• Missed it by that much

    AMY ROSEN Freehold Township police officers were dispatched to the intersection of Wemrock Road and Route 522 on April 28 after the driver of a truck attempted to pass under the railroad overpass that is known as “the hole in the wall.” This photo shows the damage sustained by the truck. Police Officer James Kolis…

  • Public hearing May 13 on Englishtown budget

    ENGLISHTOWN — A public hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m. May 13 at Borough Hall on Englishtown’s 2009 municipal budget. The Borough Council has introduced a spending plan that totals $1,938,631 for 2009 and relies on the collection of $959,931 in local taxes. The 2008 budget was higher, at $1,975,895, but it relied on…

  • Planner discusses cell tower impact

    Residents still waiting for chance to question Omnipoint’s professionals BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Denise Timmons, Kathy Dezerga and Kathie Hockenjus all attended the Freehold Township Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting on April 16 to hear the continuing testimony on Omnipoint’s proposal to build a 120- foot-tall cellular communications tower in…

  • Dogs welcome at BlueClaws game

    LAKEWOOD — All dog owners are welcome to bring their four-legged friends to a Lakewood BlueClaws baseball game at FirstEnergy Park from noon to 3 p.m. May 9. WJRZ-FM (100.1) and WRAT-FM (95.9), two Greater Media radio stations, are hosting “Bark in the Park,” a Lakewood BlueClaws’ tradition for the past four years. Before the…

  • Town trying to match teens with employers

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Local business owners who are looking for help this summer now have an opportunity to find teenage employees. The Teen Advisory Committee (TAC) has started a classified advertising section on the Marlboro Township Internet website. TAC has combined its efforts with the Marlboro Economic Development Committee (EDC) in…

  • Wille elected board president in Freehold Twp.

    Mindy Wille and Kay Poklemba Holtz were re-elected to the positions of president and vice president, respectively, when the Freehold Township Board of Education held its reorganization meeting April 28. Both women were elected to their positions in a unanimous vote of the board, according to Dawn Gravatt, the school district’s public information officer. At…

  • Projects ask students to think about others

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Students of the Marlboro Middle School’s 8M team recently spent time giving back to their community during the group’s Big Give service learning project. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MARLBORO K-8 SCHOOL DISTRICT Eighth-grade pupils in the Marlboro Middle School’s 8M team record books on tape for children at the Marlboro…

  • Workers see week’s hours cut

    Marlboro white collar employees on four-day week BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Marlboro Township Council members have passed a resolution which authorizes Mayor Jonathan Hornik and the township clerk to execute a collective bargaining agreement with Communications Workers of America Local 1034 representing Marlboro’s white collar workers and police dispatchers. The resolution was unanimously passed…

  • Economic realities drive budget

    Freehold Twp. officials introduce $40.6M plan BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Freehold Township officials have introduced a $40.6 million municipal budget for 2009 that includes a wage freeze, a hiring freeze, employee layoffs and virtually no local improvements in the coming year. A public hearing on the budget will be held at 8 p.m.…

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