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    SCOTT PILLING staff Sabrina Madsen, 5, of Millstone Township’s Brownie Troop 1231, designs her own crown at Girl Scout Troop 550’s “Great Britain” table during Millstone Township Girl Scouts’ World Thinking Day held at the Millstone Township Elementary School on March 4. See story, page 3.

  • Debate lights up over how to power Cox’s Corner

    JCP&L pushes for poles; developer wants underground wire BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Planning Board wants to help the Cox’s Corner developer move his commercial project forward. The board voted at its Feb. 28 meeting to set up a meeting with the state Office of Smart Growth…

  • Residents strive to keep Upper Freehold rural

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Numerous residents want to get involved in the township’s planning process. Residents attended the Planing Board’s Feb. 28 meeting in droves to hear the board discuss its planning process with regard to potential master plan and zoning changes. Those in attendance overflowed the…

  • Millstone girls celebrate scouting around the world

    World Thinking Day engages almost 380 local Scouts BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer At left, Niya Klayman, 8, of Girl Scout Troop 1765, represents Denmark during Girl Scouts World Thinking Day held in Millstone Township’s Elementary School on March 4. Above, Jenna Johnston (l-r), 11, and Brittany Postglione, 10, watch as…

  • U.F. master plan changes take shape

    Villages, hamlets, open space encouraged BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold UPPER FREEHOLD – Township Planner Mark Remsa wants to prevent Upper Freehold from getting a case of the measles. While giving a PowerPoint presentation about the land use element of the township’s master plan during the Feb. 28 Planning…

  • U.F. mourns loss of former DPW worker

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Township Committee held a moment of silence for Robert W. Carroll Jr. at its Feb. 27 meeting. Carroll, 27, a former Department of Public Works (DPW) employee, died suddenly at his home in Bordentown Township on Feb. 24. Carroll had recently resigned…

  • Freeholder presents check to Millstone for $380,943

    Twp. will use funds to preserve farmland and open space BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer The county has just replenished Millstone Township’s coffers for farmland preservation. A member of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders presented the township with a farmland preservation check last week in the amount of $380,943.…

  • Groups offer parents help in Millstone

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Those who wish to strengthen bonds with their children have a new place to turn to for help. The Millstone Township Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, commonly known as the Drug Alliance, will offer two parenting programs at township schools. The programs…

  • Local college slates annual yearling sale

    NEW BRUNSWICK – The Young Horse Research and Teaching Program at Rutgers University will hold its seventh annual yearling benefit auction on April 30. Twelve yearling horses from the Young Horse Research and Teaching Program will be sold at auction on the university’s Cook College campus in New Brunswick. Proceeds from the sale will fund…