• Horses of a different color visit U.F. amid world travels

    Zebras make pit stop en route to ‘Equines of the World’ show in China BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Two Grant’s zebras huddle together during their time at Birch Creek Farm in Upper Freehold. The striped sojourners are en route to China to perform in an equine show. PHOTO BY VICKI WRIGHT UPPER FREEHOLD — Denise…

  • Millstone zoning board will consider driveway issue

    Applicant gets conditional waiver for disturbance of slopes BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Although no action was taken at the Aug. 22 Millstone Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting other than the granting of one waiver, board members received information about an application scheduled for the Oct. 24 meeting. The applicant, 352 Monmouth Road LLC,…

  • New organization to bring Millstone’s Thomas Baird home back to life

    Historic properties group seeks volunteers for various projects at Baird homestead BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Thomas Baird built his Greek Revival farmhouse on the road that bears his name around 1830. More than 180 years later, that property is scheduled to become the Thomas Baird Cultural Resource Center, a 7.5-acre site for various…

  • This week’s StringFly assignment: Send us your summer photos

    Do you have a summer photograph you would like to see published in Greater Media Newspapers or at GMNews.com? Now you can tell your story through Greater Media StringFly, our citizen journalism photo program. Go to www.GMNews.com/StringFly and find out. Greater Media StringFly gives people of all ages and from all communities the opportunity to…

  • Area residents submit documentary to Sundance Film Festival

    Nick Pavone has been working on the history of recorded sound for 10 years BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Above: Kyle O’Brien (l-r), Nick Pavone, Camila DaSilva and Mike Dean are submitting their documentary, “Phonograph Conversations: The History of Recorded Sound” to the Sundance Film Festival. They are standing behind a 5-and-a-half-foot witch hat phonograph…

  • U.F. officials to seek input for wastewater solutions

    Sept. 13 meeting will address zoning, septic and cesspool issues BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Homeowners in the villages of Imlaystown and Hornerstown, as well as along Yardville-Allentown Road, have been asked to attend an Upper Freehold Planning Board workshop meeting on Sept. 13, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the municipal building at 314 Route 539.…

  • Burglars strike twice at Upper Freehold home

    State police say break-ins not isolated incidents in the area BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer A sign in front of the Goss family’s home in Upper Freehold seeks to stop would-be burglars in their tracks. The home was burglarized four years ago, and again in July. PHOTO BY JESSICA SMITH Although nary a commercial billboard…

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    A group of students watches as sixth-grader John Kuchar attempts to open his new locker during Locker Day at Millstone Middle School, held Aug. 23. The annual event has upperclassmen welcoming incoming sixth-graders by showing them around and helping them open their lockers for the first time. See story, page 20. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Joining the team: My gradual entry in the world of football

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Attention! We interrupt your family life to welcome you to the football season. Yes, sir. It’s time to fluff the couch cushions, launder the Snuggies and dig out those trusty #1 foam fingers. Time to stock up on chips and dip and ask ourselves the all-too-pertinent question: “Is one…

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