• Board still seeking new superintendent

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education is getting closer to selecting a new superintendent of schools. The current superintendent of schools, Ross Kasun, will be leaving the district in September to become the superintendent of schools in the Freehold Township K-8 School District. During the…

  • Freehold Twp. death is now ruled homicide

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP— The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has ruled a death that occurred on July 31 at a Jackson Mills Road residence is a homicide. A body was discovered by firefighters who responded to the blaze at 200 Jackson Mills Road in the early morning hours of July 31.…

  • Volunteers needed to aid victims of violence

    Beginning in October, 180-Turning Lives Around (180), a private nonprofit organization dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence, will be conducting a training course for Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT) volunteers. Applications are being accepted for the program. The volunteer advocates with 180’s DVRT program are civilian members of the community who work with the…

  • Smith proposal would create Lyme advisory committee

    Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.) has announced the introduction of a bill he wrote to combat Lyme disease. Smith is the sponsor of the measure, H.R. 2557, which would support federal efforts concerning Lyme and other tick-borne diseases through the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee. Smith co-chairs the House Lyme Disease Caucus with Frank…

  • Businesswoman planning yogurt café in Freehold

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Advisory Commission has given its approval to a plan for a yogurt café on Throckmorton St. The application was presented to the commission on July 25. The yogurt café will be at 52 Throckmorton St. in a building that currently houses a travel agency. The yogurt café will…

  • Walk4Hearing 5K slated for Oct. 15

    The Hearing Loss Association of New Jersey (HLAA) is hosting the fourth annual Garden State Walk4Hearing on Oct. 15 at Mercer County ParkWest, WestWindsor. The 5K-walk (3.1 miles) will begin with registration at 9 a.m. and the walk will start at 10 a.m. The walk, held in multiple cities across the country, is the largest…

  • Pastor to be installed at St. Rose of Lima

    Freehold Borough native, the Rev. James A. Conover, worshipped at church as a boy BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent FREEHOLD — The Rev. James A. Conover said he has come full circle as preparations are in full swing for his installation ceremony and liturgy as pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish, Freehold Borough. Bishop David M.…

  • The works of Maurice Sendak ‘In a Nutshell’

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Above: The traveling exhibit “In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak” has brought the works of this legendary author and illustrator to the Monroe Township library. Below: Sendak is best known for his classic children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are.” PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Perhaps best known…

  • Police calls to be dispatched by Monmouth County center

    Freehold Borough officials getting ready to transfer respsonsibility BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Monmouth County officials have approved a plan to take over police dispatch duties for Freehold Borough. Mayor Michael Wilson said the county approved the change about two weeks ago. Wilson said moving the police dispatching duties from the Freehold Borough Police…

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