• Freehold Township Independent firehouse to be expanded

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Independent Fire Company No. 1’s firehouse on Stillwells Corner Road will soon be expanded to allow more room for firetrucks. A resolution was approved by the Planning Board on Sept. 4 for a project submitted by the Fire District No. 1 Board of…

  • Bills link farmers and schools

    A multibill package that gives children access to healthy school breakfasts and lunches from Jersey-grown products has been signed into law. Assembly Republicans Ron Dancer, Parker Space and Alison McHose sponsored the bills that enhance the state’s Farm to School program, according to a press release. The program is administered by the Department of Agriculture…

  • Marlboro has obligation to maintain streets

    A s a resident of the Prides Crossing residential development in Marlboro, I would like to concur with the opinion Stuart Gleich expressed in his recent letter to the editor. The street I reside on is literally crumbling. Heavy garbage trucks come barreling down, only to drop into the deep crevices that line the decaying…

  • Writer assails Smith on gun control measure

    A fter hearing about the alarmingly high number of school shootings this year, 74 in 2014 alone, I decided to write a letter to my congressman, Chris Smith (R-4). Congressman Smith has refused to co-sponsor a federal bill, HR-1565, for expanded background checks on firearms. This bill would help keep guns out of the hands…

  • GUEST COLUMN

    Years later, unknowns remain in N.J. health insurance market t CAROLYN ANDRESS When the New Jersey Association of Health Underwriters convened its first symposium on health care in 2009, there was tremendous optimism for a solution to the health care crisis that has hit this country. There was a new president in the White House…

  • Writer supports Freehold school referendum

    On Sept. 30, the Freehold Borough K- 8 School District Board of Education will ask voters to approve a $32 million building referendum. As a former board member, lifelong resident, taxpayer and parent, I feel I have a unique perspective on the project. As a lifelong resident and taxpayer, I do not want my taxes…

  • Resident questions aspects of referendum

    The Sept. 30 special election to approve a $32.9 million school project in Freehold Borough is of major concern to the borough taxpayer. The issue of overcrowding has been prevalent in the borough for quite some time, dating back to a referendum in December 2005. At that time, voters were asked to approve $7.8 million…

  • Meat may harbor infectious diseases

    The Ebola outbreak has now claimed more than 1,500 lives. While medical personnel and government officials try to cope with the strain put on existing health care systems, it is time for us to look at how animal flesh affects the origin and spread of epidemics. Some attention has been given to the African practice…

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    The arrival of pumpkins at central New Jersey farms signals the start of fall.

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