• What comes to mind when you think New Jersey?

    If you live here, you probably think of the Jersey shore, Jersey tomatoes, Jersey blueberries, the Meadowlands, the Pine Barrens, Cape May, High Point or maybe the Delaware Water Gap or even the light bulb. But the national perception is a bit different. A nationwide survey conducted by the Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind Poll yielded…

  • $90 million expected to aid farmland preservation efforts

    Gov. Chris Christie recently signed several measures that will keep New Jersey green by providing $90.6 million in grants to counties, towns and nonprofit organizations to preserve farmland across the Garden State and fund state-initiated farmland preservation projects. He also signed A-2342 to further enhance the visibility and accessibility of “Jersey Fresh” produce and “Made…

  • Dance team wins national competition

    The Special Kays dance team from the New Jersey Center of Dance in Millstone performs “School Days” during the Turn It Up Dance Challenge in Cape Cod, Mass. MILLSTONE — The Special Kays turned school days into summer fun and won. The Special Kays dance team from the New Jersey Center of Dance in Millstone…

  • After two decades of self-reliance, animal sanctuary seeks help

    Rescue hopes for surge of monetary and good donations to help homeless animals BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Above: Storm, a Siberian husky who loves to play and run, awaits adoption at Kind Heart Rescue in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold. Below: Bam, a brown agouti rabbit saved from slaughter, is among the…

  • Leaf through Millstone’s history at new library

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Township Committee honored a local teenager who volunteered his time setting up an historic resource library for the Historic Preservation Commission. At the Aug 17 meeting, Matthew Novellino, 17, was presented with a certificate of appreciation by the governing body. According to Mayor Nancy Grbelja, Novellino prepared a…

  • Legislators consider sale of Perretti Farms a sign of N.J. horseracing at crossroads

    Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande are saddened to learn that Perretti Farms has decided to sell its main farm operation. Perretti Farms put 400 acres of its 770-acre property in Upper Freehold on the market last week, and announced the liquidation of most of its equine inventory. Despite the likely…

  • Perretti Farms for sale; owner liquidating equine inventory

    Major standardbred operation leaving N.J. partly due to Gov.’s decisions regarding horse racing BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Perretti Farms in Upper Freehold is the largest standardbred breeding operation in New Jersey. William J. Perretti has announced the dispersal of Perretti Farm’s equine inventory over a two-year period starting in November. A 400-acre section of Perretti…

  • Three Millstone residents plead guilty to 43 counts of animal cruelty

    Sentencing includes lifetime ban from animal ownership BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Millstone municipal court has banned three Stillhouse Road residents from owning pets for the rest of their lives after they pleaded guilty to 43 charges of animal cruelty. John F. Blocker, 57, his girlfriend, Rose J. Islam, 46, and her sister, Donna…

  • A day of pride in agriculture

    Country fair dedicated to memory of ‘Doc’ Dey BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Allentown’s Katie Carter, 8, tours the exhibits of livestock during the Stars and Stripes Country Fair at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold on Aug. 20. For more photos, see www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff The late Dr. S. Perrine Dey…

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