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  • Arctic cold grips New Jersey as storm exits 

    by Steven DiMartino on January 31st, 2010 | Comment

    The low pressure system that brought over 6 inches of snow to many locations throughout southern New Jersey is exiting into the Atlantic.  Behind it, an Arctic air mass remains in control with temperatures in the single digits and teens for morning lows.

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  • Arctic cold start to the day, snow on the way! 

    by Steven DiMartino on January 30th, 2010 | Comment

    There's a lot to cover this morning!  So let's get to it!

    The area of precipitation that will impact the northern Atlantic this afternoon through this evening is currently developing over the Tennessee Valley and western Virginia under the influence of the strong Sub Tropical disturbance that is driving towards the Mid Atlantic coast.  The [...]

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  • Monmouth County To Close Youth Detention Center 

    by Art Gallagher on January 29th, 2010 | Comment

    Finally.

    Bob Jordan at the Asbury Park Press reports that the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders voted 3-2 along party lines to close the Youth Detention Center. The three Republican Freeholders voted for the closure, while the two Democrats voted against.

    Monmouth will send its roughly 25 detained youth to Middlesex County's kiddy jail at a cost of $2.5 million per year. This will result in a $2 million per year savings.

    Democratic Freeholder John D'Amico came up with a good idea in his remarks opposing the closure. He questioned why privatizing the Monmouth County Jail was not on the table as a cost cutting measure. He said the county could save between $4.7 and $9.4 million per year by turning the jail over to a private company, without jeopardizing public safety. Superb! Let's get that done!

    And while we're on privatization, does anyone else think its crazy to spend over $100,000 per year per detainee for the youths? Saving $2,000,000 per year sounds pretty good, but to spend $2,500,000 per year to detain 25 kids sounds absolutely insane. Let's privatize the YTD rather than send the kids and the money to Middlesex.

    I offer to do the job for $1,900,000 per year. If there is over 40 kids to be detained over the summer, that's OK, no extra charge. I'll keep the money and the kids in Monmouth County. I'll create jobs and pay taxes.

    I'm not kidding. If the Freeholders want to save another $600K per year and really turn those kids' lives around, they know how to reach me.

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  • Freehold’s Christian Garcia Scores 1000 Points 

    by Colleen Curry on January 29th, 2010 | Comment

    Freehold High School's star basketball player, Christian Garcia, has scored 1,000 points in his high school career.

    Garcia reached the 1,000-point mark midway through the third quarter of a game against Neptune earlier this month, when he scored a layup off an assist.

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  • Another Robbery in Area: Tony’s Appliance in Marlboro 

    by Colleen Curry on January 29th, 2010 | Comment

    Police are searching for an armed robber who made off with about $100 from Tony's Appliance and Repair Shop on Route 79 in Marlboro on Wednesday, according to the News Transcript.

    The shop, which lies just outside the Freehold Township border, was held up around 9:45 AM, according to the report.

    The suspect is a [...]

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    • Nickawampus 9:11 pm on January 31, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      He was last seen carrying a refrigerator on his back.

  • LAKEWOOD SOROPTIMISTS TO HOLD BASKETS ‘N’ BINGO FUNDRAISER 

    by Girl Scouts on January 29th, 2010 | Comment

    Soroptimist International of Lakewood will host its second annual Baskets ‘n’ Bags Bingo event on Sunday, March 21, 2010. The event will take place at the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore Program Activity Center on Yellowbrook Road in Farmingdale. Doors will open at 11 a.m. and bingo will begin at noon.

    Advance tickets are [...]

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  • Wachovia on Route 9 in Manalapan Robbed Wednesday 

    by Colleen Curry on January 29th, 2010 | Comment

    Police were searching for a man who they say robbed the Wachovia Bank branch at Craig Road and Route 9 South early Wednesday afternoon.

    The robber entered the bank alone shortly before 1:30 p.m. and passed a note to a teller demanding money and stating he had a gun, according to a prepared statement from [...]

