• Preschool to offer comprehensive care

    Bright Beginnings Preschool at the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County is hosting an open house on March 18, 6:30-8 p.m. at 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The school provides a child-centered environment with a low studentteacher ratio and a comprehensive curriculum for children from ages 2-and-a-half to 5. Swimming, physical education and music appreciation…

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    The great egret, seen here at the Forsythe National Wildlife Reserve, Oceanville, carries a burden none of us can comprehend. Just imagine how it makes its cousin, the mediocre egret, feel. BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com

  • Former freeholder: Deal helped a GOP friend

    In 2009, New Jersey voters supported a $400 million open space bond issue referendum at the polls, but unfortunately, some elected officials saw this as a financial opportunity for personal gain – a shortcut to the American Dream. There is a farmland issue right here in Monmouth County that has residents outraged. Taxpayers throughout New…

  • Burry: Farmland deal is about preservation

    George Spodak has written to your newspaper and made an inference that I feel requires a response. Anyone who knows me personally or by reputation knows full well of my passion and my belief in the importance of the preservation of farmland and open space in Monmouth County. It is because of that passion that…

  • Foundation raises $19,000

    MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence, a nonprofit organization, raised close to $19,000 from its final fundraising event for the 2012-13 school year, Casino Night. According to a press release, every dollar raised will fund grants approved by the foundation. The foundation funds grants for items that nurture extraordinary educational experiences for…

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    Cast members in the Millstone Township Middle School production of “Bye Bye Birdie” rehearse a scene from the musical, which will be presented at 7 p.m. March 8-9. For more about the play, see story by Maureen Shames on page 16. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Farmland preservation deal OK’d in pair of split votes

    97-acre Manalapan parcel will not be developed with single-family homes REGIONAL INTEREST  BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — By the slimmest of margins, 2-1, the Manalapan Township Committee has voted to approve a payment that will permit the preservation of the 97- acre Burke farm on Iron Ore Road, Manalapan, to move forward.…

  • Friends put forth ambitious plans for Baird homestead

    BY MAUREEN SHAMES Correspondent MILLSTONE — An ambitious effort is under way to complete the restoration of the Baird Homestead/Cultural Resource Center on Baird Road, according to a report that was presented at the Feb. 20 meeting of the Township Committee. The Friends of Millstone Township Historic Registered Properties, a nonprofit organization that manages the…

  • County parks sustain $8M in Sandy damage

    Trails, beach facilities, marinas, skate park destroyed by superstorm BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Photos (counter-clockwise from top right) show damage caused by Sandy at Bayshore Waterfront Park, Middletown; at the historic Walnford property in Upper Freehold Township, and at two locations along the Henry Hudson Trail, washing out a footbridge in Middletown, and devastating…

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