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By now you’ve heard the news: our site will cease production this week, after two years of daily reporting and community conversation on issues that mattered to Freehold residents. It was a tough decision. This site has been my baby, a project that started just as I began my journalism career two years ago, right [...]

One man died in a two-car crash on Route 537 near Gravel Hill Road on Thursday morning, investigators said. The crash is being investigated by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the name of the victim is not being released pending notification of next of kin, said Assistant Prosecutor Mark LeMieux. An autopsy is planned [...]

The decision of whether to allow a significant parking variance for a borough grocery store has been postponed until July. The borough’s planning board had originally intended to vote on the Mellon Farms application this Wednesday, but that has pushed back the decision until July 13. The office of board attorney Patrick Accisano said the [...]

A borough man was attacked with a hammer by another borough man late Sunday night, police said. The victim, described as a 22-year-old Latino man, was attacked around 11:44 p.m. on Sunday and taken to CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to Lt. Mark Wodell. Jesus Eustacio-Caballere, [...]

By Michelle Sahn An Ocean Township woman has been indicted on charges of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a condominium community’s association fees. A grand jury today returned the indictment against Theresa Tierney, 59, of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, charging her with two second-degree offenses: theft and theft by failure to [...]

A new grocery store may be coming to downtown Freehold, if the borough’s Planning Board will allow a significant variance for the store’s lack of parking. A proposal by Mellon Farms, a fresh produce and fish market on South Street in the borough, to move into a larger space down the street could be approved by [...]

By Nina Rizzo The Monmouth County Housing Authority collected 170 applications last week for a 30-unit housing project designed for low-income people with multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders. Kershaw Commons, an $11.3 million affordable housing complex under construction on the Applewood Estates campus off Gully Road, is expected to open in the fall. It [...]

Police say two men and a woman broke into a home here early today, beat the occupants and threatened to get a gun and shoot the victim’s children. Two of the suspects were taken into custody a short time later after they apparently drove by the victim’s home while the police were still there. Police [...]

A decision to switch two school principals for the 2011-2012 school year brought parents out in protest at Tuesday night’s school board meeting. Parents of Errickson school students expressed disapproval of the superintendent’s decision to switch the principals of Errickson and Catena elementary schools. Despite half a dozen pleas, the board voted unanimously to approve [...]

The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders agreed to spend nearly $32 million for a new public safety communications system as well as the software, cell towers and radio transmission equipment needed to support the system for the county’s proposed 9-1-1 Communications Center. The freeholders held a public hearing Thursday for a $2.1 million bond ordinance [...]

By Nina Rizzo The Monmouth County Public Housing Agency will accept pre-applications next week for a new affordable-housing project designed for disabled adults and their families. The county will offer project-based vouchers for the 30 rental units at Kershaw Commons, 6000 Applewood Drive, Freehold Township. The Multiple Sclerosis Association, a partner in this housing project, [...]

Sixteen acres of farmland along Route 537 could be preserved under a shared purchase of development rights by the township, county, and state. In an agreement awaiting state approval, the Olbis Farm, a tract of farmland that borders Route 537 and Gravel Hill Road, will sell its development rights for $928,000 to the three governing groups. [...]

By David Willis In days past, stores had to worry about unhappy customers badmouthing their business to their friends and neighbors. Now, with the Internet and social media sites such as Facebook, an upset customer’s outrage can go viral, creating a potential public relations nightmare for the business. “The proliferation of social media channels have made [...]

By Charles Webster Police have arrested two borough men in recent days on charges of sexually assaulting two different young girls on two different occasions in the borough. Pedro Quifada-Hernandez, 41, was arrested Wednesday and is accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl, according to Lt. Mark Wodell and court documents. He is facing charges [...]

By Nina Rizzo Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden said he will make good use of a temporary 9-1-1 regional substation here while the county works to expand its 9-1-1 Command Center in Freehold Township. Golden, along with other county and local officials, held a news conference Thursday outside the Neptune Township Senior Center on Corlies [...]

The Freehold Regional High School District’s Board of Education is seeking a state audit of the district’s operations. “It’s time that certain issues are addressed and are carefully looked at with an expert opinion,” said board member Carl Accettola. Accettola, Colts Neck’s newly elected representative, asked the board May 23 to consider bringing in the [...]

The Jewish Heritage Museum will host legendary singer, comedienne and actress Marilyn Michaels as she appears on the Hayloft Stage on Sunday, June 26, 2011, at 2:00 PM, for an interview about her nearly forty-five year career in the entertainment industry and her passion for art, as well as the art exhibit and memorabilia of [...]

By Nina Rizzo Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden is now taking applications from local high school students who want to participate in the 19th annual Sheriff Youth Week. The program, which runs from 7:45 a.m to 4 p.m. July 11 to 15, is held at the Monmouth County Police Academy in Freehold Township. The deadline [...]

By Kim Predham Lueddeke Charles Sampson, the new superintendent of the Freehold Regional High School District, will start work on June 6. That was the word Monday from Acting Schools Superintendent Suzanne Koegler, who has overseen the district since H. James Wasser retired in June. Sampson, 40, was awarded a four-year contract with the Freehold [...]

A public fight over a prom dress has found a resolution. Diane & Co., the Freehold Township dress shop criticized last week for refusing to refund a dress to a Jackson girl trying to donate the money to her deceased boyfriend’s family, has refunded the money. Jacqueline Genovese, the girlfriend of 17-year-old James Volpe, who died [...]