• Cook to receive Clayton Award

    Cheryl Cook Monmouth County Clerk M. Claire French has announced that Cheryl A. Cook of Freehold Township has been selected to receive the 2013 Jane G. Clayton Award. Cook will be presented with the award on Archives and History Day, which will be held on Oct. 12 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan.…

  • Freehold Borough schools ready for successful year

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough K-8 School District is ready for the 2013-14 academic year, with administrators having adjusted the curriculum to meet new Common Core Standards, which includes new testing for students and a new evaluation model for teachers. As the district’s 1,546 pupils return to school for their first day of classes on…

  • The positives of seeing kids leave the nest

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch A lthough I have a hard time when my children head off to their campus home, I’m here to announce that I am starting to see the bright side of things. In fact, my optimism really kicked in when I did the wash this past week. Did you know…

  • Freehold Borough to host yard sale

    FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Recreation Commission is seeking resident participants for a townwide yard sale to be held on Oct. 5 (rain date Oct. 6) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. To encourage the maximum number of yard (garage) sales within the town limits on that day, the borough will waive any of the…

  • Legislation seeks to address legal billing issues

    State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) has introduced legislation to address costly local-government legal-billing issues highlighted by a June report published by the Office of the State Comptroller. According to a press release from Beck, the bill will be introduced in the Assembly at the lower house’s next quorum by Assemblywomen Mary Pat Angelini and Caroline…

  • Road signs will warn motorists not to text

    Legislation mandating the placement of signs to inform motorists that text messaging while driving is prohibited under state law has been signed into law. “Nikki’s Law” is named for Nikki Kellenyi, 18, of Washington Township, who died in an automobile accident in 2012. The law takes effect immediately. “The typical text message takes 4.6 seconds…

  • Horse show festivities

    The 118th Monmouth County Horse Show brought equestrian pageantry and excitement to the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold Township on Aug. 14-18. These photographs were taken on Aug. 14 PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Project would not have been fair to residents

    I am writing in response to the letter to the editor from Joel Bohm (“Manalapan’s Loss Is Another Town’s Gain,” News Transcript, Aug. 21) bemoaning the fact that the Catena Auto Group has elected to build an Audi dealership in Freehold Township after being denied the opportunity to do so in Manalapan earlier this year.…

  • Democrats keep telling the same old story

    A nother year, another story about the Lucas land deal. Does the Manalapan Democratic Party’s ex-chairman really think the entire state was in collusion with Andrew Lucas to pay him to preserve his farm? This case has been reviewed by the state’s ethics/finance board twice and (it was) found that nothing illegal or unethical was…

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