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  • Driver faces charges after 4-car crash

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — The driver of a Chevrolet Express passenger van was charged with careless driving following a collision that shut down Route 9 on April 21. The accident which occurred at 8:09 a.m. injured two people and closed off one lane of Route 9 south near…

  • Monmouth County will discuss deer report in May

    The Monmouth County Park System has released its “Deer Management Background Report” and “Deer Management Program Annual Report” and has scheduled public information sessions related to the report. The reports contain information about the program as administered by the park system during the 2004-05 deer hunting season and staff recommendations for the 2005-06 season. Complete…

  • Panel wants more power in preserving structures

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Many people recognize the precious character of their community’s historic buildings as they watch one of those properties go under the bulldozer. So it will be with Freehold Borough when the 19th-century Bartleson home on South Street is razed to make room…

  • Manalapan-Englishtown budget gains approval

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — Voters in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District said yes to the Board of Education’s budget for the 2005-06 school year in the April 19 school election. Voters approved a $38.1 million local tax levy to support the board’s proposed $66.7 million budget for the…

  • FRHSD budget approved by margin of 563 votes

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Voters in the Freehold Regional High School District have given their approval to raise $93.5 million in local taxes to support a $150.5 million budget for the 2005-06 school year. The annual school election was April 19. Voters also returned three incumbents to the FRHSD Board…

  • Standards for houses of worship draw debate

    Proposed code expected to be topic of discussion May 5 BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer The benches of Marlboro Town Hall were filled on a recent evening as residents spoke out for and against an ordinance that would change the lot size requirement for houses of worship. According to the ordinance,…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff An officer and his K-9 partner search the grounds of the Monmouth County Courthouse, Freehold Borough, after a bomb threat caused the building to be evacuated on the morning of April 19. See story, page 37.

  • Freehold Twp. voters approve school budget

    $58.1 million plan for 2005-06 is now in place BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Just under 11 percent of Freehold Township’s 21,521 registered voters went to the polls on Election Day, April 19, but of those who did, a majority gave their support to the Board of Education’s budget for the…

  • Bomb threats clear 2 buildings in Freehold

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Bomb threats made at two of the borough’s largest Monmouth County buildings resulted in employees and visitors to those buildings walking the streets of town for hours on April 19 and April 20. According to Monmouth County Undersheriff Ted Freeman, a call…