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  • Springfest set at Oakley farm

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Freehold Township Heritage Society and the township’s Historic Preservation Commission will once again present the spring celebration Springfest at Oakley Farm. This special event will take place at the historic Oakley farm homestead, Wemrock Road and Oakley Drive, on May 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Springfest at Oakley Farm…

  • Local man is ordained permanent deacon

    Frank J. Weber, a member of St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church, Freehold Township, has been ordained a permanent deacon in the Diocese of Trenton. Weber and 16 other men from the diocese were ordained by Bishop John M. Smith at a ceremony May 13 in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton. The ordination…

  • FTHS classes of ’75-’77 to hold reunion Aug. 18

    A class reunion for Freehold Township High School classes of 1975, ’76 and ’77 will be held 6-11 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa, Long Branch. Teachers and guests from other classes are also invited. The price is $110 per person if reserved by May 31, or $125 after May 31…

  • Medical campus will be named for local couple

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – CentraState Healthcare System has begun the largest construction project in its 35-year history, a 170,000-square-foot ambulatory campus. At the same time, officials announced a gift of more than $2 million, which is the largest donation the organization has ever received. CentraState is building a three-story outpatient facility adjacent to the medical center…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago Liquor licenses again occupied the attention of Judge John E. Foster in court in Freehold Monday when he sat to listen to the petitioners and remonstrants in the license applications of Barney Feltman for a hotel at Clarks-burg (Millstone Township), Thomas Collins of Manalapan and Louis Troper for a hotel on South…

  • ‘Eddie Cantor’ to visit university

    LAKEWOOD – From impoverished youth to international star of stage, radio and screen, Eddie Cantor traveled a long way from his boyhood home on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. In May and June, Georgian Court University (GCU) will host an interactive theater production with its presentation of “Mrs. Gould Welcomes Eddie Cantor.” As part of GCU’s…

  • FRHSD board taps Wright to fill Freehold Twp. seat

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer To fill the vacant Freehold Township seat on the panel, the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has found Mr. Wright. At their May 8 meeting, the board members selected Michael A. Wright Sr. to represent Freehold Township. In March, former Freehold…

  • Plan for bank to be heard

    BY ELANA ARON Correspondent BY ELANA ARONCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A proposal has been made to demolish a long-abandoned gas station and construct a Valley National Bank in its place. The gas station at the corner of Route 9 north and Three Brooks Road has been abandoned for many years because of soil contamination. According…

  • Benefit yard sale planned

    HOWELL – On May 20, a charity yard sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 25 Carol Lane to support a 3-year-old girl who is battling a rare form of cancer. Carol Lane is off Stanley Boulevard, which intersects Route 9 south just south of Interstate 195. Vanessa Cunha, of the…