• Freehold adds two patrolmen to force

    Former sheriff’s officers join police department BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Freehold Borough has hired two formerM onmouth County Sheriff’s Department officers to replace two veterans officers who have retired from the Freehold Borough Police Department. Patrolman Samuel Hernandez and Patrolman Peter Romanski are already patrolling Freehold’s streets under the supervision of a field…

  • Trip mixed basketball, culture for Cardamone

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Stephanie Cardamone had a good reason to miss her final exams in June. She was receiving an education on and off the basketball court in Argentina. Stephanie Cardamone Cardamone, who will be a senior at Freehold Township High School, was a member of the USA Athletes International (USAAI) team that…

  • Preservation funding advances

    Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande announced the unanimous passage of three bills by the state Senate awarding nearly $6 million in funding to 12th District municipalities for farmland and historic preservation purposes. Senate bill S-2712 appropriates $27.75 million from the 2007 Farmland Preservation Fund and Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund…

  • Marlboro residents deserve a councilman who is on duty in town

    In pointing out the possible election of a potential absentee councilman, Jeff Cantor, in Marlboro’s November election, News Transcript Managing Editor Mark Rosman has rightly posed a provocative question (“Marlboro Election is More Than 1 Issue,” July 29). It suggests that shouldMr. Cantor, (who is) scheduled to be on duty in the Middle East, be…

  • Kathy Ann Bolger

    Ms. Bolger, 57, of Manalapan, died July 21, 2009, at the Pine Brook Nursing Home in Englishtown. She resided in New York until moving to The Villages, Freehold, with her parents in 1975. In April 1995 Ms. Bolger moved to the Alexandria Group home and remained there until moving to Pine Brook Nursing Home. She…

  • Entries sought for cover design contest

    Jersey Shore Public Relations and AdvertisingAssociation (JSPRAA) has announced a cover design competition and scholarship for students attending vocational school, high school, or college. The winning entry will be published on the cover of the 35th Annual JASPERAwards programinOctober. In addition, the winner will be the guest of JSPRAA at the awards dinner at the…

  • Random drug tests gain approval

    FRHSD students who have ‘privileges’ will be subject to tests, board decides BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District is taking steps toward initiating random drug testing among students who are categorized as privileged. Privileged children as defined by FRHSD administrators are those students who participate in sports programs, afterschool activities…

  • Freehold Township L.L. will host Eastern Regional

    The Freehold Township Little League will be the center of attention in the local Little League baseball world beginning on Aug. 8. For the fifth consecutive year, the league is hosting the Little League Junior League (ages 13-14) Eastern Regional Tournament. The tournament will run Aug. 8-13. The winning team will earn a spot in…

  • School board eyes savings in new computer link-up

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Administrators in the Marlboro K-8 School District are looking to move toward virtualizations in the media centers of the district’s two middle schools. A discussion on that topic was held during the Marlboro Board of Education workshop meeting on July 14. Technology Supervisor Kimberly Alexander said she was…

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