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      August 5, 2009  RSS feed

      JEFF GRANIT staff Ben Levine (l-r), Vito Iacoviallo and Thomas Bruno participate in a game of link tag on July 31 as they enjoy a summer's day at the camp that is sponsored by the Manalapan Recreation Department at the Manalapan Recreation Center, Route 522. More...
      FRHSD students who have 'privileges' will be subject to tests, board decides

      The Freehold Regional High School District is taking steps toward initiating random drug testing among students who are categorized as privileged. Privileged children as defined by FRHSD administrators are those students who participate in sports programs, afterschool activities and/or who have a parking permit for their high school. More...

      Former sheriff's officers join police department

      Freehold Borough has hired two formerM onmouth County Sheriff's Department officers to replace two veterans officers who have retired from the Freehold Borough Police Department. More...


      The artwork of Susan Winter and the historic nature of Freehold Township have been celebrated and memorialized for posterity on the small palladium windows of the Freehold Township Senior Center on Jackson Mills Road. The project was the brainchild of Arlene Golub, director of the senior center. More...


      Farmers from all over Monmouth County attended the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders workshop meeting on July 23 to protest the proposed lease termination of a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency office and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NCRS) office from the county-owned Agriculture Building on Kozloski Road in Freehold Township. More...


      Jillian Mueller, 15, joins cast of popular musical

      MARLBORO — The life of a teenage actress is full of ups and downs, with time spent going from one audition to another. Sometimes, though, the talented teenager gets that eagerly awaited call telling her that she will be appearing in a Broadway show. More...


      FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The deaths of two township youngsters in 2008 has sparked an outpouring of support and a message of hope as soccer players come together to remember the two boys. A motor vehicle accident on Feb. 27, 2008, took the lives of Graeme Preston, 12, and Kevin Clawson, 13, after they were struck by a car on Bar Harbor Road. More...


      Covered Bridge 1 is in the final stage of forming the Covered Bridge Political Action Committee. To date 200 Covered Bridge residents have joined this organization. According to a press release, organizers are hoping to recruit a minimum of 500 members. These 500 or more will reach out to another 500 or more in Covered Bridge. More...
      The postal district (covering Freehold Borough) reached a decision to delay the removal of the trailer (that serves as a postal facility on Lafayette Street in Freehold Borough). The district manager wanted to inform Congressman Chris Smith and other officials of that decision before communicating it publicly. More...
      Coda • GREG BEAN
      There is a huge debate among some national scientists about whether we should set limits on how smart we allow computers to get so they don't eventually kill us all and take over the world. More...
      Mrs. Borden, 88, of Freehold, died July 20, 2009, at The Manor, Freehold Township. She was a founding resident and chairperson of the Sunshine Committee of Monmouth Crossing where she resided for the past nine years. Mrs. Borden had been a school bus driver for Freehold Township Board of Education for more than 40 years before her retirement in 1998. More...
      Six senior girls from each Freehold Regional High School District school who had the highest average at the end of the third marking period during the 2008- 09 school year were honored by the Freehold Area Branch of the American Association of University Women. More...
      District 19 champions have their sights set on a trip to World Series
      The Freehold Township Little League Junior League all-stars are well aware of what is at stake this week. "They're psyched," manager Joe Arciero said of his team of 13- and 14-year-olds. "They are excited about the goal in sight. More...