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By Bob Jordan and Jennifer Bradshaw Gov. Chris Christie’s overhaul of the state education system has continued with the executive county superintendents for eight of the New Jersey’s 21 counties being booted from their jobs. The executive county superintendents for Bergen, Burlington, Cape May, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Somerset – all of whom had [...]

Enjoying the ride on senior Mike Hembling’s roller coaster for a second straight week, Freehold stunned previously undefeated Red Bank Catholic in overtime on Saturday, with Hembling’s extra-point giving the Colonials a 26-25 victory in the Shore Conference Class B North game. Hembling had missed the extra point after a touchdown in the final minute of [...]

A suspected case of an equine infectious respiratory disease in a horse at the Monmouth County Fair last week turned out to be a false alarm, state agriculture officials said Tuesday. Thirteen horses held at the fairgrounds by their owners as a precautionary measure have been cleared to return to their farms. A veterinarian identified [...]

Questions have continued over whether the Monmouth County government’s bidding process is fair to vendors and efficient for taxpayers, with the freeholder board instructing administrators to begin a second internal review of procedures and Democratic freeholders asking the state Local Finance Board for an investigation. Freeholder John Curley, one of the majority Republicans, first raised [...]

Monmouth County’s lockup for youth offenders–on Dutch Road in Freehold Township– will begin closing today, when transfers begin of the current 20 detainees to a similar facility in Middlesex County. Republicans on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders claim the county will save about $2 million annually in the outsourcing agreement. However, Democrats who opposed the [...]

A Freehold Township resident is among eight teenagers from the Monmouth County 4-H Association who will participate in the 2010 State 4-H Public Presentations Program at 10 a.m. on June 12 at Rutgers University. Paul Yoncak, a Freehold Township High School sophomore, will be joined by Shannon Bley, Howell; Carly Eidman, Tinton Falls; Matthew Hills, [...]

Two in-person signup dates for Freehold Soccer League’s recreation division for boys have been scheduled for Wednesday, May 19, and Thursday, May 20, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Wednesday registration will be at Park Avenue School in the borough. Thursday’s will take place at Michael J. Tighe Park on Georgia Road in Freehold Township. [...]

A collection of donations of new and gently used sports equipment to benefit Haiti youth sports will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at borough and township soccer and baseball fields. “”Freehold’s Kids Help Haiti’s Kids Through Sports,” organized by local residents, will accept donations at the Michael J. Tighe Park baseball and [...]

Bob Jordan wrote a new blog post: The Library’s Loss

Frank Gibson of Freehold, a former mayor of the borough, has stepped down from the Monmouth County Library Commission after 41 years of service, county officials said.
At the Wednesday meeting of the Monmouth County Library Commission, Freeholder Lillian G. Burry presented a certificate of recognition to Gibson in appreciation of his contributions as a library [...]

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Bob Jordan wrote a new blog post: Going Green

           
Two Freehold and two Freehold Township sites have been tabbed for inclusion in the county government’s solar-energy initiative. Freeholder Amy A. Mallet said the freeholder board will vote Dec. 22 to authorize bids on installing and maintaining photo-voltaic systems that will generate on-site electricity at the [...]

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Bob Jordan wrote a new blog post: Consolation Prize

 
For high school football teams not in the NJSIAA playoffs — which includes the squads at Freehold and Freehold Township high schools — there are consolation games this weekend. The Freehold Township Patriots host Marlboro at 7 p.m. Friday. The Freehold Colonials host Hamilton West at 1 p.m. Saturday. The local seasons then wrap up [...]

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Bob Jordan wrote a new blog post: A town checks out

For those who live in towns such as Freehold Borough that run their own libraries, there’s interesting news out of West Long Branch.
A proposed West Long Branch ordinance would change the town library into a county branch library. County officials claim such a change would provide residents with an increased level of services and resources [...]

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Bob Jordan wrote a new blog post: All bets are off?

A Marlboro resident who gambled at Freehold Raceway owes a bit of money on some of the bets he lost – $554,000, to be exact. His lawyer says the gambler hit a six-month “cold streak.”
But there’s a dispute over whether the gambler should have to pay back the raceway, because the guy kept writing checks that bounced, [...]
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Bob Jordan wrote a new blog post: Raising the rent?

   Check out the Saturday print edition of the Asbury Park Press. Looks like Monmouth County Park System officials are having second thoughts after earlier refusing to change a policy permitting department heads and other employees to live in county-owned homes at bargain rates.
   The Board of Recreation Commissioners are forming a subcommittee to study the issue.
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Bob Jordan wrote a new blog post: Trick or treat

Rain is good for the farmers? Not always.
Because excessive rain has damaged other field crops, a farmer who leases land from the Monmouth County Park System at Dorbrook Park has been given a waiver to start growing pumpkins in an attempt to recover.
The request from Tom Orgo, a Colts Neck resident who operates several farm [...]
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