• Civil words should be used to address legislators

    Free press and comments are necessary and provide an excellent manner of conveying one’s opinion on any subject, but there should be limitations on comments such as that expressed in a writer’s recent letter to the editor that state Sen. Jennifer Beck’s bill (S-2716) “demonstrates that she is slicker than an eel in Vaseline. Next…

  • T-Mobile wrapping up case for new cell tower

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Questions are still being raised about possible alternate locations where T-Mobile could place cellular communications antennas instead of building a cellular communications tower on Amboy Road. The T-Mobile application had its latest hearing before the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment on April 5. The company is seeking permission to…

  • Voters have choice for seats on FRHSD board

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer While three of the Freehold Regional High School District’s eight sending municipalities have seats up for election on April 27, only two of those three towns have people running for three-year terms. The terms for representatives of Colts Neck, Freehold Township and Marlboro are up this spring. Christopher Placitella and Carl…

  • 6 seek 3 three-year terms on Freehold Twp. board

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Six residents will vie for three three-year seats on the Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education in the April 27 school election. Current board members Grace McMillan and Mike Williams are not seeking reelection. The candidates for the three-year terms are Michelle Lambert, Michael…

  • Horse farms quarantined as investigation continues

    The New Jersey Department of Agriculture has quarantined two Colts Neck horse farms as part of its investigation into an outbreak of the neurologic form of equine herpes virus, type 1 (EHV-1) that has led to the death of one horse and sickened five others. According to a press release from the Department of Agriculture,…

  • Family Funtathlon offers fun for all

    AFamily Funtathlon hosted by the Monmouth County Park System will be held May 7 at Thompson Park, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. The event offers teams composed of two to six family members (children ages 6-14) the opportunity to compete in a variety of outdoor adventure challenges such as canoeing, archery and other athletics while problem…

  • Christie signs Sara’s Law, honoring Sayreville teen

    Mother certain registry will help other families in times of crisi BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer No parent wants a law named after her child, not for something like this. But for Betty Dubinin of Sayreville, Middlesex County, the law is an important one and she is sure her daughter Sara would have approved. On…

  • Three run unopposed in Freehold Borough

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A trio of Freehold Borough residents is running unopposed for three three-year terms on the Freehold Borough K- 8 School District Board of Education in the April 27 school election. The candidates are James Keelan, Daniel Xavier and Bruce Patrick. Keelan and Xavier are current members of…

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