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  • Board member proposes use of buses to activities

    BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer MARLBORO — Board of Education member Isaac Levy is proposing that the township’s K-8 school district use its buses to transport students to various after-school activities. Levy mentioned religious schools and dance schools as the type of places buses could take students after school is dismissed…

  • Students’ thoughtfulness will help comfort children

    DAVE BENJAMIN Freehold Borough Police Chief Michael F. Beierschmitt checks out supplies being packed by (l-r) Jessica Small, Alissa Goetz and Inna Basanskaya. The backpacks contain personal items and will be given to a child if he or she has to be removed from a situation at home with little or no time to gather…

  • Teen achieves pinnacle in Boy Scout activities

    BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Jared Gierisch Scouting has been a way of life for Jared Matthew Gierisch, 16, of Marlboro. Jared, who is a junior at Marlboro High School, was presented with his Eagle Scout rank earlier this year during an Eagle Court of Honor held in Neff Chapel at…

  • Land owners lobby board for zoning consideration

    BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer MARLBORO — Several developers and land owners have asked the Planning Board to recommend that properties in the township be zoned for residential development. The Planning Board is preparing to issue recommendations for changes to Marlboro’s master plan. A committee formed by the board has issued…

  • 38-0 Senate vote approves environmental prosecutor

    A bill sponsored by Senate President and Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey and Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth and Mercer) to create a statewide Office of the Environmental Prosecutor in order to pursue legal action against criminals who violate environmental laws in New Jersey was recently approved by the Senate by a vote of 38-0. The…

  • Yesteryear

    100 years ago The Freehold Transcript is perhaps not given to “over self-laudation.” It respects itself, however, all the same, and strives to merit the esteem of others, and in rare instances it is impelled to speak of itself and the principles it stands for. The present seems, somehow, to have been intended for one…

  • Survivors and students renew work on project

    Exhibit of portraits at Howell is expected to take place in spring BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer HOWELL — It was back to the drawing board on a recent morning for a group of about 80 Howell High School art and history students who are involved in the “Portraits of Survivors”…

  • New officer looks forward to hitting the streets

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Brain Ruegger has spent the majority of his adult life working in sales, but the newest member of the Freehold Borough Police Depart-ment said the events of Sept. 11, 2001, as well as the safety of his two young children were his…

  • What the ‘towel’ did that kid just say?

    Lori C linch Are We There Yet? I think the short days of winter are taking their toll on our family. I’m not so sure that we can take all of the indoor time together for much longer. That’s for stinking sure. Take tonight for instance. My little Lawrence took a nice, long shower only…