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The news that a federal judge blocked key parts of Arizona’s controversial immigration law from taking effect provoked strong reactions from Shore activists on both sides of the debate Wednesday. Jackie Biddle Shuler, a Long Branch nurse, lawyer and a member of the Latino Bar Association, called the ruling “a start.” Biddle Shuler said it [...]

Winter track and junior varsity cheerleading will not be offered in the Freehold Regional High School District this coming school year, a district administrator announced Monday. Sean Boyce, assistant superintendent for business administration, added Monday that the sports could continue on a pay-to-participate basis. The district’s ice hockey program already operates on this model. “I [...]

Borough firefighter Billy Anderson has always been one of the first to offer a helping hand to those in need. “He serves Freehold, and he has for years, selflessly,” said Mark Davis, pastor of West Monmouth Baptist Church in Freehold Township. So when Anderson was diagnosed with throat and neck cancer last year, his community was [...]

In life, Yun Juan Chen worked tirelessly, regularly clocking in 12-hour days at her family’s Chinese restaurant. In death, that dedication has left her daughter, Danyu Chen, wishing she could turn back time. “Always the restaurant. The only time we have together is the restaurant,” said Danyu, 22, a business student at Rutgers University. The Chens’ [...]

Question: Where can you learn about beekeeping, ride a Ferris wheel and help the hungry, all in one place? Answer: The Monmouth County Fair. The popular family event will return to the East Freehold Showgrounds July 21 and run through July 25. The schedule of events planned for the annual fair, now in its 36th [...]

Mayor Dorothy H. Avallone’s decades of service to Freehold Township were celebrated Tuesday, when she announced she plans to step down from the Township Committee July 13. “Dorothy is an inspiration to a number of people. She’s been a godsend to me,” said Committeeman Anthony Ammiano. Avallone, 80, has served almost continuously on the committee since [...]

Life wasn’t supposed to turn out like this. Chad Horne was supposed to graduate from college, find a good job and raise a few kids. He’d play a lot of golf and maybe even win that Nobel Peace Prize he dreamed about. Instead, the 22-year-old’s brief life was snuffed out one January night, taken by an [...]

Unresolved issues between the borough and a group representing Freehold landlords could soon head to court if the two sides cannot come to an agreement. “I believe it’s going to come to a head real soon,” said Christopher LoPresti, a founder of the Freehold Landlord Association of New Jersey. Tensions between the two factions broke [...]

When Veronica Ross moved to the Rug Mill Towers, she was not happy. Crowds loitering outside the building, graffiti on the walls, drunk and disoriented people roaming around – Ross says she found all this when she first arrived at the affordable housing complex four years ago. But these days, she says, life at the Rug [...]

Leaders of a new landlord group had one word Monday for proposed changes to the borough’s rental property/landlord licensing regulations: Shocked. “I’m just shocked that we’re proposing to amend the ordinance for three kind of minor issues, when there were major issues that we were discussing,” said Christopher LoPresti, a founding member of the Freehold Landlord [...]

If Alison Lafferty’s blood sugar levels get too low, she gets pale. Nauseous. Weak. And if her levels get really low — like they did two years ago — she could pass out and have a seizure. Alison, 12, of Freehold Township is one of the estimated 23.6 million people in the United States living with [...]

The head of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority visited Clifton T. Barkalow Middle School on Thursday to highlight the release of $485,534 for capital projects in four township schools. The money will cover 40 percent of the total expense for the improvements, the amount promised by the authority through its regular operating districts grant program. [...]

Borough school officials had a clear message for Bret Schundler Wednesday: Help! Schundler, the state’s new education commissioner, visited Freehold Wednesday for a visit with school officials, who discussed the district’s financial situation and state aid issues. He was accompanied by 12th District legislators Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande and Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon Jr. District [...]

Freehold officially became a Live Where You Work municipality Wednesday, ushering in a new incentive for local employees who want to own a home in the borough. “We feel it’s going to strengthen our community,” Borough Councilman George Schnurr said Wednesday at a news conference to announce the borough’s membership in the program. Schnurr was joined [...]

Jackie Robinson and Myles Hutcherson were born in different eras and places. They loved different sports – baseball for Robinson, basketball for Hutcherson. But what the two have in common, says Hutcherson’s fourth-grade teacher, is character. “Myles is very determined. He sets goals for himself,” said Hutcherson’s teacher, Corryn Ross. And no matter how hard achieving [...]

The four winners of the borough’s Racers Club model car competition were honored in a brief ceremony at Monday’s Borough Council meeting. Six-year-old Zeeshan Ali came in first place this year for his recreation of the 1970 Chevelle SS 454, a sporty muscle car that puts the General Lee to shame. Following him were 8-year-old Gabriel [...]

This winter’s unusually heavy series of snowstorms has cost Freehold $85,000, Borough Administrator Joseph Bellina reported Monday night. Most of the expenses came from rock salt purchases and overtime, Bellina told the Borough Council. Those costs will be minimized thanks to the borough’s “snow trust,” where officials had put aside money for just such an emergency. [...]

Kim Predham wrote a new blog post: Clearing the Roads in Freehold

Asbury Park Press photographer Doug Hood went for a ride-along with county worker Ron Boyce, an assistant supervisor in the Monmouth County Department of Public Works and Engineering, as he salted Kozloski Road Thursday afternoon.

The county DPW maintains 1,000 miles of roads in the county, as [...]

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Kim Predham wrote a new blog post: Irizarry Decision Postponed

There will be no decision until at least next month in the criminal case of a Freehold Township woman and her son who claimed they were victims of police brutality.

Superior Court Judge Eugene A. Iadanza was expected to hand down a decision Thursday in the case [...]

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Kim Predham wrote a new blog post: Snow Day!

Freehold students haven’t had it this good in a long time.
Thanks to yet another snowfall blanketing the Shore, Freehold Township elementary and middle schools are closed today and borough schools will close early.
High schoolers have reason to celebrate, too: Freehold, Howell and Manalapan high schools will dismiss at 12:03 p.m. today; Colts Neck, Freehold Township [...]

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