• Hurricane Irene wreaks havoc in local towns

    Most of Millstone, quarter of Roosevelt and 500 in Allentown and U.F. left without power BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The millpond water rushed over the temporary bridge on Aug. 28 and started to pound the new bridge and dam that Monmouth County is constructing along Main Street in downtown Allentown. Hurricane Irene tore through…

  • Wine-tasting event will benefit MTFEE

    The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) will host a celebrity wine-tasting event fundraiser featuring the World Wine Guys — Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jensen — 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Frogbridge Windows on the Water, 7 Yellow Meetinghouse Road, Millstone. The cost of the event is $75 per person. Sponsorship packages are…

  • Zumbathon to raise cancer research funds

    Millstone resident Lynn Mele will host a Zumbathon on Oct.1 to raise money for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to noon in the Freehold Township Independent Fire Company No. 1 hall at 30 Siloam Road. Tickets cost $15 in advanced and $20 at the…

  • Celebrate autumn in New Egypt on Oct. 30

    Carriage rides, craft vendors, food, music and autumnal fun are all part of Plumsted Township’s annual Fall Festival. This year the festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. along Main Street in the New Egypt section of town. Admission is free and wristbands for unlimited children’s activities will be sold for $6.…

  • Pop Warner slates Sept. 12 golf outing

    The Millstone Eagles Pop Warner will host its third annual golf outing at noon Sept. 12 at the Gambler Ridge Golf Club, Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold. Included in the $125 fee will be a round of golf, lunch, dinner and drinks. In addition, there will be many contests and raffles. Sponsorships are available.…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Saturday garbage selection set for flood victims

    Special pickup is for spoiled food from prolonged power outage Robbinsville Township Public Works Department will be doing a special Saturday trash collection in areas of the township that sustained prolonged power outages caused by Hurricane Irene. This special collection is primarily to picked up spoiled food and will be performed in the following developments…

  • IRENE:SOUTH BRUNSWIC: Never underestimate Mother Nature

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    It’s a pretty rare event when a powerful hurricane hits New Jersey the way Irene did this week.    Perhaps, as one woman pointed out in last week’s story on the earthquake we had, “I guess it is our turn.”    Since moving to the Garden State in 1987, there have…

  • Stop, remember and stand together

    Sen. Frank Lautenberg     To ensure America never forgets the price that terrorism exacted in the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. Senate recently approved legislation that asks all Americans to join together in a national Moment of Remembrance on Sept. 11 and I am glad that so many New Jersey communities have agreed to join…

  • IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures

    IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures

    A detached garage behind a home on South Main Street in Allentown Borough after Hurricane Irene. Photo by Kelsey Carroll

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