• New CFO brings years of experience to job

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Catherine Campbell, the municipality’s new chief financial officer and treasurer, will be working with someone from her past: her eighth-grade civics teacher, Tom Antus. Antus is Freehold Township’s municipal administrator. Campbell succeeds Debrah DeFeo, who was Freehold Township’s CFO and treasurer for 20 years and recently…

  • Smith: USPS will shutter Freehold Borough facility

    FREEHOLD — The United States Postal Service has decided to close the downtown Freehold Borough postal facility. The postal facility has been operating out of a temporary trailer that has been parked in a Monmouth County parking lot on Lafayette Street for the better part of a decade. In a press release, U.S. Congressman Chris…

  • Teen achieves rank of Eagle

    MARLBORO — Peter Smith, 14, of Marlboro, has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout award. Peter, who is a member of Holmdel Troop 331, is one of approximately 4 percent of all Boy Scouts who attain the Eagle rank, according to Scoutmaster Brian McMullen. Each…

  • Christie taps Monmouth sheriff as lt. governor running mate

    New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie on Monday picked Kim Guadagno, the current Monmouth County sheriff and a former federal prosecutor, to run on his ticket for lieutenant governor. In the November election, New Jersey residents will elect a lieutenant governor for the first time. “As a federal prosecutor and later as the Monmouth…

  • Freehold rocker coming to fair

    No, it’s not Springsteen, but a very special tribute at Monmouth fair BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Amusician who was raised in Freehold will be coming home to perform the music of Freehold’s own rock icon and native son. Freehold native Josh Schreiber (above) will bring his performance of “Springsteen – The Premier Tribute”…

  • Councilman called back to active duty

    Jeff Cantor of Marlboro will deploy overseas in Aug., anticipates return in 2010 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Marlboro Councilman Jeff Cantor announced his impending departure for Afghanistan after receiving word that he has been recalled to active duty with the U.S. Army. Cantor surprised his fellow members of the Marlboro Township Council during their…

  • McGirr joins Township Committee

    Freehold Twp. governing body taps Ammiano as mayor BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Robert McGirr, who served on the Planning Board in Freehold Township for 16 years, stepped down from his position as the board’s chairman on July 16 in order to take his place on the Township Committee. McGirr’s position as a committee…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff A group of youngsters has some fun with a water balloon catapult that was set up during the second annual water carnival held at the Quail Hill Scout Reservation on LaValley Drive, Manalapan, on July 18. Families were invited to come out for the day to enjoy a variety of wet and…

  • Anita P. Hancock

    Ms. Hancock, 60, of Freehold Township, died July 13, 2009, at home after a short illness. She was a court clerk for Passaic County retiring in 1998. Ms. Hancock was predeceased by her parents, Edward J. and Elizabeth Hancock. Surviving are two brothers and their spouses, Edward D. and Alicia Hancock of Howell, and William…

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