• Turkey Trot a success across the board

    13th annual event benefits Horse Park of NJ BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Riders traverse a meadow during the Turkey Trot Pleasure Ride/Drive at the Horse Park of New Jersey Nov. 20. UPPER FREEHOLD – There were no unlucky connotations to the 13th annual Turkey Trot, held Nov. 20 at the Horse Park of New Jersey…

  • Cheer

    Samantha Polcari, a member of the Allentown Redbirds Pop Warner Pee Wee cheer team, strikes a pose while soaring above the crowd at the Pop Warner Eastern Region Finals Competition at Sun National Bank Arena in Trenton Nov. 13. The team went on to become Pee Wee eastern region champs, and will go on to…

  • Vandals mar twp. soccer fields

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — Vandals damaged soccer fields at the municipal Mark Harbourt Soccer Complex (MHSC) over the holiday weekend. Alan Nichols, president of the travel division of the Upper Freehold/Allentown Soccer Association (UFASA), said someone drove over the fields, doing “doughnuts” on the three soccer pitches. The incident was reported to…

  • Local farm provides truckloads of trees for troops

    National drive brings Christmas cheer to military bases BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Providing holiday trees and trimmings is nothing new for the owners of Keris Christmas Tree Farm and Christmas Shop — they have been doing it for more than 22 years. For their second year, however, they will also be making…

  • New rabbi, philosophy breathe new life into synagogue

    Travels from Canada to plan concert, other events BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Rabbi Moshe Hezrony, who travels from Montreal to serve as rabbi for the Anshei Roosevelt Congregation, sits inside the sukkah and talks with attendees at the synagogue’s Sukkot celebration in October. Rabbi Moshe Hezrony is undeniably a people person. Just ask any…

  • Upper Freehold ordinance to thwart medical pot farm

    Though state deems facility legal, federal law still prohibits it BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Upper Freehold special counsel Eric Bernstein may have been busy over Thanksgiving weekend. In response to a proposed medical marijuana farm in the township, the governing body directed him during their Nov. 22 meeting at Allentown High School to draft an…

  • Millstone mortgage broker pleads guilty to extortion

    Victims include two police officers BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer A Millstone Township mortgage broker pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to conspiring to extort victims out of money and property by falsely telling them that they were the subjects of criminal investigations, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Robert G. Cusic Jr. admitted to…

  • Photo

    Actors of all ages get into character during the living Nativity scene, which included a narrated “Journey to Bethlehem,” held at Moonbeam Farm in Millstone Nov. 26. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Police nab suspect in Millstone burglary

    Man found in nearby woods with gun, missing jewelry BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP — A 40-year-old Robbinsville man was apprehended by state police late Thursday afternoon after a reported burglary on Witches Hollow Road in the township. David Ulrich was located in woods adjacent to the home about an hour into a…

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