Tag: Upper Freehold Township

  • Upper Freehold will provide DPW crews to neighboring township

    Upper Freehold will provide DPW crews to neighboring township

    UPPER FREEHOLD – The Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township has entered into a shared services agreement with neighboring Plumsted Township for the subcontracting of Department of Public Works personnel and equipment. On Nov. 1, officials authorized a one-year agreement with Plumsted’s governing body. The agreement will run from Dec. 1, 2018 through Dec. 1,…

  • Anthony, Krieger, Williams win seats on regional school board

    Anthony, Krieger, Williams win seats on regional school board

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Michele Anthony, Howard Krieger and Brett Williams have won three-year terms on the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education. Anthony and Krieger are members of the board; Williams is a newcomer who will join the panel in January. Of the board’s nine members, seven are residents of Upper Freehold Township…

  • Alexander, Faber retain seats on Upper Freehold governing body

    Alexander, Faber retain seats on Upper Freehold governing body

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Incumbent Republicans Stephen Alexander and Robert Faber have won new three-year terms on the Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township. The terms will run from January 2019 through December 2021. Alexander and Faber ran unopposed in the Nov. 6 election. Faber received 2,338 votes and Alexander received 2,331 votes, according to results…

  • Upper Freehold Regional School District opens search for new superintendent

    Upper Freehold Regional School District opens search for new superintendent

    A search for a new superintendent of schools in the Upper Freehold Regional School District is underway following the retirement of an educator who served the district for more than a decade. Richard Fitzpatrick retired as superintendent after the district’s Board of Education voted to accept his letter of retirement on Oct. 3. Fitzpatrick’s retirement…

  • Upper Freehold seeks grant for road improvements

    Upper Freehold seeks grant for road improvements

    UPPER FREEHOLD – The Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township has approved the execution of a grant agreement for a road improvement project with the state in a bid to receive state funding for the project. On Oct. 4, committee members approved the submission of a grant application and a grant agreement with the New…

  • Alexander, Faber run unopposed for re-election in Upper Freehold Township

    Alexander, Faber run unopposed for re-election in Upper Freehold Township

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Two Republicans are running unopposed for a pair of three-year terms on the Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township. Election Day is Nov. 6. The terms of Republicans Stephen Alexander and Robert Faber will end on Dec. 31. No Democrats or third party candidates filed to run or were nominated to run…

  • Four candidates bid for terms on Upper Freehold Regional school board

    Four candidates bid for terms on Upper Freehold Regional school board

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Four candidates are seeking three available three-year terms on the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education in the Nov. 6 election. Of the board’s nine members, seven are residents and representatives of Upper Freehold Township and two are residents and representatives of Allentown. This year, all three seats on the…

  • Upper Freehold adopts plan for response to cybersecurity incidents

    UPPER FREEHOLD – In preparation for cybersecurity incidents that target the municipality, the Township Committee has adopted a response plan. On Sept. 6, officials in Upper Freehold Township adopted a municipal security response plan for cybersecurity incidents. According to a resolution, the township did not have a formal written security response plan for cybersecurity incidents…

  • Residents warned to be on alert for distraction robberies

    Residents warned to be on alert for distraction robberies

    ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials are warning residents to be alert to the possibility of what is being referred to as a distraction robbery. Allentown officials said that on Aug. 9 in Upper Freehold Township, another distraction robbery occurred. In that incident, an individual posed as an employee from an electric company and asked to view…