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PTSA contributes over $66K to middle school programs
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Middle School PTSA, a group of parents, students, educators and community members who support educational opportunities at the school, made considerable contributions during the last school year. According to PTSA Co-President Gina Crane, more than $66,000 in proceeds from PTSA fundraising activities and donations in 2011-12…
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Freeholders look to short- and long-term after Sandy
Curley: Electrical infrastructure needs to go underground BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Numbers are still coming in on the scope of damage sustained in Monmouth County and official tallies may take weeks, but so far thousands of homes and businesses have been deemed uninhabitable as a result of Sandy, with countless more severely damaged by…
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Monmouth County retains AAA status from rating agencies
The nation’s three major bond-rating agencies, Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, have reaffirmed Monmouth County’s AAA status, according to a press release. Only a small percentage of counties throughout the United States have been granted AAA ratings, the highest rating, according to Craig R. Marshall, Monmouth County’s finance director. Monmouth County is the only…
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Horse racing official laments movement of stallions to Pa.
The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey has reported that the loss of New Jersey stallions to slots-enriched programs in other states is now a reality. In a press release issued by the SBOANJ, Perretti Farms in Cream Ridge, Upper Freehold Township, announced that it has moved two of the harness racing industry’s…
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Sale of lake considered
ALLENTOWN — Conines Mill Pond may be up for sale in the future, as the Allentown Borough Council has begun looking into the possibility of selling the property to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The DEP would preserve the parcel, according to borough officials. Conines Mill Pond, also known as the Allentown…
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Young storm victims get something soft to hug
Freehold Twp. eighth-grader creates Build-A-Bear fundraiser for children in area shelter BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A youngster holds tight to a Build-A-Bear friend that eighth-grader Stephanie Rovere of Freehold Township delivered to a shelter at Monmouth Park, Oceanport, which is now home to people who were displaced by superstorm Sandy. Stephanie Rovere has…
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Contractor working to clear brush
Millstone Township administrator will seek reimbursement from FEMA BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Millstone Township residents get just one opportunity to have their Sandy-related brush picked up. At the Dec. 5 meeting of the Township Committee, Township Administrator Thomas Antus said there will not be callbacks if a homeowner’s brush is not curbside when the truck…
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Pantries keep food on table for the new hungry
Growing group of middleand working-class residents relying on food banks BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Volunteers Pat Captain (l) and Tayo Lawson of AT&T help sort donations at the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in Neptune. Officials at area food pantries say they are seeing a greater demand for food among middle-class and working-class…
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