Tag: Freehold Township
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Freehold Township Juniors made case in Eastern Regional
By Tim Morris The first thing that Steven Schulman did when he gathered his Freehold Township Little League Junior League all-star team together in June for its first practice was to ask the players a question. The manager asked why they were there. The overwhelming response was to play baseball. It was just what the…
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Freehold Township chasing Junior League Eastern Regional pennant
By Tim Morris All the excitement created by the Freehold Township Little League Major League All-Star Team has served as added motivation for the Freehold Township Junior League all-stars. While the Major League all-stars were off to Bristol, Connecticut, for their Mid-Atlantic Regional tournament, the Juniors were at home playing for the same stakes —…
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Bristol next stop for Freehold Township Major League state champions
By Tim Morris A Little League baseball team of 11- to 12-year-olds has grabbed the attention of the Freehold Township community. The Freehold Township Little League’s Major League All-Star team has been creating a legacy all summer, as it has won one championship after another to pull the community behind it. On Aug. 1, the…
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FTLL Junior League all-star team home for Eastern Regional
By Tim Morris A trip to the Little League’s Junior League World Series will be on the line this week at the Freehold Township Little League’s Complex at Michael Tighe Park. State champions from Maine to Maryland will compete from Aug. 5-10 for the right to represent the East at the World Series. The district…
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How to protect yourself from opioid dependence
By Maged Ghattas, M.D. The national epidemic of opioid-based prescription painkillers and heroin, an inexpensive narcotic painkiller, has been a sobering statistic, including right here in New Jersey; in 2014, more than 1,200 people, many from nearby Ocean County, died as a result of overdosing on the most common prescription opioids — Methadone, Oxycodone (such…
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Bonds will help finance capital improvements in Freehold Township
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has adopted a bond ordinance appropriating $7.47 million and authorizing the issuance of $6.87 million in bonds or notes to finance part of the costs of planned capital improvements in Freehold Township. The following improvements are expected to be financed: Road improvements, including but…
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Maroon and White basketball camps beneficial to district teams
By Tim Morris When late November comes around and the first practices for the high school basketball season begin, coaches already have a good idea of what they have. Thanks to camps like Red Bank Regional High School’s Maroon and White War at the Shore Team Camp, coaches have seen their teams in competition and…
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Freehold Township advances effort to retain commuter spaces
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Municipal officials are taking action to preserve commuter parking spaces following the parking lot owner’s notification that an agreement with Freehold Township for commuter spaces in the lot will come to an end. On July 26, members of the Township Committee adopted an ordinance that authorizes the…
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Freehold Township police force adds four officers
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Four officers have been hired by the Freehold Township Police Department. At the July 26 meeting of the Township Committee, Myroslav Alfeldi, Dylan Coladonato, Austin Payne and Craig Sosnowski were sworn in as officers with Freehold Township’s law enforcement agency. According to information provided by the township,…
