• Michaud declared winner of school board seat after recount

    Michaud declared winner of school board seat after recount

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Lara Michaud has won a three-year term on the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education as a representative from Allentown. Michaud was appointed to the board in September to complete an unexpired term that will end on Dec. 31. During the campaign season, the three-year term…

  • Tickets on sale for high school state wrestling tournament

    Tickets on sale for high school state wrestling tournament

    Tickets went on sale Dec. 9 for the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state wrestling tournament that will be held March 3-5 at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. All-session tickets are priced at $40 and are on sale through Ticketmaster (https://goo.gl/JWkmYz), the Boardwalk Hall Box Office or by phone at 800-745-3000. This public sale will be…

  • Plumsted parking lots to see improvements

    Plumsted parking lots to see improvements

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer PLUMSTED – The Township Committee has awarded a contract for the repaving of a parking lot at the municipal recreation facility on Brindletown Road and a public parking lot on Main Street. During their Dec. 7 meeting, members of the governing body said they would use a Community Development Block…

  • Grand opening of two Wawa locations set for Dec. 9

    Grand opening of two Wawa locations set for Dec. 9

    Wawa’s celebration of the two grand openings of the chain’s newest New Jersey stores located in Somerdale and Edison will be held at 10 a.m. on Dec. 9. Both of the grand openings are at 10 a.m. at 2 North White Horse Pike, Somerdale, and at Woodbridge Avenue and College Drive East, Edison. Highlights of…

  • 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…

  • Monmouth County SPCA names permanent executive director

    Monmouth County SPCA names permanent executive director

    The Monmouth County SPCA Board of Trustees has announced that effective immediately, Ross Licitra, who has been serving as the organization’s interim executive director, has accepted the permanent position of executive director of the MCSPCA. In a press release, the MCSPCA said that during Licitra’s months of provisional leadership as interim executive director at the…

  • Two great books for connecting kids with nature

    Two great books for connecting kids with nature

    By Michele S. Byers Do you remember catching fireflies, building tree forts or looking under rocks in a stream? How about jumping in piles of leaves and making snow angels? Research shows that if you had rich nature experiences like these as a child, you probably grew up to have a deep connection with and…

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