• Millstone residents gain zoning approval for major addition to home

    Family plans to rent out second home on Agress Road lot BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — The five-member Hawk family should soon have a larger house to call home. At the Feb. 22 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, the board unanimously agreed to approve Danielle and Jeff Hawk’s use-variance application to increase the footprint…

  • A more humane approach to battle for the Holy Grail

    CODA GREG BEAN There’s a great scene in the hilarious classic movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” where Arthur faces the Black Knight because the knight won’t let him pass. They fight, and Arthur chops off the Black Knight’s left arm. “’Tis just a scratch,” the knight says. “I’ve had worse!” He still refuses…

  • Volunteers needed for spring cleanup

    Millstone will hold its sixth annual townwide stream cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon April 21. Volunteers will meet at the parking lot behind the court building at 215 Millstone Road near the Rocky Brook Park and United Presbyterian Church. Free Tshirts and water will be provided. The Millstone Township Environmental Commission and the Stony…

  • Local parks will offer walks, history

    The Monmouth County Park System has planned the following local events for the month of March: • “Roving Park System Naturalist,” 1:30 p.m. March 25 in Perrineville Lake Park, Agress Road, Millstone. Join a park system naturalist for a walk and learn about seasonal points of interest; • “Peruse the Past,” 1-4 p.m. March 17-18…

  • 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…

  • Harness horse camp seeks applicants

    The Harness Horse Youth Foundation (HHYF) seeks applicants for its five-day harness horse day camp to be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 24-28 at Gaitway Farm, Route 33, Manalapan. The application deadline is May 1. HHYF seeks students between the ages of 12 and 14 as of Jan. 1, 2012. The camp…

  • Horse club will host guest speaker March 8

    The Pleasure Horse Club of Central Jersey invites all horse owners and horse enthusiasts to its March 8 meeting at the Millstone Township Community Center, 463 Stagecoach Road, Clarksburg section of Millstone. Guest speaker will be Sophia Mangalee, who participated in The Mongol Derby, a grueling 10-day horse race. Mangalee will tell her story of…

  • Students provide glimpse of the world without leaving cafeteria

    Millstone fifth-graders showcase newfound knowledge on biomes at fair BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Students gather around one of many projects on display at the biome fair held at Millstone Elementary School Feb. 24. ERIC SUCAR staff A lthough teaming up to create models of biomes was fun for the fifthgraders at Millstone Elementary School,…

  • Stone Bridge debaters gaining valuable life skills

    Team articulates wealth of benefits gleaned BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Lauren Cocozello (l-r), Valerie Santanello, Kemani Scott and Ashna Singh, members of the Millstone Middle School debate team, put their heads together to prepare for an upcoming debate. PHOTOS BY JESSICA SMITH A lthough some adults might cringe at the thought of adolescents honing…

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