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  • News Transcript News Briefs, Dec. 8

    News Transcript News Briefs, Dec. 8

    A new part-time officer has been appointed to the Englishtown Police Department. During a meeting on Nov. 22, Borough Council members appointed Edward Burns as a Class II special law enforcement officer. The position has an hourly salary of $15. The appointment is probationary for one year and is subject to annual re-appointment. Burns will…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Dec. 1

    News Transcript News Briefs, Dec. 1

    The Manalapan Police Department has reported that an armed robbery occurred at a local gas station on Nov. 16. Deputy Police Chief Leonard Maltese said that at 7:25 p.m., a 57-year-old Keyport resident reported that an unknown man armed with a knife approached an employee of the Lukoil service station, 360 Route 9, Manalapan, and…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Nov. 17

    News Transcript News Briefs, Nov. 17

    The Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education will seek to fill a vacant seat on the nine-member panel following the anticipated departure of a member. District administrators said board member Tyler Jordan is resigning from his position. Jordan joined the board in 2017. Board members are scheduled to interview candidates seeking the position…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Nov. 10

    News Transcript News Briefs, Nov. 10

    Republican incumbent Committeeman Barry Jacobson has won his second three-year term on the Manalapan Township Committee. In the 2021 municipal election, Jacobson faced a challenge from Democrat Bashir Mohammad in the race for one available term on Manalapan’s governing body. The term will run from January 2022 through December 2024. According to unofficial election results…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Nov. 3

    News Transcript News Briefs, Nov. 3

    The Freehold Borough K-8 School District has entered into an agreement to provide coronavirus testing for school district personnel. On Oct. 25, the Board of Education approved an agreement with Bayshore Homecare Pharmacy and Genesis Laboratory to provide coronavirus testing. The service will cost $110 per test and the cost will be funded with grant…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Oct. 27

    News Transcript News Briefs, Oct. 27

    A resident of Marlboro has been charged in connection with a fatal motor vehicle crash in South Brunswick, Middlesex County. At 4:35 a.m. Sept. 19, South Brunswick police officers responded to the area of Major Road to investigate a report of a single-vehicle crash. An investigation by South Brunswick Officer William Beard and Detective Jonathan…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Oct. 13

    News Transcript News Briefs, Oct. 13

    The Manalapan Police Department, in collaboration with the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, has implemented its new Law Enforcement Against Drugs (LEAD) program in the Pine Brook School, which educates all of the district’s sixth grade pupils. The police department’s specialized LEAD instructors, Patrolman Kyle Earley and Patrolman Kyle Williams, with assistance from Officer Kimberly Whitehill…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Sept. 29

    News Transcript News Briefs, Sept. 29

    An emergency contract to repair a water main has been approved by the Borough Council in Freehold Borough. On Sept. 20, council members ratified an agreement with Lucas Brothers Inc. for repairs to the borough’s 10-inch cast iron water main at Pond Road in Freehold Township. The repairs cost $9,955, according to a resolution. According…

  • News Transcript News Briefs, Sept. 22

    News Transcript News Briefs, Sept. 22

    The Freehold Area CROP Hunger Walk, co-sponsored by the Greater Freehold Clergy Association and the Windsor Hightstown Area Ministerium, will be held virtually, with a kickoff event broadcast on Facebook live at the CROP Walk Freehold page (@CWFreeholdNJ) and on Zoom at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 17. Gilded Sneaker Trophies will be awarded to the team…