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Camden County Freeholders and Municipal Utilities Authority Honor Father Michael Doyle with a Park on the Camden Waterfront For Immediate Release: November 5, 2009 Contacts: RON TOMASELLO WHAT: Father Michael Doyle, of Sacred Heart Church, will be honored for his contributions to the residents of the Waterfront South Community with a park named in ...

Plans to raze an historic East Main Street building have been taken off the table, the building's owner said Friday.

There is a cautiously optimistic sense of joy in the home of Lt. Laurel Hester. Hester, a 49-year-old lesbian and retired cop who is dying of cancer, learned Saturday that the Ocean County freeholders have had a change of heart and are expected to vote Wednesday to offer domestic partner benefits to county employees.

Alcatel-Lucent in Murray Hill is part of a consortium of companies working on a connected car of the future.

Some critics of Cumberland County's current freeholder board have pointed out a lack of diversity in its voting record as a negative.

The political makeup of the Bergen County Freeholder Board shifted slightly Tuesday night, as this year's Republican challengers, John Driscoll Jr.

Shock waves were still radiating throughout Freehold Wednesday, a day after a Republican won a seat on the Borough Council for the first time in nearly a decade.

The three Republican incumbents claimed victory Tuesday for three seats on the Morris County Board of Freeholders.

Salem County Freeholder Beth Timberman was re-elected for a third term Tuesday. Salem County Republican freeholder candidate Ben Laury was the top vote-getter Tuesday.

Chris Christie thought his political career was over 12 years ago when he was bounced from a primary election for a county board.

The race for three seats on the Passaic County board of Chosen Freeholders is headed for a razor-sharp finish, with the election to be decided only after mail-in ballots are counted later this week.

A 41-year-old Freehold man stabbed the mother of his child, critically injuring the woman, authorities said.

We have a freeholder board in Cumberland County that has spared us most of the economic hardship felt in many other New Jersey counties during the international economic meltdown.

This year's countywide election could determine which political party controls county government.

Nick Kush acknowledges that he knows very little about government. "I'm going into this sort of blind," the 64-year-old Camden County freeholder candidate said in a meeting with the Courier-Post editorial board on Thursday.

FORMER President RichardNixon made his political comeback by tapping into a new base a ' a group he once described as the "great silent majority," that is, a majority of Americans whose opinions were rarely heard or appreciated by the powers that be.

Although she is the most seasoned county politician of the six candidates vying for a freeholder seat this year, Freeholder Deputy Director Beth Timberman says she still votes her heart.

Taxes, code enforcement and downtown development - all are major issues this year's crop of Borough Council candidates say are of utmost concern for the town.

A 42-year-old Freehold man was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, according to a criminal complaint.