-

Scholarship offered for equine studies
The New Jersey Equine Advisory Board is offering a $1,000 scholarship to help 4-H and FFA members, as well as any young adult who is a member of a New Jersey equine organization represented on the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board, pursue their equine activities. The Sara Dubinin Scholarship, in memory of Sara Dubinin, who…
-

Cards for everyone, except Vera
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH The reason for the season. While I’m not one to ring my own bell, I must admit that I keep it in mind. I never write Merry X-mas (other than just now), make sure to display as many shepherds as Santas, and alternate religious hymns with my fa-la-la-las as…
-

-

Dreaming of a green Garden State Christmas
Real or fake? It’s an age-old debate, and this time of year we’re talking Christmas trees. You may think that an artificial tree is the more environmentally responsible choice — after all, it spares a real tree the woodsman’s ax! But buying freshly cut, locally grown holiday greens supports Garden State farms, which can help…
-

Site plan waiver for proposed school concerns resident
On Dec. 8, I was at the Upper Freehold Township Planning Board meeting. The reason I went was because on the agenda was Nick De- Mauro and D.A.R.E. with a request for a waiver of site plan for the old Imlaystown Alternative School. I’m not against D.A.R.E. I don’t particularly know Mr. DeMauro. I do,…
-

Redbirds fly to top rankings at cheer nationals
Pee Wee team nabs second place The Allentown Redbirds cheer team performs their scorpion trio during the Pop Warner National Cheer championship at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando Dec. 6. ALLENTOWN — The Allentown Redbirds Pee Wee cheer team soared above the competition, placing second in the country at the Pop Warner National…
-

Top-ranking local soccer team shares diverse family dynamic
Caring coaches, parent take teens under their wings BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The Upper Freehold Allentown NJ Strikers U15 boys travel soccer team, flanked by assistant coach Galo Carpio (l) and Amaro Pereira, strikes a pose after triumphing as the champions of the Mid-Atlantic Premier Soccer Fall Challenge in Philadelphia in November. A local…
-

Family-run Allentown farm at top of its class among breeders
White Birch Farm named N.J. Breeder of the Year ALLENTOWN — Michael Parisi is carrying on his family’s legacy in more ways than one. White Birch Farm — founded by his grandfather in the 1950s and now owned and managed by Parisi — has won the N.J. Breeder of the Year title for a second…
-

Woe at U.S. Postal Service is being felt in Milltown
CODA GREG BEAN A s you’re listening to all the gloom and doom stories about what will happen next year when the U.S. Postal Service reduces its services even further to save money, here are two pre-cutback vignettes fromthe post office this holiday season, courtesy of the East Brunswick Post Office. Scene One: There are…
View our current articles
Stay connected to your community
