• ARE WE THERE YET

    He’s just trying to make Mom better Lori Clinch When our first-born son left for college, it broke my heart. I cried when he packed his boxes, sobbed when he loaded the car, and I sniveled all over myself as I drove away and left that young man at a campus home far away from…

  • Colts Neck plans to adjust zoning near Laird’s plant

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The zone that encompasses the Laird and Company bottling factory off Laird Road and Route 537 could soon undergo changes. The Colts Neck Township Committee introduced an ordinance at its Feb. 26 meeting that would turn the municipality’s only light industrial zone into a distillery and bottling…

  • Officers commended for life-saving efforts

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Five Freehold Borough police officers were recently called upon to put into play skills they hoped they never needed to use. Three people are alive today because of the officers’ life-saving efforts. The officers who helped to save the lives of three people in November were presented…

  • Freehold community garden has plots available

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — It is not too late to secure a plot in the Freehold Borough community garden for the 2014 growing season. The community garden, 18 Lloyd St., will open on March 15. For a sixth season, residents will grow their own vegetables and flowers. As part of the…

  • Freehold problem-solvers will head to state event

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Ten Freehold Borough K-8 School District pupils are hoping their solution for an anticipated land transportation problem in Beijing, China, in 2037 will win them a slot in the Future Problem Solving Program International competition to be held June 12-15 at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. The…

  • Surplus items up for auction

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Seized and impounded vehicles and equipment, surplus municipal tools and machinery from Freehold Township are for sale to the highest bidder, according to Township Administrator Peter Valesi. The property is being auctioned off online at the website http://www.municibid.com/ storecatalog.asp?userid=2313. The online auction began March 3 and will end March 23. Items may…

  • Driver faces DWI charge

    MANALAPAN — A resident of Freehold Borough was charged with driving while intoxicated following an incident at a local gas station on Feb. 18. Police said that at 3:40 p.m., Patrolman Philip Accatatta was dispatched to an Exxon-Mobil gas station on Route 9 north in regard to a theft complaint. An employee told the officer…

  • Resident seeking answers from Marlboro

    My property borders Insurance Auto Auctions (IAA) at 426 Texas Road, Marlboro. IAA’s operating hours per their license are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. They are not licensed to work beyond those hours — yet they do. We are exposed to noise, huge trucks, and clouds of dust and dirt they create.…

  • Master developers may bid for rights to Fort Hancock

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer National Park Service (NPS) officials will consider proposals from master developers as well as from individuals for the redevelopment of Sandy Hook’s historic Fort Hancock. During the Feb. 28 meeting of the Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee, Atlantic Highlands resident Jeff Eaton said he is concerned that he and…

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