Freehold News

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.

No matter what the outcome of the race for two seats on the Burlington County Board of Freeholders, the makeup of the governing body will change.

Within the last three months, there have been five confirmed cases of rabies in wild animals in Camden County.

WHAT: Ten of this year's 14 inductees into the five-year-old Camden County Sports Hall of Fame are well-known coaches.

VINELAND -- It generally helps a political slate when its candidates can agree on core issues.

The Burlington County Board of Freeholders on Wednesday approved $7.2 million for improvements to its public safety, health and human services facilities in Westampton.

In a second-floor, exhibition room, Lee Ellen Griffith stopped at an enclosed case and swooned over the large spoon inside it.