Hey, readers: a fellow Freehold-area blogger has just posted their first syndicated post on our site– a restaurant review of A Little Bit of Cuba in Freehold Township. You can follow the link to their full post on JerseyBites.com.
Full disclosure: I occasionally write Hudson County restaurant reviews for JB.
Thanks to the readers for keeping an eye on the weekend updates– I’ve unpublished the community contribution that lacked relevance to the Freehold area. As you know, all are welcome to register and post their Freehold news here, let’s just try to keep it Freehold-specific!
Have youngin’s interested in journalism or social media or getting out of the house on a Wednesday night? Come hang out with me tonight at the Freehold Public Library at 7:30. 12 & up.
Traffic light at South & Main is malfunctioning, according to a reader– avoid the intersection for now. Wonder if it has anything to do with last week’s electrical fire.
Free Preview Lesson for the Yamaha Music School at Freehold Music on Aug 7th, 2010. Interactive group music lessons for kids ages 3-8. Visit freeholdmusic.com or call 732-462-4730 for more info!
So Wal-mart is expanding, huh? Will you shop at the merchandise giant for your groceries next year? Or stay loyal to a favorite local purveyor? Answer our survey below or add it here in the chatter.
I will shop there for certain things, Sams Club for the big stuff, Foodtown for other things, Top Tomato for even other things, Wegmans for more other things….just like always!
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The upper low from the winter storm a few days ago simply will not quit. I'm about to call this storm, Rocky Balboa as every time you think it is finished, the storm gets back up for another round.
Luckily the next round of this storm will be focused well to the north and east [...]
The influences from the winter storm of the past two days simply will not quit. A strong upper low that caused the initial surface low to stall over New York City and then drift through Long Island continues to sit right over the central Hudson Valley. Strong mid level disturbances are rotating around this upper [...]
Nearly two years after an Asbury Park man was gunned down outside of a Freehold Elks lodge, police have arrested and charged two men they say are responsible for the shooting.
Rodney Keys, 39, died before making it to a hospital after he was shot in a parking lot by members of a rival street gang early on the morning of May 3, 2008, said First Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. Today, authorities announced the arrests of 23-year-old Terrell Ryans of Trenton and Brandon Montes, 29, of New York City in connection with the crime.
Each is charged with Keys' murder and an additional charge of attempted murder in relation to an injury sustained by a friend of Keys' who was injured in the shooting. That friend, Tyrone Ellis, 38, of Asbury Park, was released from a Neptune hospital days after the incident.
Ryans was taken into custody on Wednesday night at a home in Trenton while Montes -- whom Warshaw identified as the shooter -- was arrested Thursday night in Manhattan, Warshaw said. Montes remained in a New York jail today, and Ryans was being held at the Monmouth County Jail in Freehold Township.
Bail for each was set at $2.5 million by Superior Court Judge Thomas F. Scully.
Authorities have released few details about the shooting since it took place, but at the time of his death, Keys' family members said they believed the killing was linked to an earlier dispute at the Elks lodge.
Warshaw confirmed today that authorities believe the murder was "gang-related," but he declined to identify which two street gangs are believed to be involved.
Keys had served a seven-year term in state prison ending in 2004 following convictions for armed robbery, aggravated assault and drug offenses, and his family said he had since turned his life around.
Assisting members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and Freehold police in the investigation of the murder were members of the New York City Police Department, Monmouth County Sheriff's Department, Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, U.S. Marshals Office, Trenton police, Hamilton Township police, East Windsor police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
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 well as parking lots for various facilities, including [...]
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 of Migdalia Irizarry and her son, who were [...]
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Ted Miller
2:22 pm on February 26, 2010
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“Both Irizarry and her teen son have been on trial”
It is good to see that the DEDFENDANTS were clearly identified here,and no inference that the FBPD was on trial.
I know that the FBPD is one of the best educated, professional law enforcement departments in the region. The FBPD makes painstaking efforts to train our peace officers on profiling and brutality avoidance.
It is well known that the FBPD makes outstanding strides in providing an above average number of community outreach events through the Summer National Night Out, the Santa Train, PBA donations to Borough youth sports programs, the Youth Police Academy program, participation in Latino Fest etc…,
FBPD provides so many opportunities for our community get to acquainted with the people in the department.
I challenge the naysayers in our community to get to know these professional. FBPD are people who are entrusted to serve and protect, professionals who risk, every time they leave home to go to “the Office”, their own heath, safety and lives…., to guaranty yours.
Like a Fireman, who runs into a burning building to get you out, law enforcement professional are poised to take bullets every moment while on the job, to assure your community is a safe one. Thats asking a lot out of your fellow human, who does this willingly without a second thought, in exchange for your safety.
It is unreasonable, and unsafe to portray our police professionals as being flawed in purpose. These assertions are ill conceived, ill advised and engineered only fuel inconceivable notions that outside special interest advocates care to incite. We need voices of trust, not voices that instill unsafe divisions designed to destabilize the good hard work our police department provide.
Simply, reach out to our police, you will find that they are worthy of your trust, and ready to keep you safe!
mikerosseel
3:53 pm on February 26, 2010
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Ted, not sure what article you read but the caption under the picture states she has applauding outside a rally in 2008 outside the police station.
Kim, much better handleing of this article. Seems alittle more fair and professional then previous articles.
Sadly, we have another month of this lingering around. Its sad the negative perception this story has brought such a fine department. Ted, I’m sure you can attest to how fast they respond to a call and how professional they, our force, are. Hopefully, this “black cloud” will be lifted from our department and she and her son will get there due in court, guess will all be waiting until March 24.
