Tag: Upper Freehold Township
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Three seek seats on regional school board
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer Three three-year terms on the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education will be up for grabs in the Nov. 8 election. The board oversees the operation of the Newell Elementary School, the Stone Bridge Middle School and Allentown High School. Upper Freehold Township and Allentown are the district’s…
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Bill names highway to honor fallen trooper
A young state trooper, just 24 years old when he died in an accident in his patrol car, will be memorialized under legislation introduced by state Assemblyman Ron Dancer. The bill (A-4105) designates a stretch of Interstate 195 in Upper Freehold Township as the “State Trooper Anthony A. Raspa Memorial Highway.” “Trooper Raspa is being…
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Upper Freehold receives AAA credit rating
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Municipal officials have been informed that Upper Freehold Township has joined the select ranks of New Jersey municipalities that have achieved an AAA rating from a credit rating agency. Township Administrator and CFO Dianne Kelly said Standard & Poor’s Global (S&P) has upgraded the rating for Upper…
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Library to launch One Town, One Book program
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” (2014) by Gabrielle Zevin will be the first book residents of Allentown and Upper Freehold Township read as a community in the Allentown Library’s One Town, One Book initiative. The library, Main Street, will host a launch party for One Town, One…
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Clayton Park Activity Center will be home to rec programs
UPPER FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Park System has debuted the newly acquired Clayton Park Activity Center at 202 Davis Station Road in the Imlaystown section of Upper Freehold Township. According to a press release, the activity center was acquired by the park system in late 2015 and will be used to host recreation programs.…
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Rider dies during Jersey Fresh International competition
UPPER FREEHOLD – A 33-year-old female equestrian from Michigan sustained injuries that proved to be fatal when she fell off her horse during the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event at the Horse Park of New Jersey. According to organizers of the competition, Phillippa Humphreys was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton Township,…
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Allentown braces for big school tax hike
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer The $41.07 million budget the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education has adopted for the 2016-17 school year is going to have a significant impact on the school taxes paid by residents of Allentown over the next 12 months. The budget will be supported by the collection of…
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Upper Freehold officials adopt $5.45M budget
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Township Committee has adopted a $5.45 million budget that will fund the operation of Upper Freehold Township in 2016. A unanimous vote by members of the governing body put the spending plan in place on April 21. The $5.45 million budget will be supported by the…
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Two incumbents seek re-election in Upper Freehold
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Two incumbent members of the Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township will seek new terms this year. The new terms will run from Jan. 1, 2017 through Dec. 31, 2019. According to the municipal clerk’s office, Republicans Stanley Moslowski Jr. and LoriSue H. Mount filed nominating petitions…