For Immediate Release:
November 17, 2025

County Commissioners launch third annual Snowplow Naming Contest for fifth-grade students
Letters due Monday, December 22

FREEHOLD, NJ – The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners is excited to announce that the third annual Monmouth County Snowplow Naming Contest for fifth-grade students is now accepting submissions!

“Each year, we receive hundreds of creative and fun submissions from students across the County, including last year’s winner, ‘Born to Plow,’ submitted by Jackson Mattioli of Laura Donovan Elementary School in Freehold Township and Jackson Felegy of Middletown Village Elementary School in Middletown,” said Commissioner Director Thomas A. Arnone, liaison to the Department of Public Works. “We can’t wait to see all the imaginative names and letters from this year’s fifth-grade students!”

Previous winners include “Born to Plow” submitted by Jackson Mattioli of Laura Donovan Elementary School in Freehold Township and Jackson Felegy of the Middletown Village Elementary School in Middletown (2024); and “Snow Force 1” submitted by Viego Vieira of Amerigo A. Anastasia School in Long Branch and “Fast & The Flurrious” submitted by Kaden Felder of Woodrow Wilson School in Neptune City (2023).

The official rules of the contest are:

• The contest is open to all fifth graders in Monmouth County.
• Submissions will be accepted now through Monday, December 22.
• Students must submit a letter explaining how they came up with the name and advice for staying safe during a snowstorm.
• Snowplow Naming contest submissions can be sent by mail to:
• Monmouth County Department of Public Information
  Hall of Records Annex
  1 East Main St.
  Freehold, NJ 07728; or
• By email at public.information@co.monmouth.nj.us

The winner will have their submitted name painted on a Monmouth County snowplow and be invited to help unveil it.

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