• Benefit for Marine Mammal Stranding Center

    The Marine Mammal Stranding Center will hold its 15th annual golf tournament at McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links, Egg Harbor Township, Sept. 23. Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the shotgun start, scramble format, will begin at 1 p.m. The fee for the tournament, as little as $145 per person, includes registration, greens fees, golf…

  • Mushroom cultivation workshop, Sept. 24

    The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey (NOFA-NJ) invites gardeners, farmers and foodies to attend a mushroom cultivation workshop 2 p.m. Sept. 24 at Back-to-Nature Home & Garden Center, Basking Ridge. FarmerAlexAdams of Oakshade Farm will explain cultivating shiitake mushrooms at home. Attendees will inoculate and bring home their own mushroom log for homemade…

  • Writer responds to letter about child obesity

    This letter is in response to an Aug. 25” letter written by Dr. Kenneth Maynard With all due respect to Dr. Maynard and his colleagues at the American Medical Association, child obesity can not and should not be attributed to food manufacturers’ lack of adherence to government “principles” or regulations; rather, it is the direct…

  • It’s not too late to learn from Hurricane Irene

    By any measure, Hurricane Irene was a monster. Like much of New Jersey, our Stony Brook-MillstoneWatershed was hammered by rain, wind, power outages and flooding. Damages from flooding occurred in almost every corner of our 265- square-mile watershed and in all 26 towns within our region of central New Jersey. The boroughs were hit particularly…

  • Celebrity wine tasting fundraiser for Millstone Twp. public schools

    Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) will be hosting a casual Celebrity Wine Tasting fundraiser featuring the World Wine Guys. Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jensen will take part in the event at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at Windows on the Water at 7 Yellow Meeting House Road in Millstone. The cost of the event…

  • Officials learn from recent storm

    Communication loss with residents key issue to resolve BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — It could have been worse. That was the consensus of the Township Committee regarding the effects of Hurricane Irene on the municipality. At the Sept. 7 meeting, the first since Irene hit the area on the weekend of Aug. 27-28, members…

  • Town may buy generators to get price break for residents

    Officials also ask citizens to brainstorm other emergency preparedness ideas BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — During a power outage, a generator can make the difference between inconvenience and misery. Having a backup generator to power electric appliances can save perishable food and medications in refrigerators and freezers, keep water from rising in a basement…

  • Now the sun will always shine in offices at Riding High Farm

    Girl Scout paints mural for nonprofit working with people who have special needs BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone Girl Scout Olivia Bullock, of Troop 853, created this mural at Riding High Farm in Allentown for her Girl Scout Silver Award project. MILLSTONE — Olivia Bullock found reward in presenting a gift to those who…

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