Tag: Freehold Borough

  • Freehold Borough officials create utility as first step to paid parking

    Freehold Borough officials create utility as first step to paid parking

    FREEHOLD – Officials in Freehold Borough have established a parking utility as part of a process that is intended to create metered parking in the municipality. Just prior to the new year, Borough Council members adopted an ordinance establishing the Borough Parking Utility, which has the objective of managing the town’s parking operations. The ordinance…

  • Freehold Borough officials address regulations for taxis, limousines

    Freehold Borough officials address regulations for taxis, limousines

    FREEHOLD – Following complaints concerning the use of taxi cabs and limousines in Freehold Borough, the Borough Council has adopted an ordinance amending the municipality’s taxi cab ordinance to create new definitions and regulations for the transportation designations. On Dec. 17, council members adopted the ordinance after borough representatives met with taxi and limousine owners…

  • Freehold council advances application for Just Jenny Nail Salon

    Freehold council advances application for Just Jenny Nail Salon

    FREEHOLD – An application which seeks municipal approval to convert a vacant building on East Main Street into a nail salon is moving forward in Freehold Borough. Owners of the Just Jenny Nail Salon are proposing to establish a business at 31 E. Main St. that would offer pedicures and manicures. Because the property is…

  • Freehold Borough police will station special officer at high school

    Freehold Borough police will station special officer at high school

    FREEHOLD – In a move aimed at increasing safety for students and staff members at Freehold High School, a shared service agreement has been authorized between the Borough Council and the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education for a special law enforcement officer. On Dec. 17, council members passed a resolution authorizing the…

  • Freehold Borough will mark centennial in 2019

    Freehold Borough will mark centennial in 2019

    It became official on April 15, 1919 — a portion of Freehold Township separated from the township and became Freehold Borough, a thriving and busy downtown area around the Monmouth County Courthouse, the county seat of  Monmouth County. Residents had come to terms with themselves and their neighbors that local issues, including the use of…

  • Rogers named to position on council in Freehold Borough

    Rogers named to position on council in Freehold Borough

    FREEHOLD – Margaret Rogers has been appointed to the Borough Council to fill a vacant seat on Freehold Borough’s governing body. During a meeting on Dec. 17, council members tapped Rogers to succeed Councilman Jaye Sims, who is resigning from the governing body on Dec. 31. Rogers will serve the final year of the term…

  • Board salutes Jordan, Lichardi, Greitz upon conclusion of service to school district

    Board salutes Jordan, Lichardi, Greitz upon conclusion of service to school district

    FREEHOLD – Three departing members of the Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education have been recognized for their service to the district. Dec. 10 marked the final meeting for board members Annette Jordan, Michael Lichardi and Susan Greitz, who will all be leaving the board at the end of December. “In calculus, they…

  • Freehold Borough school board OKs infrastructure upgrades

    Freehold Borough school board OKs infrastructure upgrades

    FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education has authorized the use of a maintenance reserve fund to pay for projects at school facilities. On Dec. 10, board members authorized an appropriation of up to $5,025 from the maintenance reserve to finance roof repairs at the Park Avenue Complex, Park Avenue, which…

  • Freehold Borough school board boosts security staff

    Freehold Borough school board boosts security staff

    FREEHOLD – New security personnel have been hired by Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education to keep students and staff members safe. During a recent meeting, board members appointed John Dupuis and Steven Mirabelli as security monitors. Dupuis will work as a security monitor at the Park Avenue Elementary School and Mirabelli will…