• Extra taxes paid would assist many people

    I have just sent the following letter to Gov. Chris Christie. Because his budget cuts will impact our towns so much, I hope every reader will cut this out from this newspaper, tape it onto another piece of paper, write “I agree,” sign the letter, and send it to the Governor at P.O. Box 001,…

  • Officials eye local tract for solar site

    BY REBECCAMORTON MARLBORO — Municipal officials are moving forward with the purchase of additional open space. They are targeting property on Tennent Road in the hopes of eventually approving the construction of a solar energy facility at that location. An ordinance permitting officials to move forward with the purchase of the property was adopted by…

  • June 12 motorcycle rally to aid wounded veterans

    MARLBORO — It is time to get your motorcycle ready and join the New Jersey Wounded Warrior Motorcycle Rally and Pig Roast on June 12. Marlboro Township Council Vice President Jeff Cantor is one of the men behind theWoundedWarrior Project. Cantor said that while he was serving with the U.S. Army inAfghanistan he and a…

  • Boys Scouts keep up support for Marines

    MARLBORO — For the second time in several months Boy Scout Troop 86 of Marlboro has collected items to send to a former troop member, Ryan Malysz, and his fellow service personnel who are stationed in Afghanistan. Malysz, a 2007 graduate of Marlboro High School, joined the U.S. Marines in September 2008. He is a…

  • Program can assist with mortgage

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Council has announced its participation in the New Jersey HomeKeeper program. The program is funded through a grant from the U.S. Treasury’s Hardest Hit Fund. According to a press release, New Jersey’s unemployment rate is at historically high levels which have translated into extraordinary high numbers of foreclosures. In many…

  • School jazz band wins first place at festival

    COLTS NECK — The Cedar Drive Middle School Jazz Band, under the direction of Denise Ridoux, recently won “Best Overall Jazz Ensemble” in the Hershey Park Band Festival against middle school and high school jazz bands along the East Coast. In addition to winning “Best Overall Jazz Ensemble” with the highest possible rating of “superior,”…

  • datebook 

     The Freehold Township High School class of 1981 is planning its 30th-year class reunion on Oct. 15 at the Battleground County Club, Millhurst Road, Manalapan. Email contact information to FTHSclass [email protected] or visit Facebook page Freehold Township High School class of 1981. For more information, call Michele Ehret Fee at 732-206-1764.  Navy and…

  • ‘NRG Reunion 2011’ coming to Freehold

    NRG, a band that was a regular presence at all of the Jersey Shore clubs in the 1980s, has reformed once again with its original members. NRG last did a reunion in 2004 and drew nearly 500 people to Denim’s, which is now the Park Avenue Bistro in Freehold. NRG will perform at the Park…

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