As the Friday morning rush hour commenced, road conditions in the Freehold- Farmingdale area worsened as more vehicles churned the snow, creating slush on roadways.
Adding to the worsening conditions was added traffic as the day progressed, although traffic was light compared to a normal day.
Snow fell steadily, whipped here and there by the wind.
In Farmingdale, James Daly did what many of us have to do in a winter storm - dig out.
"Digging out to get to work," said Daly, 43, as he cleared his Walnut Street driveway with a snow-blower about 8 a.m. "I have no excuse, it's only 2 miles away."
Although Daly, who is president of the Borough Council, took the snow in stride, he said he "can't wait for it (winter) to be over." He said it "will make spring (seem) much better."
Lily, 4, and Noah, 1, both English cream golden retrievers, walked along
the borough's North Main Street amid the blowing and steady snowfall.
"They love their walk in the snow," said their owner, Joey Chapurtinov, 47.
While the canines enjoyed the snow, the human said he had enough.
"Losing work," said Chapurtinov, who works outdoors in construction. "Bad winter, you know?"
But Chapurtinov was dealing with it.
"I snow-blow, shovel, help the neighbors out," Chapurtinov said. "Everybody pitches in on our street."
By 7 a.m., the Freehold-Englishtown area had about 7 1/2 inches of new snowfall.
Prior to this storm, about 47 inches of snow had fallen this winter where the three counties of Monmouth, Middlesex and Mercer meet, according to Asbury Park Press unofficial records. That is about 20 inches more than average for an entire winter.
Average snowfall is about 28 inches a season, according to official records.
By the time this storm ends Saturday morning, this area will have got about twice the average of a normal winter - with snow possible for another month and a half.
A very strong area of low pressure has stalled over the southern Hudson Valley and southwestern Connecticut, or basically right over White Plains, New York this morning.
Bands of moderate to heavy snow will rotate through much of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania this morning with snowfall rates of a half an inch to 2 [...]
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, [...]
The Freehold Borough Educational Foundation is donating more than $8,000 to projects benefiting the borough's elementary and middle school students, according to foundation chair Jean Holtz.
Holtz announced the awards, which total $8,601, at a borough school district meeting earlier this month.
The grants will be used to fund various initiatives ranging from writing programs [...]
A significant winter storm is developing off the North Carolina coast this morning and will move towards the New Jersey coastal waters by tonight before stalling over the region through Friday.
As the low pressure system intensifies, the mix of rain, sleet, and snow along the immediate coast will change over to a steady, heavy, [...]
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Freehold Township's CentraState Healthcare System is one of three partners that plan to open a massive cancer-treatment center in Somerset, the first of its kind in the New York region, according to a Gannett New Jersey report.
The $160 million facility will offer proton-therapy, a form of radiation therapy that causes less [...]
The state Assembly is expected to vote on the so-called diploma mill bill Thursday, after it was approved by the state Senate Monday.
"The passage of this bill is essential as it directly affects what New Jersey residents are paying for school employees' salaries," state Sen. Jennifer Beck, R-Monmouth, who co-sponsored the Senate bill with Sen. Richard J. Codey, D-Essex. said in a prepared release. "While there is no problem with compensating people for hard work and additional education that only benefits our students, it is simply wrong to reward people with taxpayer dollars when no reward was earned."
The bill was introduced after stories in the Asbury Park Press revealed that several Freehold Regional High School District employees, including Schools Superintendent H. James Wasser, benefited by obtaining doctoral degrees from an unaccredited, online university.
The measure was previously approved by the state Assembly and the state Senate, but the Senate could not vote on certain amendments before the last legislative session ended.
The current bill (S-826) laces restrictions on school district employees seeking compensation for coursework, academic credits or degrees received from an institution of higher education.
The new requirements include a provision that the institution be a "duly authorized institution of higher education" as defined by state law.
Employees would also need permission from the schools superintendent before they enrolled in any course for which they were seeking tuition assistance. School board members would have to approve a superintendent's courses, according to the bill.
Compensation or tuition assistance would also only be given for courses or degrees related to the employee's current or future job responsibilities, the bill states.
Marc LeVine
5:55 pm on February 24, 2010
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This bill MUST pass and send the right message that Educators, above everyone else, MUST actually do the work > to get the degree > to get or keep the job and > earn higher pay.
People like Wasser are supposed to be educational role models for our kids. What kind of message does it send to a child when hears that his/her top school administrators went out and bought their certificates just to hang on the wall?
Why would any child want to deal with the pressures of post secondary education, when they learn they can avoid all this buy purchasing a phony document?
Carrol Babbison
6:30 pm on February 25, 2010
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So very well said Marc.
I see your posts all over the internet. You have such a command on every topic related to local current events.
Thank you for your kind words. A fan club? No. But I DO have a blog you can subscribe to at http://www.icanewfriend.com/blog where I discuss social media, mostly.
A major winter storm is starting to develop over the Gulf Coast that will have a lasting impact on the entire northern Mid Atlantic tonight through Friday evening.
This morning, the water vapor satellite picture shows two disturbances beginning to interact over the Tennessee Valley. By this afternoon, these disturbances will form a powerful upper [...]
There are times when as a forecaster, I look at a water vapor satellite and everything just comes together for me in terms of how I think this storm will evolve. Usually it is a matter of just sitting back and watching the water vapor loop again and again, just observing the way the atmosphere [...]
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Ted Miller 11:11 am on February 27, 2010 Permalink |
Good to see that this didn’t end up as another “Cold-Case”.
This was a good example of cooperative, coordinated law enforcement effort.
There will be more details as this heads to trial.