• Freehold Borough schools greet pupils for new year

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough K-8 School District will open the 2014-15 school year on Sept. 4 with initiatives that include a construction referendum, a new dress code, a new math program and several new administrators. Residents will be asked by the Board of Education to approve a $32.9…

  • Gov. Christie: Consolidate to lower tax bills

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie tells audience members in Long Branch that consolidating municipal governments and school districts will result in lower property taxes. Municipal and school district officials should consider consolidating as a way to slow escalating property taxes and costs, Gov. Chris Christie told a crowd gathered at an amphitheater…

  • Colts Neck to allow hunting of deer on limited properties

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer COLTS NECK — In order to curb the abundance of deer that has caused challenges for residents, the Colts Neck Township Committee has voted to allow the hunting of white-tailed deer on limited private properties in the township. The limits set by the ordinance permit the hunting of white-tailed deer…

  • Fan has full count on baseball stadium visits

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Baseball fan extraordinaire Tommy Singer stands inside the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the Reds played the Cleveland Indians on Aug. 7. The game marked the 30th and final Major League Baseball stadium where Singer has been in the stands. Tommy Singer has attended baseball games in…

  • Photo

    Manalapan High School’s Dan Debner sprints upfield during the Aug. 27 scrimmage game at Jackson Memorial High School. The high school football season kicks off this weekend. Previews of local teams start on page 58.

  • Fire district unveils plan for firehouse

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Board of Fire Commissioners for Fire District No. 2 in Freehold Township will unveil plans for a proposed new firehouse for the East Freehold Fire Company at a public meeting on Sept. 9. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the East Freehold Fire Company, 191…

  • Public employee benefits at center of budget storm

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie has been touting the need for new reforms to the pension and health care programs for public employees during his town hall meetings this summer. A ranking Republican legislator predicts that skyrocketing health benefit costs for public employees in New Jersey will cripple the state’s budget in…

  • Weichert, Realtors nominated as a 2014 finalist in the Inman News Innovator Awards

    Weichert, Realtors, a family of full-service real estate and financial service companies and one of the nation’s leading providers of homeownership services, was recently nominated as a 2014 finalist in the “Most Innovative Brokerage or Franchise” category of the Inman News Innovator Awards. Weichert was recognized for its one-of-a-kind WeichertPRO customer relationship management system. As…

  • Challenges confront housing recovery

    New study underscores market difficulties and the barriers to homeownership, particularly for younger buyers Despite signs that the home sales, prices and construction continue to improve in key markets, several formidable obstacles stand in the way of a national housing recovery — especially challenges confronting younger buyers — according to a new report recently released…

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community