Tag: Freehold Township

  • Father of missing woman rallies community as search for Stephanie continues

    Father of missing woman rallies community as search for Stephanie continues

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Family members and friends of Stephanie Parze, the Freehold Township woman who has not been seen since Oct. 30, will come together this weekend. According to a social media post from Stephanie’s father, Edward Parze, “We are going to be gathering at Freehold Township High School, 281 Elton-Adelphia Road, Freehold Township, at…

  • Howell authorizes shared services agreement for utilities services

    Howell authorizes shared services agreement for utilities services

    HOWELL – The Township Council has authorized the execution a shared services agreement with Freehold Township for licensed operational services for Howell’s water and sewer utilities. Deputy Mayor Evelyn O’Donnell, Councilwoman Pamela Richmond and Councilman Thomas Russo voted to authorize the agreement at the Dec. 10 council meeting. Mayor Theresa Berger and Councilman John Bonevich…

  • Freehold Township officials award contract for pump station upgrades

    Freehold Township officials award contract for pump station upgrades

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A contract has been awarded by the Township Committee for upgrades to pump stations in Freehold Township. During a recent meeting, committee members awarded a $216,961 contract to Rapid Pump & Meter Services Co., Inc., Paterson, for various pump station upgrades. The firm, whose contract consisted of a base bid of $154,078…

  • Freehold Township officials authorize shared services agreements

    Freehold Township officials authorize shared services agreements

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has entered into shared services agreements with nearby municipalities. With Freehold Borough, Freehold Township will provide information technology services, licensed treatment plant operational services for Freehold Borough’s water and sewer utilities, health services, substance abuse prevention and counseling services, automotive services, emergency vehicle refueling, Schibanoff Road commuter parking lot…

  • Freehold Township will acquire preservation easement on Route 33 tract

    Freehold Township will acquire preservation easement on Route 33 tract

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Municipal officials have adopted an ordinance that authorizes the purchase of an easement at 853 Route 33 (near Crow Hill Road), Freehold Township. The property is owned by Gibson Farms. Officials said the easement has been deemed useful for agricultural conservation and/or open space. The township’s action will preclude the property from…

  • Resident asks for assistance in ongoing fight against cell tower

    Resident asks for assistance in ongoing fight against cell tower

    Editors’s note: Maria Saputo of Freehold Township presented the following statement to Freehold Township officials during the Nov. 26 meeting of the Township Committee. By Maria Saputo I am here again to put on record, on behalf of the concerned citizens of Freehold Township, our objections regarding erecting a 128-foot-tall cell tower at 169 Robertsville…

  • Residents press Freehold Township to keep fighting proposed cell tower

    Residents press Freehold Township to keep fighting proposed cell tower

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A petition for certification from the Freehold Township Planning Board which asks the state Supreme Court to review litigation regarding a proposed cellular communications tower is pending after the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division ruled T-Mobile could construct the tower. Municipal officials stated during a Nov. 26 Township Committee meeting that…

  • Former boyfriend of missing woman found dead in Freehold Township home

    Former boyfriend of missing woman found dead in Freehold Township home

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – John Ozbilgen, 29, a former boyfriend of a woman who has been missing since Oct. 31, was found dead at his Freehold Township home early this morning, Nov. 22. Ozbilgen’s death was confirmed by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office shortly after 11 a.m. Later in the afternoon, the prosecutor’s office released a…

  • Freehold Township Planning Board grants use variance for self-storage business

    Freehold Township Planning Board grants use variance for self-storage business

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – With a unanimous voice vote, the members of the Freehold Township Planning Board granted a use variance to an applicant that has plans to construct a self-storage facility on Gibson Place. Members of the board took the action during a meeting on Nov. 14 when they consented to allow Wasatch Storage Partners,…