Tag: Freehold Township
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Freehold Township resident dies of injuries sustained in unprovoked assault
The Freehold Township man who was the victim of an unprovoked attack which law enforcement authorities said may have been racially motivated has died. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office reported that Jerry Wolkowitz, 56, died on Oct. 18. Wolkowitz had been hospitalized since he was attacked in the parking lot of his Freehold Township residence…
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Project completed at Freehold Township DPW storage building
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has authorized a $4,227 increase in a $1.2 million contract for work on a township owned building. On Oct. 9, committee members authorized the third and fourth change orders in a contract with RNM Construction for improvements to the Department of Public Works storage building. The third change order…
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Two school districts mourn dedicated educator
A principal in the Freehold Township K-8 School District who was a former student and administrator in the Sayreville School District is being remembered and mourned following his passing. Jeffrey Huguenin, 46, the principal of the Joseph J. Catena Elementary School in Freehold Township, died at his home in Howell on Oct. 7. He is…
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Freehold Township officials prohibit growing, selling marijuana in community
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has adopted an ordinance that prohibits the cultivation, harvesting and sale of marijuana in Freehold Township. The ordinance, adopted by committee members on Oct. 9, amends Freehold Township’s land use ordinance to include marijuana in its prohibited uses section. The committee’s action prohibits retail or wholesale establishments, businesses, persons…
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Planners will uphold zoning officer’s denial of proposed cell tower
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Freehold Township Planning Board is taking action to uphold the zoning officer’s denial of a plan by T-Mobile to construct a cellular communications tower at 169 Robertsville Road. On Oct. 4, board members voted to authorize their attorney, Frank Accisano, to prepare a resolution upholding the July 26 decision of Zoning…
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Freehold Township school board names district’s new superintendent
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Neal Dickstein has been named the new superintendent of schools in the Freehold Township K-8 School District. Dickstein’s appointment became official after approval from interim Monmouth County Superintendent Lester Richens and a vote from the Board of Education on Sept. 25. He will serve a four-year term from Sept. 26, 2018 through…
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Firm will construct pavilions at two parks in Freehold Township
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has awarded a contract to a company which will install pavilions at two parks in Freehold Township. On Sept. 25, committee members awarded a $92,600 contract to Whirl Construction Inc. for the installation of pavilions at Michael J. Tighe Park, Georgia Road, and Opatut Park, East Freehold Road. Whirl…
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Senator offers reward in cemetery vandalism
State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Monmouth), whose legislative district includes Freehold Borough and Freehold Township, has offered a $1,500 reward, funded through the Vin Gopal Civic Association, for any information that leads to the successful arrest and prosecution of the vandals who desecrated a Jewish cemetery in Freehold Township. Four headstones, including one of a World…
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Freehold Township woman honored for service on municipal alliance
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Debra Preston of Freehold Township has received the Monmouth County 2018 Municipal Alliance Volunteer of the Year Award presented by the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Preston joined the Freehold Municipal Alliance, which serves Freehold Borough and Freehold Township, last year, according to a press release. With members of the…
