The mountain lion–or creature like it–that has been spotted around Manalapan over the last week may be migrating into Freehold territory, according to chatter on Facebook today. Though the cat was most recently seen off Taylors Mills Road, Millford Brook, and Tennent Road, readers today reported that it crept to Durand Park in Freehold Township most recently. Folks at [...]

Assemblywoman Carolyn Casagrande is moving on up, or, well, west. Casagrande opened her new office at 35 West Main Street in Freehold Borough, in the storefront formerly occupied by Freehold Jewelers. Casagrande took a moment to chat with us about the move as she made her way home from Governor Christie’s budget address earlier today. “We wanted to [...]

Thought the annual festival for decadence was sadly past us? Think again. The Court Street School Education Community Center will host a Mardis Gras themed fundraiser this weekend to give patrons one last chance to indulge their Mardis Gras whims. For $35, attendees will receive masks and beads to go along with a four-course dinner at [...]

As cleanup continues from the heavy rain and wind of last weekend, a telephone pole on busy Kozloski Road remains unstable. As of 1PM Tuesday, Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) workers held the pole in place while diverting traffic around its trucks. The pole was dislodged from the ground following torrential rains that moistened the [...]

Police arrested two township men who they say tried to rob another man during a prescription drug sale that went bad. Robert Mason, 19, of Sodahouse Court, and Mark Chilton, 18, of Andrews Court, were arrested Friday. Police said Mason and the victim, a 32-year-old township man, got into a tussle in the a parking lot of [...]

Power outages struck Freehold High School this morning after students had arrived for the day, as the weekend’s massive storm continued to cause problems throughout our area today. Buses were called to collect students mid-morning, and driving students were allowed to take their cars home during the outage. As of now, school will be open [...]

One Freeholder is not happy with the budget requests of certain Monmouth County departments–including the library system and park system, according to the APP. From the report:

Democrat Amy A. Mallet during the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders meeting Thursday night said the County Library System tucked $82,000 into its budget request for employee travel and meetings and $43,000 [...]

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The Shore Basketball Coaches Association Senior All-Star Games will take place at Freehold Township High School on March 24. The girls event will tap off at 6 p.m. The boys game will begin at 8 p.m. Among the players in the North Girls All-Star division will be Freehold Township’s Stephanie Cardamone, Manalapan’s Amanda McBride, and Colts [...]

BY SUZY COULTER “What do you want to be when you grow up?” How many times did we hear that as children or young adults? My answer was the same every time. I wanted to be a doctor. It was simple. I could help people, teach people, make people happy. Oh, how I wanted to do [...]

This weekend’s torrential downpours left the Freehold area flooded, powerless, and with a significant clean-up ahead of them. Have photos or a story about the storm’s havoc? Send ‘em to colleen@injersey.com and we’ll get them posted. According to the Freehold Township Emergency Management Coordinator Ray Piccolini, the rain led to power outages throughout town, including the [...]

At the end of one of the long residents’ corridors in Applewood Estates—the CentraState-affiliated senior living center in Freehold Township—the sound of violins can be heard singing uncertainly from inside a resident apartment. “We think the acoustics sound pretty good so far,” says Marjorie Stine, 81, a resident and the center’s band and chorus leader as [...]

Just call him Dr. Dorfman, already. Freehold High School senior Robert Dorfman has been invited to Monmouth University’s Junior Science Symposium to present his independent research paper, The Effect of Tau Protein on Kidney Fibroblast Cells In the Absence of Fibrillar Beta-Amyloid . Dorfman was one of 10 high school students in the state invited to present [...]

“Let’s Talk with Gary Gellman” later this month will begin production in Freehold for its sixth season of TV shows to be carried over Verizon’s FiOS 1 Network. Gellman, 42, has interviewed more than 300 celebrities and other guests on the show, according to a news release. The show is seen in over 250,000 cable households [...]

The Freehold Center Partnership, Freehold Borough’s special improvement district organization, held their yearly Board of Directors meeting yesterday to elect members, vote on bylaws, and pass their budget. The partnership approved a yearly budget of $305,000, made up mostly of SID-taxes on properties within the district, along with sponsorships and barter-deals. Members reelected to the Partnership included: Bernice [...]

The Easter Bunny will be visiting the Freehold area beginning tomorrow at the Freehold Raceway Mall.

Fans of the furry creature can get their photos taken between 10AM and 9PM everyday through April 3–except Sundays, when the hours are 11AM-9PM.  For info on photo packages, hit freeholdracewaymall.com.

A new Italian restaurant has opened to the springtime crowds in Freehold, taking up the space where South Street Steakhouse had been before its closure in January. Nuova Luna hung a banner outside the South Street Steakhouse awnings declaring itself open for business beginning March 2. The restaurant will feature the same chef from Trattoria Portobello, [...]