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  • Freehold Twp. budget checks in at $38.4M

    BY ELANA ARON Correspondent BY ELANA ARONCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has presented its municipal budget for 2007. The operating budget totals $38.4 million, which is under cap and within the statutorily permitted amount to be raised in taxes. Property owners will pay a total tax levy of $12.4 million (approximately 32 percent…

  • Down memory lane

    Planning continued in the fall of 1992 for the ongoing renaissance of Freehold Borough and three of the leaders in that effort, (l-r) Court Jester owner Jeff Jones, business advocate Kathy Shaw and Ballew Jewelers owner John Ballew, gathered on Main Street to review plans for the downtown’s revitalization. Jones died in July 2000 at…

  • In the Arts

    The Manalapan Battleground Symphony, sponsored by Manalapan Parks and Recreation, will present its Spring Concert May 12, 7:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 118 W. Main Street, at the corner of Main and Brinkerhoff Avenue, in Freehold. This spring concert will be conducted by its symphony conductor, Chiu-Tze Lin. Three winners of the 2007…

  • Officials prepare to name new member of committee

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Republican Municipal Chairman Stephen McEnery said the local Republican organization has submitted the names of three candidates for the Township Committee to consider appointing to complete an unexpired term. The three candidates are Susan Cohen, of Bonnie Drive, Susan Heckler, of Notting Hill Court,…

  • Freehold will host pair of antique festivals

    The Freehold Center Partnership is inviting antiques dealers and collectors to participate in its 10th annual Spring AntiqueFest/Art Show on May 20 (rain date, May 27) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on West Main Street between Court and Throckmorton streets. An antique should be an objet d’art having special value due to its age.…

  • Counties applaud state support for MOM line

    Citing the critical need for transit investments to be made in Ocean and Monmouth counties, officials in both counties praised the recent action of NJ Transit in providing additional funding to study a proposed passenger rail line. “The action by the NJ Transit Board of Directors to provide an additional $2.4 million for the ongoing…

  • On Campus

    Joelle L. DiNardi, a junior at Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., is among 15 students spending the spring semester in Dijon, France, with Bernadette Lintz, associate professor of romance languages and literature. DiNardi is the daughter of Janet and Joseph DiNardi of Freehold. She is concentrating in French at Colgate.

  • Police investigating Howell bank heist

    HOWELL – The New Friendship branch of PNC Bank in the Friendship Mall, Route 9 south, was robbed by a single individual on May 1 at 4:45 p.m. Police said the suspect was wearing a black-striped motorcycle helmet with a face shield. Howell police Capt. Steve Dreher said the suspect showed a black handgun and…

  • First-class mail stamp price to rise to 41 cents

    New postage rates go into effect on Monday, May 14, including a 2-cent increase in the price of a first-class mail stamp. Post offices nationwide are now selling the new 41-cent stamps and also 1- and 2-cent stamps for customers who still have a supply of 39-cent stamps, according to a press release from the…