• New federal school lunch rules leave some students hungering for more

    UFRSD officials look to address concerns while remaining compliant BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Although changes made to school lunch guidelines at the federal level stemmed from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act that was spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama and signed by President Barack Obama, some students in the Upper Freehold…

  • Funding health care is good fiscal policy

    Our governor has a very convincing presence and comes off as folksy and doing the “right thing.” One “right thing” did not sit well with me; he eliminated funding for Planned Parenthood on the order of $7.5 million. He refuses federal aid then puts a fraction of state funds into helping support health care for…

  • Good parenting key to stopping hate crimes

    Your recent article about hate crimes asked how we can prevent them. By the time a kid is old enough to obtain and use a can of spray paint, it’s too late. Respect for others comes much earlier through good parenting. Don’t ask the schools, institutions, or anyone else to be responsible for teaching the…

  • Alexander, Faber defended township quality of life

    We are writing this letter to all the residents of Upper Freehold Township in support of Deputy Mayor Steve Alexander and Committeeman Bob Faber in the general election on Nov. 6. We are asking that you vote for Steve Alexander and Bob Faber. Last year, close to this time, we had the distinct honor of…

  • Family business brings laughter to disaster

    Better Half Bitter Half cards and other products seek to knock cancer out BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Nicole Schellenberger (l) and Gina Sapnar Caldwell (r), partners in the greeting card business, Better Half Bitter Half, flank their mother, Anita Sapnar, a survivor of ovarian cancer. ALLENTOWN — Better Half Bitter Half, a business selling…

  • Shining a light on power companies

    Report analyzes service of New Jersey’s major electricity distributors BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer A storm that ripped through Freehold Borough at the end of July tore trees from the ground and knocked out power in the community. In light of a report released Sept. 5 from the state Board of Public Utilities, New Jersey’s…

  • U.F. officials assert that no means no on westerly bypass

    Twp. Committee asks county to remove project from master plan BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The Upper Freehold Township Committee made plain its position on the proposed westerly bypass around neighboring Allentown at its Sept. 20 meeting. The governing body unanimously passed a resolution, written by Deputy Mayor Steve Alexander and Committeeman Robert Frascella, asking that…

  • Principal performs, goes punk for high-ranking readers

    Newell Elementary School students rank 17th in the world in reading challenge BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer A bug-eye bespectacled Kelly Huggins, principal of Newell Elementary School in Allentown, sits to accept her fate with a smile as second-grader Kylie Byrne — one of the school’s top five readers in the Scholastic Summer Challenge, in…

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