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  • Board expects to introduce $19.6M budget for ’08-09

    FREEHOLD- The Freehold Borough Board of Education expects to introduce a budget for the 2008-09 school year when it meets at 7 p.m. March 3 at the Park Avenue Elementary School. District administrators said on Feb. 25 that the total budget for 2008-09 is expected to be $19.6 million. That total is tentative at this…

  • Council accepts $600K bid for Bennett Street building

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – An old school which most recently served as the headquarters of the Freehold Borough Police Department is expected to get a new life. Borough officials have taken steps to sell the building on Bennett Street to U.S. Property Group, LLC, of Englishtown. Most of the proceeds of…

  • Mayor wants reassessment of toxic site

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO- Municipal officials are working to have the Imperial Oil property, a 15-acre tract off Tennent Road near Route 79, cleaned up and rid of its chemical contamination once and for all. The Imperial Oil industrial property was declared a federal Superfund site in the 1980s. It was one of…

  • Scholarship established to honor wife’s memory

    The Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ) has announced the establishment of the Violet A. Yurowski Nursing Scholarship to encourage and support Brookdale Community College students who desire to pursue a career in the field of nursing. The scholarship was established by G. Edmund Yurowski, a Freehold resident, in memory of his wife, Violet,…

  • Museum will tell story of Jews in Monmouth

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Construction work is continuing inside a 150- year-old barn that will soon be reborn and enjoy a new life as the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County. Approximately 3,000 square feet of space in the mid-19th century Levi Solomon barn is being transformed into a space that…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Guests at a model train show sponsored by the Sunrise Optimist Club of Freehold examine one of the layouts that was on display at the Knob Hill golf course clubhouse in Manalapan on Feb. 17. The model train show attracted people of all ages and was a fundraiser for the Open Door…

  • Council sets LOSAP payment for volunteers

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – The township will increase its annual payment to the Length of Service Awards Program (LOSAP) for qualified volunteer members of certain organizations based on the consumer price index. Members of the Township Council voted on Feb. 7 to change the previous practice of periodic increases to the LOSAP…

  • Home overcrowding in N.J. crosshairs

    Under proposed law, tenants could be fined for causing problem BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Abill that is currently making its way through the state Senate could have an impact on towns such as Freehold Borough and Lakewood if it eventually becomes law. The proposed legislation addresses residential overcrowding in private homes, but not…

  • Council tables outdoor storage container code

    FREEHOLD – An ordinance which seeks to regulate the use of portable outdoor storage units has been tabled by the Borough Council. The ordinance had a public hearing at the council’s Feb. 19 meeting, but the members of the governing body tabled a vote on the new law after concerns were raised by a member…