Tag: Upper Freehold Township

  • Nolan, Wayton, Zuppa win seats on Upper Freehold Regional school board

    Nolan, Wayton, Zuppa win seats on Upper Freehold Regional school board

    Three incumbent members of the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education have been re-elected to three-year terms. The board oversees the operation of the Newell Elementary School, the Stone Bridge Middle School and Allentown High School. Of the school board’s nine members, seven are residents and representatives of Upper Freehold Township and two…

  • Elder, Torsiello lead Allentown race; Frascella re-elected in Upper Freehold

    Elder, Torsiello lead Allentown race; Frascella re-elected in Upper Freehold

    Seats on the governing bodies in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township were on the ballot on Election Day, Nov. 3 In Allentown, two three-year terms are available on the Borough Council. Running for office are Democrat Robert H. Schmitt Jr. and independent candidates John A. Elder III, Linda Cotte and Erica Torsiello. As of Nov.…

  • Three candidates run unopposed for seats on Upper Freehold Regional school board

    Three candidates run unopposed for seats on Upper Freehold Regional school board

    Three members of the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education are seeking re-election to three available three-year terms in the November 2020 election. Of the board’s nine members, seven are residents and representatives of Upper Freehold Township and two are residents and representatives of Allentown. Board members appear on the ballot in the…

  • Frascella runs unopposed in Upper Freehold

    Frascella runs unopposed in Upper Freehold

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Republican Dr. Robert Frascella is running unopposed for re-election to the Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township. Frascella’s current term will end on Dec. 31 and he is seeking a new three-year term that will run from Jan. 1, 2021 through Dec. 31, 2023. Frascella, who has been a resident of Upper…

  • Upper Freehold Regional school improvements completed under budget

    Upper Freehold Regional school improvements completed under budget

    A multi-million construction project in the Upper Freehold Regional School District is scheduled to be completed more than $1 million under budget. The project was approved by voters in Upper Freehold Township and Allentown through a $7.2 million referendum in 2018. The work consisted of three components: • The installation of new roofs at the…

  • Sept. 8 will be first day of new year in Upper Freehold Regional School District

    Sept. 8 will be first day of new year in Upper Freehold Regional School District

    Administrators in the Upper Freehold Regional School District are planning to combine in-person instruction with remote (virtual) learning when schools open in September. New Jersey’s schools were ordered to close in mid-March by Gov. Phil Murphy at the start of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. For the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, students remained at…

  • Residents will bid for seats on local school boards

    Residents will bid for seats on local school boards

    Candidates seeking three-year terms on the Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education and on the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education will run unopposed in the Nov. 3 election. In Millstone, the terms of school board members Cynthia Bailey, Peter Bonafide and Melissa Riviello will end in December. The candidates running…

  • Upper Freehold resident retires from teaching position at college

    Upper Freehold resident retires from teaching position at college

    Sue Kozel of Upper Freehold Township, a professor of history, has retired from Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Her last teaching semester was the spring of 2020 and her official retirement date was July 17. According to a news item posted on the college’s website, while Kozel’s teaching focused largely on American history, she…

  • DEP suspends permits for construction of pipeline in Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington counties

    DEP suspends permits for construction of pipeline in Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington counties

    On July 8, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) sent a letter of suspension to New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) regarding the company’s Southern Reliability Link (SRL) pipeline, which had been under construction in a portion of Upper Freehold Township. According to a press release from the New Jersey Sierra Club, the action…