Category: archives

  • Ending sprawl keyto preserving space

    To the editor    Picture a world where there are no baseball fields, football fields or even parks and open spaces for animals and children to enjoy, where children play on concrete and animals stopping at red lights.    If we don’t take action now to save some open space the world described above could be ours…

  • The Allens of Monmouth County

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By:    (Originally published July 14, 1904 in the Allentown Messenger).    Many of the founders of the settlements in Monmouth came from Rhode Island and Massachusetts. These were not only honorable, conscientious men in their dealings, but also exceedingly careful and methodical in their business…

  • Boards will share costs of services

    $2.2 million in services are proposed By:David Koch    MANSFIELD — The Mansfield and Northern Burlington Regional boards of education have agreed to share costs for $2.2 million worth of services for both districts’ proposed schools.    Both districts are building schools at the former Millington Tree Farm on the corner of Mansfield Road East and North…

  • SNAPSHOT: Cellular seniors

    The township distributed free cellphones to seniors Saturday at a health fair at the Lawrence Senior Center. The cellphones that were given to the seniors have been pre-programmed to dial 911 in an emergency. Here, Jaqueline Ng watches as Patrolman Todd Caruso explains how to use her new phone.

  • MOST report may not get special meeting

    Millstone Mayor Evan Maltz fears disorder and ‘he said, she said’ debates accomplishing little. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — Fearing a special township meeting regarding a report dealing with alleged improprieties by a former committeeman might lead to disorder, the mayor said this week he may reconsider the idea.    Former Committeeman Bill Kastning, who left…

  • Washington fire budget gets nod

    Higher-than-usual turnout as voters approve 44 percent hike in fire taxes. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Voters on Saturday approved a 44-percent fire tax hike as the fire district’s budget passed by a 53-to-47 percent margin.    Turnout was high for a fire district election, with almost 700 voters heading to the polls. While that is…

  • Gunmen rob Robin Road resident

    Police seeking information on two males who held up townhouse resident By:Alec Moore    Police are looking for two men who forced their way into a Robin Road townhouse at gunpoint late Tuesday night.    Hillsborough Police Capt. Robert Roscoe stated that the crime is under investigation and that patrols have been stepped up in the Robin…

  • Library sees increase in number of users

    Circulation last year tops 50,000, nearly double the figure just six years. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — The Allentown Public Library is a popular place to be these days. That’s what the latest circulation and usage data suggests, at least.    Head Librarian Nancy Stein said circulation topped 50,000 last year, up almost 9 percent from…

  • Voters approve two fire budgets; third plan fails

    Under state law, the budget now goes to the Township Committee, which has the option of cutting the budget or adopting it in its current form By: John Tredrea    Hopewell and Pennington fire district voters said "yes" Saturday to two separate budget proposals, but Hopewell Township voters nixed their district’s spending plan.    A proposed $1.7…