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  • A very Merry Christmas

    Santa Claus showed up in Freehold on Dec. 16 to attend a party for soldiers and their families at the National Guard Armory, Route 33. The Family Readiness Group sponsored the affair. Santa had fun greeting youngsters such as the son of Tomas and Jannet Montalvo.

  • N.J.’s Crossroads heritage area gains federal funding

    The Fiscal Year 2008 Appropriations Bill approved in Congress on Dec. 19 includes $150,000 for the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area, Congressman Rush Holt (D-N.J.) announced. The approval of funds in the National Park Service budget marks the first time Congress has allocated federal dollars to the heritage area since President George…

  • Scouts busy with activities

    Boy Scout Troop 358 of Freehold Township participated in two training programs in November. On Nov. 3 nine scouts attended the 2007 Den Chief Conference hosted by Monmouth Council, Boy Scouts of America. The role of Den Chief is imperative in order to recruit and transition Cub Scouts into Boy Scouts. The scouts are now…

  • Firefighter will be honored with plaque at memorial

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – A local firefighter who died in the line of duty on Jan. 11, 2000, will be honored at the Marlboro Township Veterans Memorial in front of Town Hall. At their meeting on Dec. 6, members of the Township Council passed a resolution to honor Ronald Osadacz. Osadacz, 36,…

  • BREAKING NEWS

    Howell may be getting ready to name new recreation director BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Howell may be getting ready to name new recreation director BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer HOWELL — Municipal officials may name a new recreation director as early as Dec. 26. Howell Township Manager Helene Schlegel told Greater Media Newspapers on Dec.…

  • Resident says odor remains near Freewood Acres homes

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – Kenneth Harper, who has lived in Howell’s Freewood Acres neighborhood off Route 9 for 15 years, had 18 guests at his home on Thanksgiving. Instead of smelling the sweet aroma of turkey, stuffing and candied yams, Harper’s guests focused on a lingering odor and asked their host, “Hey,…

  • Hearing for Howell hotel cancelled by applicant

    BREAKING NEWS Hearing for Howell hotel cancelled by applicant HOWELL — A public hearing on an applicant’s plan to build a six-story hotel near the intersection of Route 9 and Interstate 195 will not be heard by the Howell Zoning Board of Adjustment on Dec. 17. A special meeting of the zoning board had been…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Three-year-old Alyssa Canada of Freehold displays her excitement as she shares a visit with Santa Claus during his annual visit to Freehold Borough Dec. 15. Santa arrived in town on a full-size Conrail train engine. More than 100 children lined up for pictures with Santa and had a chance to share their…

  • Officials award contract for soil cleanup

    Firm will handle soil contaminated by oil and by pesticide use BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer Contentious discussion coupled with a thumbnail education of the soil remediation process preceded the Manalapan Township Committee’s passage of a resolution that awarded a $15,000 soil cleanup contract for township-owned property on Route 522. TTI Environmental Inc., of Moorestown,…