• Law places a premium on proper bike parking

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — An ordinance that address the parking of bicycles in Freehold Borough was unanimously adopted by the Borough Council Dec. 21. The ordinance states that “the uncontrolled placement and tethering or securing of bicycles in public rights-of-way and semipublic rights-of-way on public property presents an inconvenience and a…

  • Free trees available to celebrate Arbor Day

    The New Jersey Tree Foundation is offering free 2-year-old trees (1 to 2 feet tall) to celebrate Arbor Day 2010 in New Jersey. Schools, local governments, tree groups, nonprofit organizations, Scout groups, and any volunteer organization may apply for the free trees. All planting must occur on public lands, be done by volunteers and maintained…

  • Marlboro will seek funds for assessment of parcel

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has passed a resolution to seek funds from the state in order to perform an environmental assessment of property that municipal officials intend to acquire. The resolution authorizes the township to submit an application to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for money from…

  • Former NFL lineman will speak at Chabad

    Alan Veingrad MANALAPAN — Former Englishtown resident and professional football player Alan Veingrad will return to Manalapan to a pre-playoff breakfast at Chabad of Western Monmouth County, 26 Wickatunk Road, on Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. Veingrad will share his journey and vividly relate the discipline of being a professional football player to the process…

  • Group raising funds to upgrade diamond

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The baseball community of Colts Neck is coming together to update a baseball diamond with a new synthetic turf surface. Colts Neck native Kevin Condon said he noticed that the fields his children play baseball on have not been improved since the days he played on them…

  • County planning two new buildings in twp.

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The township is expected to be home to a new Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office building and a new 911 dispatch center in the near future. The Freehold Township Planning Board reviewed both projects on Dec. 3 and directed its attorney to prepare a positive resolution for…

  • Family trying to cope with loss of daughter

    Fire claimed Kaylee Ramos, 12; surviving family members want to return to Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Home means different things to different people. To the Ramos family of Freehold Borough, which lost a daughter and sister, Kaylee, 12, in a house fire on Feb. 2, 2009, home means the…

  • Traffic impact given long look by board

    Testimony to resume in Jan. on Marlboro Commons plan BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — No decision has been reached and testimony on the proposed Marlboro Commons shopping center on Route 9 south at the Route 520 intersection is expected to resume at a Marlboro Planning Board meeting in January. During the board’s Dec.…

  • In the Service

    Coast Guard Seaman Lauren K. Pfeifer, daughter of Shirley and Scott Pfeifer of Freehold, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May. During the eight-week training program, Pfeifer completed a training curriculum consisting of academics and practical instruction on water safety and survival, military customs and courtesies, seamanship skills, first…

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