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  • Antus honored by chamber

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Mayor Anthony Ammiano announced on behalf of the Township Committee that Town-ship Administrator Thomas E. Antus was honored on June 8 by the Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce with the “Circle of Excellence Award” for Public Service. The chamber’s Circle of Excellence Award was established in 1995 and was designed to honor…

  • Winners in Optimists’ essay contest announced

    The Noontime Optimist Club of Freehold sponsored an essay contest and held the awards dinner recently at Old Country Buffet, Freehold Township. The topic was “I Am Unique Because … ,” and the judges were Felicia Weinberg and Faith Goldsmith, both of Freehold, and Heater Vitale of Englishtown. First place was won by Matthew Egan…

  • Aldrich Lake dredging remains sticky situation

    Howell officials hope new equipment will get project going in 2007 BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – The Township Council scheduled a budget workshop meeting on May 9, but residents who showed up at town hall forced the governing body to address another issue – the unfulfilled promise…

  • Freeholders join Navy to commemorate battle

    SANDY HOOK – Monmouth County freeholders Theodore J. Naro-zanick and Lillian G. Burry, with representatives from Naval Weapons Station Earle, marked the 64th anniversary of the Battle of Midway recently with an overview of the famous World War II battle and a laying of the wreath. The battle, fought June 4-7, 1942, near the central…

  • Two injured in Rt. 79 crash

    MARLBORO – Two drivers were injured following a head-on motor vehicle collision on Route 79. According to information provided by police, at 6:38 p.m. June 9, Charles Dooling, 21, of Marlboro, was traveling north on Route 79, just north of Beacon Hill Road, in a Volkswagen Jetta. Police said a vehicle that was not involved…

  • County will make money from sale of methane gas

    FREEHOLD – In a move that will increase revenues, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has struck a deal with GSF Energy LLC to sell the methane gas that is produced from the decomposition of solid waste at the Monmouth County Reclamation Center, Tinton Falls. According to a press release from the county, GSF Energy…

  • Orchards slated to be preserved

    COLTS NECK – Eastmont Orchards, Route 537, is destined to play a major role in the township’s open space preservation program. An ordinance to that effect is expected to be approved at the Township Committee’s regular meeting on June 28, according to Robert Bowden, Colts Neck’s clerk and administrator. The process to acquire development rights…

  • Sheriff leads national group

    Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley was sworn in as president of the American Jail Association (AJA) at the association’s annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 24 at the Salt Palace Convention Center. An active member of AJA since 1996, Oxley progressed through the elected offices culminating with his installation as president.…

  • County police academy graduates 38 new officers

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Monmouth County Police Academy graduated 38 new police officers recently, many of whom will now go on to serve as full-time patrolmen. The members of the graduating class, three of whom paid their own way through the academy and do not have promises of employment, trained for nearly 750 hours over…