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County Freeholder to Attend Federal Clean Energy Forum at White House OCT. 20, 2009 - Middlesex County Freeholder H. James Polos, who has spearheaded many of the County s energy efficient and green economic development programs, has been invited to the White House to attend a Clean Energy Economy Forum.

Nicholas Lucarella was so angry over losing custody of his three sons that he hired two men from Passaic County to kill his former Red Bank divorce lawyer in 2002, a prosecutor told jurors in Monmouth County today.

Dreading the thought of fighting the crowds at the local mall just to get the same old gifts offered by chain stores? Break out of the mold and catch the holiday spirit at Georgian Court University's Second Annual Victorian Christmas Festival and Gift Boutique from Friday, December 4, through Sunday, December 6, in the Casino Auditorium on the ...

The U.S. Census Bureau has opened an office in the township to serve Monmouth County and northwestern Ocean County for the population and housing count for the April 1 Census.

The recent political campaign will be remembered for a wide variety of reasons. It was much more than simply choosing between the two major political parties.

Tom Borkowski, a former Clinton Township mayor, wants to be freeholder. He hopes to be named to fill the seat that will be vacated by Freeholder Erik Peterson.

Recognizing that 24 years of pounding hooves have taken their toll at Union County's Watchung Stables, the facility is slated to get a new main ring under a plan approved by the Board of Freeholders.

A Monmouth County man was struck and killed while attempting to cross Route 9 at the intersection of East Freehold Road in Freehold this morning, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press.

BRIDGETON _ Millville attorney Brendan J. Kavanagh was named tonight as legal counsel to the Cumberland County Board of Freeholders.

New Jersey taxpayers don't pay directly for the costly campaigns state politicians run, but public money regularly goes to government contractors who in turn make sure the candidates are well-funded. Thanks to loopholes in campaign finance laws at the state and county levels, the biggest government contractors in New Jersey routinely get lucrative, ...

Hampton Mayor Rob Walton wants Erik Peterson's Freeholder seat. Over the weekend he visited several dozen members of the Republican county committee.

Attorneys for Monmouth County and the Asbury Park Press faced off today in state Supreme Court to argue whether a settlement agreement reached in a sexual harassment lawsuit must be made public.

The Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders is being asked to declare "emergency situations" on two county-owned roads to allow two sections that have become "polished" to be rebuilt.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher Christie and his running mate, Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno won the gubernatorial race in Guadagno's home county by a comfortable margin Tuesday night, echoing the results statewide that sent Christie to the governor's office and made Monmouth Beach resident Guadagno the state's first ever Lt.

Barely audible, seated in a wheelchair with a portable oxygen unit, a surgical mask and gloves, Lt.

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.