Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • St. Joe’s shaves for fellow classmate and St. Baldrick’s Foundation

    St. Joe’s shaves for fellow classmate and St. Baldrick’s Foundation

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Saint Joseph High School community rallied around one of its own for its fourth annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation head-shaving event that raised $17,500. Some 84 volunteers — teachers, students and friends and family — had their heads shaved by local professional barbers on Dec. 1 in honor…

  • Students put their minds to solving plant problem

    Students put their minds to solving plant problem

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Elementary school pupils in the Millstone Township K-8 School District are seeking to address the problem of an invasive plant species in their community. The Community Problem Solvers Club, which is comprised of 19 pupils in grades three through five at the Millstone Township Elementary School, intend to…

  • Jamesburg American Legion has history of town activism

    Jamesburg American Legion has history of town activism

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer JAMESBURG — An established pillar of the community and active support system for local veterans, Jamesburg’s American Legion Star Post 127 has been an established charter for more than 80 years. Currently, the Legion post has 55 active members whose mission is to provide support to all local veterans who have…

  • Boulder Ridge gets go-ahead with final changes approved

    Boulder Ridge gets go-ahead with final changes approved

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer HOWELL – A residential development that was initially proposed as an adult community, then switched to a project for people of all ages, will now proceed as originally proposed: an age-restricted community. Boulder Ridge has been approved for a 72-acre site on the north side of Route 33, about 1,350…

  • Township Committee said late fees for sewer bills will be waived in Hazlet

    Township Committee said late fees for sewer bills will be waived in Hazlet

    By KATHARINE FRIEDMAN Correspondent The Hazlet Township Committee met Dec. 6 to discuss appointments, make resolutions and listen to those in attendance, including those who had received late fees for sewer bills that arrived late or not at all. The committee began the meeting when the day of Dec. 6 was proclaimed Barbara Lejda Day for…

  • Bill would require town’s approval for crematorium

    Bill would require town’s approval for crematorium

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer MANALAPAN – Two Democratic members of the state Assembly have introduced a bill which seeks to add a level of approval to the process by which a crematorium may be constructed in a New Jersey municipality. The bill is sponsored by Eric Houghtaling and Joann Downey, whose legislative district does…

  • Places To Be — Week of Dec. 12

    Places To Be — Week of Dec. 12

    The opening bell will ring on Dec. 16 when the 2016-17 winter scholastic athletic season starts for boys’ and girls’ basketball, wrestling, boys’ and girls’ fencing and boys’ and girls’ indoor track and field. Some winter sports started early this season, as boys’ and girls’ ice hockey, boys’ and girls’ swimming and boys’ and girls’…

  • Singer will visit children in hospital, bring gifts from giving tree

    Singer will visit children in hospital, bring gifts from giving tree

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer Children who are spending time in the Pediatric Child Life Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, will get some holiday cheer when singer Veronica Kole pays a visit to the hospital on Dec. 23. Kole will arrive at the medical center bearing gifts that have been provided by…

  • Firefighters extinguish lawn mower blaze

    Firefighters extinguish lawn mower blaze

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Firefighters from the Millstone Township Fire Company extinguished a fire that spread to two sides of a residential neighborhood. According to a press release from the fire company, firefighters and Millstone Township First Aid Squad responders were dispatched to a property on Rising Sun Tavern Road for a…