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 [...]

  3 months, 1 week ago · View

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 [...]

  4 months, 1 week ago · View

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 [...]

  7 months, 2 weeks ago · View

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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  8 months, 1 week ago · View

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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  8 months, 3 weeks ago · View

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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  8 months, 3 weeks ago · View