• Standardbred Retirement Found. hosts open house at new home

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — The Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) welcomed guests to an open house and breakfast at its new home at Walnridge Farm, Arneytown-Hornerstown Road, on Oct. 21. SRF relocated from a farm in Hamilton Township after the farm’s owner sought a significant increase in the monthly rent. The owners of…

  • Attend lecture before world comes to end

    MANALAPAN — Will the world end in 2012 or is it just another turn of the calendar? The abrupt ending of the Mayan Long Count Calendar on Dec. 21, 2012 has been described as a prophesy for the end of an age — and maybe the world. So is doomsday near? Get some perspective at…

  • Devastation in Belmar shocking to volunteers

    Group from local church offered solace & helping hand to stunned residents BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer This photograph, taken on Nov. 10, shows damage to a home in Belmar, one of the Jersey Shore towns that was hit hard by Post-Tropical Storm Sandy on Oct. 29. The Rev. Jeffrey Philhower put into practice…

  • Hamilton steps down in Roosevelt

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Roosevelt officials are looking for a few good people to fill vacancies on various boards and committees. Make that quite a few good people, considering that the town has fewer than 1,000 residents. At the Nov. 19 Borough Council meeting, the governing body accepted the resignation of Councilman Mike Hamilton with…

  • Holiday Express rocks the season

    Music troupe rocks 800th party during its 20th season BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Mr. and Mrs. Claus make an appearance at the Holiday Express concert during the Red Bank Town Lighting kickoff to the holiday season. FILE PHOTO On Christmas Eve 1990, Tim McLoone was asked to take part in a charity event for…

  • A grown-up solution to the question of debates

    CODA GREG BEAN As a self-admitted political junkie, I watched about a bajillion debates among candidates during the last presidential election cycle, and like lots of folks suffering my malady, I often came away feeling like I hadn’t learned much about the politicians who wanted my vote so badly. Sure, it was great theater to…

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     Allentown Art Guild will host its annual holiday show and sale at 55 N. Main St., Allentown, from noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 1- 2. Oil and watercolor paintings, mixed media drawings, and greeting cards will be available for purchase. Free admission. Parking available on Main Street. Details: 609-259-3500.  Create a stocking made…

  • LAWRENCE: 13 percent hike in Rec fees possible

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    An ordinance that would raise Recreation Department fees will be introduced by Township Council, possibly as soon as the council’s meeting Monday night, according to Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun.    A 13 percent hike in the Recreation Department fees was floated before Township Council at its Nov. 8 meeting by Superintendent…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Injured firefighter at home after battling Sandy blaze

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Longtime Hillsborough fireman Ron Campbell was home enjoying turkey on Thanksgiving Day, more than three weeks after being injured while fighting a post-Superstorm Sandy house fire in Branchburg.    Mr. Campbell, 78, was knocked off his feet when something hit him in or near the eye as he was supervising the…

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