• Police officers promoted

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Two officers have moved up rank in the Freehold Borough Police Department. Andrew DeMuth and Christopher Otlowski were sworn in to their new positions by Mayor Nolan Higgins at a Borough Council meeting on April 1. DeMuth was promoted from sergeant to detective sergeant as he took…

  • Lack of cleanup at two homes irks Livingston Lane residents

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Residents living on a well-maintained block in Manalapan’s Monmouth Heights development are wondering how long two vacant homes and damage from superstorm Sandy will continue to be a blight on their street. In recent weeks, several residents of Livingston Lane have contacted the News Transcript and made known…

  • Friends will host dinner for community volunteer

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Ronnie Davis’ friends are coming together to help him through a very rough time in his life. Davis, 58, of Neptune, was raised in Freehold Borough and is a well-known and well-respected member of the Freehold community. In February, Davis was diagnosed with liver cancer, which has…

  • Monmouth freeholders adopt county budget

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has adopted a $481 million budget to fund the operation of the county in 2013. According to a press release, the budget contains a $6.35 million decrease in spending from 2012 and holds the amount to be raised by taxation flat for the fourth year in a row. “We…

  • Freeholder protests proposed JCP&L rate increase

    This is an open letter to the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law. Jersey Central Power & Light’s (JCP&L) recent petition that would yield an overall net operating revenue increase of approximately $112.325 million to cover the costs of tropical storm Irene, superstorm Sandy and the November 2012 nor’easter is yet another insult to its…

  • Bring national anthem to public’s attention for all events

    Why do we only get to see the national anthem after a tragedy? I am not taking the issue of what happened in Boston without the seriousness it truly deserves, and my thoughts are with those who were hurt and killed. My problem is why it always takes a tragedy such as this to remind…

  • Now is the time for public to speak about senior services

    As a member of the Monmouth County Office on Aging Advisory Council and as founder of the Sandwich Generation concept, I see the increasing needs of seniors and elders in our communities and shrinking funds to meet these needs. Monmouth County has one of the highest ratios of seniors in the state. Once a year…

  • How do we feel about taxes? I think we’re over the moon

    CODA GREG BEAN If you were walking around on Thursday, April 18, you might have noticed that a little weight was off the yoke around your shoulders, and there was an extra spring in your step. You might not have known why you suddenly felt less burdened, but I’ve got a possible explanation. April 18…

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