• Did voters have change of heart with school budgets?

    CODA GREG BEAN A funny thing happened when they finished counting the votes in the April 27 school budget elections — most of the budgets passed. And that is almost unheard of in New Jersey, where voting down the proposed school budget every year is a better sign of spring than the arrival of the…

  • Small-dog adoption day set for May 21

    Asmall-dog rescue adoption day will be held 1-4 p.m. May 21 (rain date May 22) at the Stagecoach Pizzeria, Route 537, Millstone. Go to www.woofmanor.petfinder.com to select a dog and email [email protected] to request a doggie meeting.

  • Church will hold used clothing fundraiser

    The Christian Education Committee at the United Presbyterian Church of Millstone is sponsoring a used clothing drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 12 in the church parking lot, 221 Millstone Road, Millstone. Wearable and usable clothing, shoes, belts, handbags, linens, stuffed animals and small hard toys will be accepted. All donations should be…

  • Decorate a flamingo for makeover contest

    The Allentown Public Library is kicking off a flamingo-decorating contest. Adopt one of the library’s used flamingos for $35 and give it a makeover. Dress it, decorate it, paint it and then enter it in the Best Makeover Contest by June 23. Flamingos will be on display for public voting at the Freedom Fest State…

  • HAMT monthly meeting scheduled

    The Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township (HAMT) will hold its monthly meeting 7 p.m. May 17 at the Millstone Community Center, 463 Stagecoach Road, Clarksburg section of Millstone. HAMT is open to both horse owners and nonowners who share a common interest, the love of the horse. Special events and upcoming trail rides are being…

  • New Egypt Day will be celebrated May 14

    New Egypt Day will be celebrated 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 14. Festivities will include face painting, pony rides, inflatable rides, a giant swing, paddleboat rides, food, music and vendors. The day’s events will be split between Oakford Lake Park and the Presbyterian Church grounds on Front Street. A scenic pedestrian bridge over the…

  • Kayak, canoe race & tour slated for May 14

    The third annual Kenneth H. Francis Kayak and Canoe Race and Tour, sponsored by the Crosswicks-Doctors Creek Watershed Association, will be held at 9 a.m. May 14 at Oakford Lake, New Egypt section of Plumsted. Experienced and noncompetitive paddlers are encouraged to participate. The racecourse covers a 9.1-mile, downstream, class-I section of the Crosswicks Creek.…

  • Public networks provide quality programming

    I must take exception to the writer from Jackson who objects to government funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System. He is sadly mistaken if he thinks that commercial stations will provide the quality of programming that we get from these public networks. Obviously, his complaint is not so much about the…

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