Tag: Freehold Township

  • Freehold Township officials authorize contract for asphalt repairs

    Freehold Township officials authorize contract for asphalt repairs

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Following several water main breaks in Freehold Township, the Township Committee has awarded a local firm a $26,808 contract to make asphalt repairs. On Dec. 4, committee members awarded the contract to L&L Paving Company, Howell, for repairs at various locations in the municipality. The anticipated term of the contract is one…

  • Community comes together to restock shelves at Joint Base food pantry

    Community comes together to restock shelves at Joint Base food pantry

    After an infestation of mold forced the food pantry at a regional military installation to dispose of its supplies, three groups in Freehold Township have come together to resupply the pantry. Members of the Sunrise Optimist Club of Freehold, the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold Township, and Lead for Diversity at Freehold Township High…

  • Freehold Township will provide automotive services to local organizations

    Freehold Township will provide automotive services to local organizations

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has renewed shared services agreements with entities in and near the municipality so the township may continue to provide automotive maintenance and repair services to certain vehicles. On Dec. 4, committee members authorized automotive services agreements with Freehold Borough, the Freehold Township Fire District No. 2 Board of Fire…

  • Monmouth freeholders endorse plan for Route 537 improvements

    Monmouth freeholders endorse plan for Route 537 improvements

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has endorsed a preliminary engineering plan for a project that will improve a congested stretch of Route 537 in Freehold Township. The freeholders took the action during a recent meeting. The plan that the freeholders are supporting includes refinements in what is referred to as the Preliminary Preferred Alternative…

  • Freehold Township to continue shared services agreements with other communities

    Freehold Township to continue shared services agreements with other communities

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has entered into a series of shared services agreements with nearby municipalities. With Freehold Borough, Freehold Township will continue to provide information technology services, licensed treatment plant operational services for Freehold Borough water/sewer utilities, and Schibanoff Road commuter parking lot permits to Freehold Borough residents. With Manalapan, Freehold Township…

  • Neighbors rally to help couple whose home was destroyed by fire

    Neighbors rally to help couple whose home was destroyed by fire

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Donations are being collected for a Freehold Township couple who lost their home in a fire. Residents Nicole Pires and Dawn Auerbach are collecting items for their neighbors Kurt and Annie Hollering, whose house on Sargent Road was destroyed in a fire on Nov. 24. Items being sought include clothing, shoes, jackets,…

  • Freehold Township officials approve decrease in cost of water meter project

    Freehold Township officials approve decrease in cost of water meter project

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – With work on Freehold Township’s water meters coming to a close, the Township Committee has authorized a $124,683 decrease in the project as part of the contract’s final payment. On Nov. 7, committee members passed a resolution authorizing a change to the original $339,300 contract with Core and Main LP for work…

  • Two incumbents, newcomer win Freehold Township school board seats

    Two incumbents, newcomer win Freehold Township school board seats

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Mary Cozzolino, Kay Poklemba-Holtz and Kerry Vendittoli have been elected to three-year terms on the Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education. Cozzolino and Poklemba-Holtz are members of the board; Vendittoli is a newcomer who will join the panel in January. When the results were tallied on Nov. 6, Cozzolino retained…

  • Shaw named interim principal at Catena school

    Shaw named interim principal at Catena school

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – An interim principal has been named at the Joseph J. Catena School in the Freehold Township K-8 School District. On Oct. 16, the Board of Education, acting on the recommendation of Superintendent of Schools Neil Dickstein, approved district supervisor Traci Shaw as the interim principal at Catena. The position has a salary…