• Freehold Township awards contract to buy dump trucks

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Municipal officials have awarded a contract for the furnishing and delivery of three new singleaxle dump trucks to Hunter Jersey Peterbilt of Millstone Township. The contract is in the amount of $441,380. Officials took the action at a recent meeting of the Township Committee. The following…

  • Holiday gift drive kicks off

    HOWELL — The staff at Affiliated Foot and Ankle Center is asking Howell residents to help them get a jumpstart on collecting gifts for the holiday season. Starting this month and continuing through December, the podiatry center will be collecting new, unwrapped gifts or gift certificates for children ages infant to 17 years old, according…

  • Innovation Committee seeks ideas for Freehold’s website

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Innovation Committee is taking the initial steps needed to improve the municipality’s website. Joseph Deroba, Ron DeMarco, Michele Gibson, Joseph McArdle and Annette Jordan make up the committee, whose mission is to empower citizens to participate in government by studying issues and offering recommendations.…

  • State awards grants for road repairs

    A package of 391 grants worth $81.6 million has been awarded to municipalities across the state to advance street, safety and quality-of-life improvements. “These grants promote motorist, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, mobility and quality-of-life projects,” said James Simpson, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT). “Most of the municipal aid grants will support…

  • Explore the shore with new bicycle tour routes

    The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced the release of its newest bicycle tour route — Explore the Jersey Shore by Bicycle — to help promote recreation along the New Jersey Shore as towns and businesses recover from superstorm Sandy. The tour route extends mainly along the Shore and inland areas from Cape…

  • School upgrades approved

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Improvements to the roofs and running tracks at several schools in the Freehold Regional High School District are coming down the pike. The Board of Education awarded three contracts at its June 23 meeting. According to the resolutions, Freehold, Freehold Township, Manalapan and Marlboro high schools will benefit from the…

  • Freehold Borough offers support for museum plan

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The members of the Borough Council have passed a resolution recognizing and honoring the Armed Forces Heritage House Museum for its commitment, service and undertaking to establish a world-class museum at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in south central New Jersey. A nonprofit organization known as the Armed Forces…

  • Marlboro officials see positives of shared services agreements

    By JACK MURTHA MARLBORO — A trio of shared services agreements between Marlboro and nearby public entities could benefit the township and its taxpayers, according to officials. The Township Council approved the pacts — two with the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education and one with Manalapan Township — at its June 19 meeting.…

  • Talk will focus on Nobel winners

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, Freehold Township, will present “Faces of Genius: Jewish American Nobel Prize Laureates in Science and Medicine,” a lecture and slide presentation created by the staff of the museum, on July 20 at 2 p.m. Admission is $5 for museum members, $7 for nonmembers and free…

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