Tag: Freehold Township
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Sayreville man convicted of 2018 bias-driven murder of Freehold Township resident
A New Jersey Superior Court jury sitting in Freehold has returned guilty verdicts on the most serious charges against the man who attacked and killed a stranger in Freehold Township in May 2018, solely because of the victim’s race, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Nov. 18. Following a seven-week trial before…
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News Transcript News Briefs, Nov. 16
The Manalapan Police Department has reported the following incidents which recently occurred in the community: On Oct. 27 at 8:12 a.m., employees of the Manalapan Department of Public Works reported that sometime between Oct. 25 and Oct. 27, unknown individuals vandalized a storage shed on township property. Damage to the shed was estimated at $430.…
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Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Manalapan school board election results
Residents in Freehold Borough, Freehold Township and Manalapan elected members of their local school boards in the 2022 general election. As of Nov. 15, the election results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office were unofficial. The results will remain unofficial until they have been certified. Freehold Borough – Incumbent board members Brent Costleigh…
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Patriots defeat Ridgewood, 1-0, to win Group IV state soccer championship
Redemption from a loss in the 2021 NJSIAA Group IV state tournament championship game was the ultimate desire of the members of the Freehold Township High School girls soccer team during the 2022 season. That desire fueled the Patriots to a return appearance in the Group IV championship match on Nov. 13 at Kean University,…
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Freehold Township motivational speaker publishes first book
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Paul Wichansky, a motivational speaker from Freehold Township, has produced his first book, “Yes I Can! Lessons Learned From a Life Less Ordinary.” The book can be purchased on Amazon.com in eBook, hardcover and softcover formats. Wichansky, 51, described “Yes I Can!” as a book that can provide students and adults with…
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Freehold Township voters appear to approve open space tax rate increase
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Voters in Freehold Township appear to have approved a public ballot question that will result in an increase in the local open space tax rate in Freehold Township by 1 cent per $100 of assessed valuation. According to unofficial results that have been posted the Monmouth County Votes website by the Monmouth…
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Visco goal lifts Patriots to Central Jersey Group IV sectional soccer crown
There were question marks about what to expect from the Freehold Township High School boys soccer team at the beginning of the 2022 season. Would there be a difference with Michael Tepedino replacing Josh Mehl as the Patriots’ coach? How were the Patriots going to replace 16-goal scorer Herman Colbert and seven other senior starters?…
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Santiago’s winner in OT lifts Patriots to second straight state sectional crown
The “redemption tour” that is the 2022 season for the Freehold Township High School girls soccer team checked off another box on Nov. 5 as the Patriots won their second consecutive state sectional tournament championship. The right foot of Hailey Santiago capped a thrilling comeback by the Patriots as the junior forward scored the game-winning…
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Freehold Township officials tap redevelopment group for former landfill
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – An entity known as Lone Pine RE Urban Renewal, LLC, has been designated by the Township Committee as the redevelopment agency for the former Lone Pine Landfill on Burke Road in Freehold Township. During a meeting on Oct. 25, committee members passed a resolution naming Lone Pine RE Urban Renewal, LLC, a…