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  • Special school election could be held March 10

    Board reserves date in case referendum questions are needed BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — The Howell Board of Education may ask voters to decide one or more public questions during a special election on March 10. On Jan. 7 the board voted 4-2 to reserve the March 10 date in case it is…

  • Freehold will look at regional trash pickup

    Borough joins other towns to support feasibility study BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer 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…

  • Englishtown boy, 7, collects holiday gifts for sick youths

    BY ALEX SANDERS Staff Writer Hunter Langlois ENGLISHTOWN — An autistic boy organized a donation of Christmas gifts for sick children at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, on Dec. 19. With help from his family and neighbors, Hunter Langlois, 7, donated more than 20 toys to hospitalized children for the holiday season. Hunter’s mom, Lisa,…

  • Officials award contracts to complete rec addition

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer 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. At its meeting on Jan.…

  • FRHSD looking for solar panels to help save money

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District has been approved for $1.8 million in rebates from the New Jersey Clean Energy Program for the installation of solar photovoltaic panels at Manalapan, Marlboro, Freehold Township and Howell high schools. The rebates and promotions are provided through the New Jersey Smart Start Building…

  • Goon, ‘Perturbed by issues,’ quits board

    FRHSD panel seeks new Marlboro rep BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer 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…

  • Freehold Twp. native earns broadcast journalism honor

    Columbia University announced Jan. 12 that Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) was selected as one of 13 winners of the 2009 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for broadcast journalism. Chosen from a pool of hundreds of radio and television news entries that aired in the United States between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008, the…

  • Play Texas hold’em & more at Men’s Expo

    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. At…

  • Errickson pupils help others

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — In addition to an annual holiday giving project for families through the Monmouth County Division of Social Services, the Marshall W. Errickson School held a Spirit of Giving Day on Dec. 17. Fourth-graders completed projects to send to various organizations in an effort to bring joy to others during the holiday season.…