• Freehold council puts opposition to two state bills on the record

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Borough officials recently made their feelings known on two pieces of legislation that are under consideration by state officials in Trenton. A-2114 and A-3317 would, if passed in the Legislature and signed into law, preempt all municipal ordinances that require the registration of multiple dwellings of three…

  • CentraState, FRHSD mark 10 years of partnership

    The CentraState Healthcare System and the Freehold Regional High School District are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the district’s Medical Sciences Specialized Learning Center at Freehold High School, Freehold Borough. “We value our partnership with the CentraState Healthcare System and are grateful for the opportunities generously given our Medical Sciences Learning Center students,” Principal Linda…

  • Police warning residents about phone scams

    MANALAPAN — Police are reminding all residents not to give any personal information to anyone over the phone. According to a press release, the Manalapan Police Department has received several reports that unknown individuals, fraudulently representing themselves as Medicare and/or Medicaid employees, are contacting senior citizens and requesting banking account information to keep their Medicare/Medicaid…

  • Keep sending those pictures

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN These days, Greater Media Newspapers and many other print, online and broadcast media outlets invite our readers, viewers and listeners to be more a part of our products than ever before. Specifically, several months ago Greater Media Newspapers launched an initiative that asked our readers to submit photos to us…

  • H.S. district walks line between security, educational purposes

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer I n the wake of the Dec. 14 shooting in which 26 people were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., administrators in the Freehold Regional High School District are examining what can be done to improve security in the district’s six high schools. “It is a…

  • Me? Forget a birthday? Impossible!

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH A lthough growing older doesn’t necessarily appeal to me, I like my birthday. I enjoy the days leading up to it, the winding down that follows, and if I can stretch celebrations out for a month, I’m all kinds of happy. I don’t just love my own birthday, I…

  • What will you be doing on Darwin’s special day?

    CODA GREG BEAN When I read the story in The New York Times last Saturday that U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (N.J.-12th District) had introduced a resolution designating Charles Darwin’s birthday — Feb. 12 — as Darwin Day, my first thought was: Uh-oh! You’re gonna get some grief for this! There he was in the photo…

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     The Joseph J. Catena School, 275 Burlington Road, Freehold Township, will host a fun run/walk on April 20. The proceeds will be used toward a shared fitness trail for the Catena School and the Eisenhower Middle School. The event will include a 3-mile run/walk at 8:30 a.m., a 1- mile run (ages 13 and…

  • School budget to be discussed

    MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has announced a series of public presentations and discussions at Board of Education meetings, as well as public presentations by Superintendent of Schools David Abbott where residents will have the opportunity to ask questions about the 2013-14 school year budget. The schedule is as follows:…

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