff’s officers are Monica Alvarado of Freehold Township, Karla Barney of Red Bank, Joel Fischer of Parlin, Sean McNeff of Long Branch and Matthew Oden…

  • Police, parks were priorities for departing GOP councilman

    Staff Writer By clare M. masi Police, parks were priorities for departing GOP councilman Richard Daesener FREEHOLD — Richard Daesener attended his last Borough Council meeting as an elected official on Dec. 3 and thanked those people who had offered him their support over the last three years. Daesener, a Republican, is ending a three-year…

  • Old Bridge gives green light to summer Harley festival

    Old Bridge gives green light to summer Harley festival OLD BRIDGE — A celebration of Harley-Davidson motorcycles will be coming to Old Bridge this summer. The Township Council has approved an application that will allow Harley-Davidson to bring its 100th Anniversary Celebration Tour to Raceway Park, Pension Road, for three days in August. The event…

  • Upgrades to Web site in the works

    Upgrades to Web site in the works MARLBORO — The township school district’s new Internet Web site, which will be presented before the Board of Education next month, will enable parents and students to retrieve homework assignments from teachers. Aaron Uydess of AMU Consultants, North Brunswick, the Web design firm hired by the board in…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ First-grade pupils Kyle O’Brien and Rachel Mitzelman recite their lines from a Hanukkah poem during a holiday show at the West Freehold School, Freehold Township, Dec. 21.

  • Raceway Park gets license renewal despite concern

    Staff Writer By sue m. morgan OLD BRIDGE — In spite of one official’s concern about the scheduling of "unmuffled racing," the Township Council has voted unanimously to renew the license for Raceway Park, a longtime township fixture, for its 2002 season. Prior to the 7-0 vote at the council’s Dec. 11 meeting, Ward 5…

  • Jan. 2 public hearings set on NJ Transit fare hikes

    Jan. 2 public hearings set on NJ Transit fare hikes The NJ Transit Board of Directors has authorized public hearings to be held next week in support of a six-year fare policy initiative to help the corporation address a growing budget shortfall — including a 10 percent increase in fares on trains, buses and the…

  • Shade tree panel honored

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin DAVE BENJAMIN Manalapan Shade Tree Committee Chairwoman Louise Lang holds the Green Communities Award the committee members received on Dec. 5 from Michael V. D’Errico (back row, right) supervising forester, Community Forestry Program, state Department of Environmental Protection. MANALAPAN — The township’s Shade Tree Committee has been recognized by the…