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  • Sex offender law considered

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer FREEHOLD — The Borough Council has set Sept. 19 as the date for a public hearing and possible adoption of an ordinance that will restrict the places in town where convicted sex offenders may live. The ordinance was introduced by the council on Sept. 6. The…

  • Residents want to keep their piece of Marlboro

    Hamilton Park dates back to mid-1980s as affordable development BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — Residents of the Hamilton Park mobile home development are concerned about their future. The residents are in the final five years of their lease with the township and want to know if they will be…

  • Mayor: Rec work will be in future

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — While it is true that bonds will be issued this fall so municipal officials can purchase a 300-acre parcel near the Manasquan Reservoir on Georgia Tavern Road, Mayor Joseph M. DiBella wants to assure residents there are no imminent plans for any development of…

  • Project Lifesaver helps locate missing resident

    FREEHOLD — Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley and John A. Wanat, executive director of the Monmouth County Office on Aging, announced the fifth rescue involving the Monmouth County Project Lifesaver Program. According to a press release, a Freehold Borough resident on the program wandered away from his Helen Avenue home at about 2:56 p.m.…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago Coming to Freehold as an infant, educated in the Freehold schools and ordained to the ministry in a Freehold church, the people of Freehold felt more than a passing interest in the Rev. Arthur P. Brokaw, the news of whose death at the early age of 27 was received with sincere regret…

  • 50 years after the fact, news story is finished

    News Transcript BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer “The borough was much smaller when I was growing up. In those days, I knew everybody in town. I still have a lot of friends in the town.” — Eugene W. Landy Rest assured, readers of the News Transcript Yesteryear column, things turned out…

  • Redeem-Her offers helping hand of support

    Former offenders find return to BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Stacey Kindt, the founder of Redeem-Her, knows that women who have been released from prison need a helping hand to become productive in society. The Your Closet branch of the program collects clothes and cosmetics that…

  • Community will gather at annual Marlboro Day

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — The 22nd annual Marlboro Day will provide residents, their guests and visitors to the community with an afternoon filled with rides, musical entertainment, food and games. Marlboro Day will be held at the municipal complex, Wyncrest Road, from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 18.…

  • Organization took wing as founder served time

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Women who have been incarcerated are making it in the outside world despite countless obstacles that seem to block their way. Redeem-Her, a nonprofit organization founded by Stacey Kindt, of Lakewood, is offering women a variety of services in addition to support and kinship…