• BOE’s new website gives residents access to board

    Board member to develop, maintain site at no cost BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Residents in the Upper Freehold Regional School District who have questions for the Board of Education will now be able to get answers from the comfort of their homes or on the go. Thanks to board member Rick Smith,…

  • Millstone Jr. Midgets make cheer nationals

    First-time intermediates rise to region champs BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The Millstone Jr. Midget cheer team celebrates capturing the title of Eastern Region Champs at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton Nov. 12. I f the members of the Millstone Jr. Midget cheer team win the national championship next month and are asked…

  • New Royalty may take pop crown in Z100 contest

    Local band rallies community for votes BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The New Royalty perform before a crowd of more than 8,000 at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Sept. 3. Despite consistently winning awards and garnering praise from music bigwigs, local indie pop band The New Royalty has not let the quickly budding stardom…

  • Medical marijuana laws may hit close to home for Upper Freehold residents

    Regulations aim to ensure appropriate use BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act came with a number of regulations aimed at keeping use within approved parameters. The law, overseen by the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), went into effect in October of last year. Under the regulations, the…

  • Upper Freehold medical marijuana proposal packs house

    Committee postpones meeting to reconvene at larger location BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The audience at most Upper Freehold Township Committee meetings consists of a reporter or two and perhaps a few residents. Once in a while, an issue arises that brings out so many people that the meeting cannot be held in the municipal building…

  • Food drive fed by curriculum of caring

    Food drive teaches tots valuable lessons at Kiddie Academy BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Students from the Kiddie Academy of Upper Freehold add to the food collection for the Give Back Foundation as part of the school’s pre-Thanksgiving food drive. CHRIS KELLY One of the first things young children are taught is to share with…

  • ReRun will hold Moneigh auction

    ReRun Inc., an organization that rehabilitates, retrains, and finds adoptive homes for thoroughbred racehorses when their careers on the track are over, is holding a Moneigh auction on eBay beginning Nov. 27 and ending Dec. 4. Moneighs are pieces of artwork created by horses using their muzzle, tail and hooves. The name came from combining…

  • PRINCETON:Would-be developers angry at unusual delay

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A representative of the owners of the former Wild Oats and West Coast Video sites appeared before Borough Council this week and demanded to know why their project had not been back before the council to discuss a zoning change, as promised by officials in mid-September.    Linda Fahmie, of Princeton-based…

  • PRINCETON: >$269,500 in emergency sewer repairs OK’d

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    An emergency appropriation and contract for repairs and stabilization of a sewer main in the Stony Brook were awarded on Tuesday night.    Damages to the area, which include soil disturbance that exposed a 12-inch cast iron sewer main, occurred because of Hurricane Irene in August. The problem is north Puritan…

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