Tag: Upper Freehold Township

  • Stagecoach Road targeted for improvements

    Stagecoach Road targeted for improvements

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Monmouth County will receive $375,000 in federal funding to advance safety improvements in Upper Freehold Township. The project is among 14 throughout the region that the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) Board of Trustees approved in January, according to a press release from the county. The project in Upper Freehold calls…

  • Alexander will serve as Upper Freehold’s mayor during 2018

    Alexander will serve as Upper Freehold’s mayor during 2018

    UPPER FREEHOLD – The members of the Township Committee who served as Upper Freehold Township’s mayor and deputy mayor in 2017 will change roles during 2018. At the governing body’s annual reorganization meeting, Committeeman Stephen Alexander, who served as deputy mayor in 2017, was elected by his fellow committee members to serve as mayor for…

  • Church will present redevelopment proposal in Upper Freehold

    Church will present redevelopment proposal in Upper Freehold

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Representatives of a church in Upper Freehold Township will  seek permission from the Planning Board to construct new facilities on Yardville-Allentown Road. Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church has submitted an application to the Planning Board for a redevelopment project that will predominantly take place at 1282 Yardville-Allentown Road, which the…

  • Full-time firefighter hired for Hope Fire Company

    Full-time firefighter hired for Hope Fire Company

    UPPER FREEHOLD – A full-time firefighter and driver has been hired to work for the Hope Fire Company No. 1, Route 526, Upper Freehold Township. The fire company is staffed by volunteer firefighters and by paid career firefighters. The Township Committee recently passed a resolution appointing Kevin Hrudowsky to the position of firefighter and driver.…

  • Nolan, Wayton, Zuppa win seats on Upper Freehold Regional School District Board

    Nolan, Wayton, Zuppa win seats on Upper Freehold Regional School District Board

    Patrick Nolan, Michael Zuppa and Kurt Wayton have won three-year terms on the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education. Nolan, of Upper Freehold Township, and Wayton, of Allentown, are members of the board. Zuppa, of Upper Freehold Township, is a newcomer who will join the panel in January. In Allentown, Wayton ran uncontested…

  • Allentown First Aid Squad requests additional funding

    Allentown First Aid Squad requests additional funding

    ALLENTOWN – The president of the Allentown First Aid Squad, which provides emergency medical responses in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township, is asking officials in both towns for an increase in financial support this year. Squad President Mike Conroy appeared before the Allentown Borough Council on Nov. 14. It was his second appearance in two…

  • Frascella wins re-election in Upper Freehold

    Frascella wins re-election in Upper Freehold

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Incumbent Republican Dr. Robert Frascella has won a new three-year term on the Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township. On Nov. 7, Frascella was re-elected with 1,565 votes, turning back a challenge from Democrat Elliot Wiesner, who received 878 votes, according to results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s office. The…

  • Frascella, Wiesner face off in Upper Freehold election

    Frascella, Wiesner face off in Upper Freehold election

    UPPER FREEHOLD – One Democrat and one Republican are seeking one three-year term on the Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township this year. Voters will head to the polls on Nov. 7. Democrat Elliot Wiesner is seeking the seat currently held by Republican Dr. Robert Frascella, who is seeking re-election. Frascella, who is serving as…

  • Firm will design intersection improvements

    Firm will design intersection improvements

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Upon determining that improvements are needed at an intersection in Upper Freehold Township, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has authorized an engineering firm to design the enhancements. During a recent meeting, the board authorized IH Engineers, P.C., Princeton, to perform professional engineering services in connection with the design of improvements at…