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  • Freeholders Say ‘See Ya’ to Delinquents 

    by Colleen Curry on January 29th, 2010 | Comment

    The Board of Freeholders has voted to shut down the Youth Detention Center on Dutch Road in Freehold Township, according to today's APP.

    In a party-line vote, the majority Republicans voted to close the facility by July and begin to share services with Middlesex County instead.

    From the report:

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    • freedom 12:21 pm on January 29, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      John D’Amico did a good job when he was first elected to the Board of Freeholders years ago. However, as time went on he fed at the public trough and became, in my opinion,another political hack. It is a shame that Barb McMarrow is no longer representing the people of Monmouth County;she did the right thing not the PARTY thing…

  • Arctic cold conditions expected through the weekend 

    by Steven DiMartino on January 29th, 2010 | Comment

    In case you haven't realized from the gusty winds from last night, Arctic air has arrived for the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.  Temperatures this morning are in the single digits and teens over many interior locations and mid to upper 10's along the coast with a gusty northwesterly wind around 10 to [...]

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    • Julia Hays 10:30 am on January 29, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I’m driving from the Gloucester County area to Pomona, NJ tomorrow to spend the night. I presume I should leave in the afternoon tomorrow to avoid the snow?

  • Freehold Police Blotter Jan. 22 – Jan. 28 

    by Ann Marie Reilly on January 28th, 2010 | Comment

    SHERIFF STREET: Borough man Jorge Gonzalez, 25 was charged Jan. 16 by Patrolman Nicholas Iozzi with obstructing the administration of justice and resisting arrest by force.

    JACKSON STREET: Borough man John C. Bailey, 38 was charged Jan. 21 with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and loitering with intent to distribute a controlled [...]

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  • Reggae, Pop, Opera at Black History Festival 

    by Colleen Curry on January 28th, 2010 | Comment

    Now here's an event that sounds so fun we just have to endorse it.

    The Monmouth County Library will kick off Black History Month next week with an afternoon of musical performances spanning spiritual & gospel, opera & classical, jazz, and, in a genre all his own, the music of Michael Jackson.

    On Saturday, [...]

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  • Newman Pushes for Citizen Service Act 

    by Colleen Curry on January 28th, 2010 | Comment

    Freehold Borough Council newbie John Newman will make the case for his proposed Citizen Service Act at next Monday's Council meeting, after it failed to get any other Council member to second its introduction at last week's workshop.

    The proposed ordinance would force the Borough to have a more transparent process for appointing citizens [...]

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    • mikerosseel 2:28 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I was at the above mentioned meeting and I don’t see why anyone is making this out to be anything more then a request for more information. Maybe I am wrong but it was clearly stated that it was not seconded because of lack of information or some questions. Some council members seemed very eager to find out more. On another page earlier today, Mr Newman made some comments that made it seem like it was a party line issue, I certainly didnt see it as that at all. I have faith that our officals will look into this matter and make a decision with the best interest of the voters, as they always do! Seems to me like this MAY BE a bad play on politics! I thought we were above this, below you will see the statement made by Newman. Hopefully, he can clear up why this is being made into a political issue rather then a lack of information issue.

      Quoted today
      ” The ordinance was properly placed before the council for its approval. A second to the motion would have just opened it up for discussion; and the person who seconded the motion would not even have to vote approvingly of the ordinance at the end of the day.

      It was also said that the council did not have sufficient information to offer a second. What was not explained was that they did physically have the ordinance at the same time as the rest of their agenda packet was delivered to them; and if they needed more explanation, a second could have brought out further discussion.

      The ordinance will again be placed before the council at the next meeting.”

    • freedom 12:11 pm on January 29, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Here we go, I hoped Newman would surprise us and work for the betterment of our town. Alais, he has instituted “politics as usual”. His idea belonged in a caucas for discussion, not the “poping” of an ordinance at a public meeting. Also, he should know that the Boro attorney, not a Councilman, drafts all ordinances. In less than a month I an convinced Newman is no more than a “political antagonist” and must GO…

    • mikerosseel 12:37 pm on January 29, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Freedom,

      Please come to the council meeting on monday if you can. We need people to see with there own eyes whats going on and fight these wrongful reports against our governing body!

