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  • Ordinance brought into compliance with state law

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Forget the ordinance that required you to check the Megan’s Law Internet Web site before you sold or leased a home, because that ordinance apparently conflicted with state law. In December the Township Committee adopted a measure that required anyone seeking to sell, lease or…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Spring means the arrival of Little League baseball, and on April 2, Dennis Debernardis was on the mound for the Mets during a game against the Nationals at Michael J. Tighe Park, Freehold Township.

  • Sides agree to move on in aftermath of statement

    Italian American reps thank town officials for helping to settle issue BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – With all sides working to effect a mutually acceptable solution, the township has moved toward calming a tense situation that had been building since early March. Efforts toward calming the recent tensions caused…

  • Construction project back for second vote

    Freehold Borough voters asked to OK $7.8 million plan BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer For the second time in less than six months, voters will be asked to approve a $7.8 million construction project for the Freehold Borough School District. The project will be on the ballot on April…

  • Five seek 3-year terms in Freehold Township

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Residents will have the opportunity on April 18 to elect three people to the K-8 Board of Education. The candidates for the three three-year terms on the board are Fillip Gershon, Kay Poklemba-Holtz, Abram Conk, Christopher Marion and Randy Vollbrecht. Gershon and Poklemba-Holtz…

  • Lucas gains nod to run for board of freeholders

    Manalapan official wins support from Monmouth GOP BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Andrew Lucas With a margin of victory that could not have been any closer and was guaranteed to cause controversy, Andrew Lucas, a township committeeman in Manalapan, managed to secure the Repub-lican Party’s nomination as a candidate for the…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago One of the greatest election recount contests on record was concluded by Justice Charles E. Hendrickson and the Monmouth County Board of Elections here Monday, when the board announced a majority of six votes for Charles E. Close, thus defeating C. Asa Francis, who was declared elected to the Office of Sheriff…

  • Auditions

    Women of Song, a female vocal group, is seeking sopranos and altos. The group performs a variety of music. Rehearsals are held Friday mornings in the Marlboro area. Some sight-reading skills would be helpful. Details: Randy, (732) 787-1697. Count Basie Theatre’s Youth Jazz Orchestra Training Program will hold auditions April 15 for young musicians. The…

  • FRHSD seeking voters’ OK for ’06-07 budget

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Residents in the eight towns that make up the Freehold Regional High School District will be asked to approve a $100.8 million tax levy for the 2006-07 school year in the April 18 school election. The FRHSD Board of Education has adopted a $158.5…