Tag: Freehold Township

  • Millhurst Mills owner saved historic barn, converted structure to home of Jewish museum

    Millhurst Mills owner saved historic barn, converted structure to home of Jewish museum

    Bernard “Nardie” Hochberg, of Freehold Township, who was the third generation owner and operator of the Millhurst Mills home improvement center in Manalapan, died on Oct. 28. Millhurst Mills, on Sweetmans Lane, just off Route 33 in the Millhurst section of Manalapan, was a family business established in 1925. Hochberg’s passing was initially reported by…

  • Freehold Township officials authorize contract for water meter upgrades

    Freehold Township officials authorize contract for water meter upgrades

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has retroactively awarded a $33,400 contract for upgrades to Freehold Township’s water meters. On Oct. 23, committee members awarded the contract to CRJ Construction Corp. for emergency interconnection meter upgrades that had already been completed. According to municipal officials, the project was for improvements to three emergency connection meter…

  • Freehold Township board names Brethauer assistant superintendent

    Freehold Township board names Brethauer assistant superintendent

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – An administrator in the Freehold Township K-8 School District has been named an assistant superintendent in the district. Dianne Brethauer, principal of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, was appointed as the assistant superintendent of human resources and technology by the Board of Education on Oct. 16. Her appointment became effective on…

  • Ammiano, Cook win re-election in Freehold Township

    Ammiano, Cook win re-election in Freehold Township

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Incumbent Republicans Anthony Ammiano and Thomas Cook have won new three-year terms on the Township Committee in Freehold Township. The terms will run from January 2019 through December 2021. On Nov. 6, Ammiano and Cook were re-elected to the governing body. Ammiano received 8,267 votes and Cook received 8,184 votes, according to…

  • How to avoid getting the flu this season

    How to avoid getting the flu this season

    Information provided by CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting nearly 80,000 deaths due to flu last year, and judging this as another high severity season, there’s no better time to understand the scope of the illness and the significance of flu vaccinations, for everyone. Despite these…

  • Freehold Borough administrators prepare to return pupils to district

    Freehold Borough administrators prepare to return pupils to district

    FREEHOLD – Kindergarten pupils enrolled in the Freehold Borough K-8 School District who are educated in rented classrooms in the neighboring Freehold Township K-8 School District are expected to return to schools in their district as construction on a project to expand Freehold Borough’s schools nears completion. For several years, the Freehold Borough Board of…

  • Seven in race for three seats on Freehold Township K-8 school board

    Seven in race for three seats on Freehold Township K-8 school board

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Seven candidates are seeking three available three-year terms on the Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education in the Nov. 6 election. The terms of board members Mary Cozzolino, Jason Levy and Kay Poklemba-Holtz will end in December. The candidates seeking the terms are Cozzolino, Levy, Poklemba-Holtz, Sherlock Dow, Brian Lipnicky,…

  • Agnihotri, Mistretta bid to give Democrats a voice in local government

    Agnihotri, Mistretta bid to give Democrats a voice in local government

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Two Democrats and two Republicans are seeking a pair of three-year terms on the Township Committee in Freehold Township this year. Voters will head to the polls on Nov. 6. Democrats Jenan Agnihotri and Jennie Jeanette Mistretta are seeking the seats that are currently held by Republicans Anthony Ammiano and Thomas Cook.…

  • Ammiano, Cook seek to continue service on Township Committee

    Ammiano, Cook seek to continue service on Township Committee

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Two Republicans and two Democrats are seeking a pair of three-year terms on the Township Committee in Freehold Township this year. Voters will head to the polls on Nov. 6. Democrats Jenan Agnihotri and Jennie Jeanette Mistretta are seeking the seats that are currently held by Republicans Anthony Ammiano and Thomas Cook.…