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  • Council adopts $13 million municipal budget for 2007

    FREEHOLD – The Borough Council has adopted a $13.2 million budget to fund the operation of the municipality in 2007. The budget was adopted on May 23. Officials expect to raise $7.1 million through the local tax levy, according to Borough Administrator Joseph Bellina. According to figures provided by Bellina, the municipal tax rate will…

  • In the Service

    Army Spec. Pastor Paul M. Durano has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony,…

  • Legislators continue push for extra school funding

    Freehold Borough spending is below state’s T&E standard BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Three state legislators are still working to secure the funds necessary to give Freehold Borough public school children a thorough and efficient (T&E) education. According to figures provided by borough school administrators, the borough…

  • Hotels Unlimited acquires Freehold Gardens hotel

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Hotels Unlimited Inc., through an affiliated company, Freehold Lodging Realty, LLC, based out of East Windsor, has purchased the Freehold Gardens Hotel and Conference Center, Gibson Place, off Route 537. Doran Tajfel, vice president of Hotels Unlimited, announced that the 114-room hotel will be converted to a Radisson following a major renovation…

  • Law will keep candidates off local cable channel

    BY VICTORIA HURLEY-SCHUBERT Staff Writer BY VICTORIA HURLEY-SCHUBERTStaff Writer MARLBORO – Residents will be seeing less of Mayor Robert Kleinberg on the local cable television channel 77, MCTV, over the next few months because of a municipal ordinance that prohibits candidates for political office from appearing on the channel. Kleinberg, a Republican, announced in April…

  • On Campus

    Christopher Konecny of Freehold, doctor of pharmacy, has graduated from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., completing the six-year PharmD program. During his six years, he has been honored with dean’s list recognition, received the Louis Licamele Memorial Scholarship, the Henry A. Palmer Scholarship presented by the Connecticut Pharmacists Association, and the CVS Academic Scholarship.…

  • Peter Noone to headline June 9 Manalapan Day

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – An icon from the British Invasion of the 1960s will again hold court here in the colonies when Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone takes the stage at the annual Manalapan Day celebration. Herman’s Hermits was among the British musical acts that crossed the Atlantic…

  • United Way of Monmouth benefits from golf outing

    United Way of Monmouth County recently held its 11th annual Spring Tee-Off, co-sponsored by UBS Financial Services at the Metedeconk National Golf Club, Jackson. The day began with a buffet luncheon followed by a 1 p.m. shotgun start; 155 golfers participated in the outing. Two cars and one Harley Davidson motorcycle were donated for the…

  • Municipal work gets go-ahead

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has adopted as ordinance appropriating almost $5 million for improvements to roads and parks. Money will also be used to purchase vehicles and equipment, and for general municipal renovations. Road, sidewalk and curb improvements, and replacement and drainage, are estimated to cost $1.8 million. A little more than $300,000…