  • Collecting Supplies For Haiti Relief 

    by Ted Miller on January 28th, 2010 | Comment

    As I spent last Saturday afternoon helping the relief supplies collection efforts, along so many other community members and a non partisan contingent of our local elected officials, I used my Blackberry to capture the spontaneous images in this photo-essay.

    When you view this "youtube" photo-essay,  listen to John Lennon's lyrics and remember there [...]

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    • mikerosseel 2:45 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Seems like a very well attended event. Happy to see it was a success!

      • Ted Miller 3:52 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Yes, though the temps were cold, peoples hearts were very warm!
        This was well attended, many families from all over western monmouth showed incredible generosity.
        Some children even emptied thier piggy banks. Jaye Simms was there helping sort the supplies and seal cartons with us for a few hours and Schnurr dropped a trunk full of supples too.
        When the “Convoy of Hope” truck came at 4:15, it was awsome seeing how much was collected with such sort notification.

    • Lisa S 3:46 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Ted, you are really masterful with a camera. This is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

      • Ted Miller 4:13 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        I left my Camera home, this was not a “picture” thing…,

        As the day progressed, I was seeing the images of generosity, so I started capturing what I was seeing with the camera on my cell phone. When I came home to look over these images (blackberry did a good job ahh?), a “story board” developed…telling images of the “net accumulation”, visualizing the days heart filled deposits at the spontaneous “generosity bank” here in Freehold!

        Watching the tragedy unfold at home, you want to help, you need to help, but you feel helpless being so far away. Saturday, our community had a venue where they can physically get involved with relief. People drove from all over western Monmouth to join us in Freehold Borough to help. And there will be many more opportunities around here to follow…,

        • Lisa S 8:21 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

          Ted, I DO know your work. Please don’t be humble about it. Your photography is truly breathtaking. I really want to see more from you. Do you know that your neon Freehold sign image on the corner of Main and South, is the most difficult to capture and you did it perfectly? I know two photographers who were not able to do what you did with that.

          Yes, “a story board developed” you say — but that’s it! your talent. I look forward to your next montage — complete with just as glorious music (thanks for the John Lennon…)

    • Julia Hays 3:47 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Looks like it was a great event! Thanks for posting!

      • Ted Miller 4:47 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        TY Julia, its gratifying being among people who’s passion for giving was so intense!

    • mikerosseel 5:03 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      ted, nice job…how come you have 2 names on here?

  • Detention Center Closing? 

    by Colleen Curry on January 28th, 2010 | Comment

    -Bob Jordan-

    Monmouth County's youth detention center would be shut down as part of a shared services agreement with Middlesex County, under a plan scheduled to be voted on by the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders at 7 p.m. today.

    The plan was considered a year ago by a Democrat-controlled board but rejected in a [...]

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    • Larry Desmond 2:25 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Bad move.. Monmouth County should be taking care of their own. Not shipping them to another county..

  • Project Homelessness Connect Counts Freehold Area Homeless 

    by Colleen Curry on January 28th, 2010 | Comment

    Hundreds of Freehold residents came out to be counted among the homeless at Project Homelessness Connect yesterday at the New Beginnings Agape Christian Center on Throckmorton Street.

    More than 200 people, an overwhelming majority of whom were Latino men, completed surveys detailing their housing situations for the Department of Social Services before receiving medical screenings, [...]

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    • freedom 1:23 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Really neat, we count admitted illegals in OUR NATIONAL CENSUS! Now that we know who and where they are, let’s ship them back to THEIR country. We will help open jobs for AMERICANS. If we were illegal in Mexico we would be in a rotten jail cell, no laweyer and Spanish only. Let’s cut OUR COSTS and deport them all…

    • notallofus 1:30 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Freedom….Dont you know it is our responsiblity as tax paying AMERICAN citizens to provide food, shelter, jobs and anything else they may want to every citizen of the planet earth?

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