Tag: Freehold Township

  • Eight candidates seeking three seats on Freehold Township school board

    Eight candidates seeking three seats on Freehold Township school board

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Eight candidates are seeking three three-year terms on the Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education in the 2021 election. The election is being held with vote by mail ballots; with early in-person voting at 10 polling locations throughout Monmouth County on nine days later this month; and with in-person voting…

  • Hightstown man convicted for random roadside slaying of Freehold woman

    Hightstown man convicted for random roadside slaying of Freehold woman

    A Monmouth County jury has returned guilty verdicts on all charges against a Hightstown man who shot and killed a local woman as she drove along on a state highway in Freehold Township three years ago, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Oct. 12. Kader Mustafa, 40, was convicted of first degree murder,…

  • Ammiano, Cook run unopposed for re-election in Freehold Township

    Ammiano, Cook run unopposed for re-election in Freehold Township

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Two Republicans are running unopposed for three-year terms on the Township Committee in Freehold Township in the 2021 general election. The terms currently held by Anthony Ammiano and Thomas Cook will expire on Dec. 31. Both men are seeking re-election to three-year terms on the governing body. The 2021 general election is…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Oct. 6

    News Transcript News Briefs, Oct. 6

    An application that proposes the construction of a 15-building, 360-unit apartment complex is expected to be heard by the Colts Neck Planning Board on Oct. 12. The application, which has been brought before the board by Colts Neck Building Associates, LLC, would be known as Colts Neck Manor. The complex is proposed to be constructed…

  • Friends mourn passing of ‘honest, caring’ attorney Robert Muñoz

    Friends mourn passing of ‘honest, caring’ attorney Robert Muñoz

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Attorney Robert F. Muñoz, 68, a respected member of the local legal community who was serving as the municipal attorney in Freehold Township and in Millstone Township, died on Sept. 11 at Ocean Medical Center, Brick Township. Muñoz was a founding member of Davison, Eastman, Muñoz & Paone, Freehold Township. A statement…

  • FRHSD referendum will focus on roofing, paving projects at six schools

    FRHSD referendum will focus on roofing, paving projects at six schools

    Voters in the eight municipalities that comprise the Freehold Regional High School District are being asked to approve a $14.46 million referendum in the 2021 general election. The referendum will address paving and roofing projects at the district’s six high schools. The municipalities in the FRHSD are Colts Neck, Englishtown, Farmingdale, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township,…

  • Patriots continue offensive surge with 4-0 victory over Howell

    Patriots continue offensive surge with 4-0 victory over Howell

    Freehold Township High School girls soccer coach Dave Patterson knows he has a talented group of players competing for the Patriots in 2021 and that those players can put the ball in the back of the net. That fact has been showcased with authority as the Patriots have rolled to a 7-0-1 start. In eight…

  • Freehold Township officials appoint new municipal attorney

    Freehold Township officials appoint new municipal attorney

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A new municipal attorney has been named in Freehold Township. On Sept. 28, the members of the Township Committee named Andrew Ball, an associate member of the firm Davison, Eastman, Muñoz & Paone, Freehold Township, as municipal attorney. Ball will serve in the position for the remainder of 2021, after which he…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Sept. 29

    News Transcript News Briefs, Sept. 29

    An emergency contract to repair a water main has been approved by the Borough Council in Freehold Borough. On Sept. 20, council members ratified an agreement with Lucas Brothers Inc. for repairs to the borough’s 10-inch cast iron water main at Pond Road in Freehold Township. The repairs cost $9,955, according to a resolution. According…