• Millstone BOE presents budget with zero tax increase

    District to receive increased state aid BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The Millstone Township Board of Education was scheduled to vote on the new school budget March 5. With no increase in the budget from last year, it will remain at $26,371,784. The results of the vote were not available by press time. At the board’s…

  • U.F. budget down, but tax levy up

    Individual increase dependent on whether property value has been reassessed BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Whether the municipal portion of the 2012 taxes increase for Upper Freehold residents depends on whether a property’s reassessed value increased last year. The Township Committee unanimously passed a resolution introducing the 2012 municipal budget at the March 1 meeting. A…

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    Allentown residents Julie Kiernan and her daughter Rio, 20 months, are all smiles during the Dr. Seuss birthday party breakfast at Ms. Crystal’s Clubhouse in Allentown on March 3. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Weekly playgroup offered by MOMS Club

    The MOMS Club of Hamilton holds a weekly playgroup from 10 a.m. to noon every Wednesday. The playgroup is held in a clean and safe environment, courtesy of the township. For more information, email [email protected].

  • Counseling for grief offered in Marlboro

    The Mourning After, a grief counseling program led by Licensed Professional Counselors Bob Szita and Bernice Garfield-Szita, of Contemporary Counseling Center and Grief Information, Education & Recovery Services of Marlboro (GIERS), is designed to assist people with recent and not-so-recent losses adjust to the powerful emotions of grieving and the long term changes in the…

  • Save the date for benefit walk, June 2

    The second annual Walk to Believe fundraiser will be held June 2 at the Rutgers University Stadium, Busch Campus, Piscataway. Proceeds of the 5K walk will benefit the Eric LeGrand Believe Trust Fund, a fund established to offer support and cover expenses for Rutgers University football player Eric LeGrand and his family, as he continues…

  • New dance classes to begin March 22

    The spring sessions of “Dancing by the Peddie Lake with Candace Woodward- Clough,” a four-week class offering instruction in swing, fox trot, waltz and Latin dancing, will be held at 112 Etra Road, Hightstown. Classes will begin Thursday, March 22 for four weeks, and Friday, March 30 for four weeks. Beginner classes start at 7:30…

  • Gift basket auction slated for April 21

    The Hope Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary will host a gift basket auction April 21 at the fire company, 82 Route 526, Allentown. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Admission of $6 will include one sheet of tickets and dessert. No one under 18 years of age will be admitted. Alcoholic beverages will not be allowed.…

  • MANVILLE: Things get sticky for kindergartners

    MANVILLE: Things get sticky for kindergartners

    ZangaraMelissa Reilly reads ‘Bartholomew and the Oobleck’ while Katie Collins as the Cat in the Hat stands by. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

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