• BOE letter did not address root of the issue

    A ll elected officials have tough jobs. Our Board of Education members are volunteers, who most of the time, if not always, go their way thankless and unappreciated for the work done right and sometimes get an earful of complaints when their decisions are not popular. To make the job even harder, public officials must…

  • Winning Millstone Cyclones advance to next level of play

    Team still has openings for skilled soccer players A fter the Millstone Cyclones U-12 team’s winning fall season at the Jersey Area Girls Soccer (JAGS) National Level, the girls will move up to the Olympic JAGS level this spring. To prepare for that elevation, coaches Rocco Regina and Jeff Sloane thought it was important for…

  • Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway project wins another award

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The New Jersey American Society of Landscape Architects has recognized the significant effort that went into guiding the vision for the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway. The society presented the byway’s Vision and Scenic Byways Committee, made up of members from Allentown and Upper Freehold, with a Landscape Planning and…

  • Millstone resident hopes solar power will eliminate electric bill

    Board OKs large power-system installation before township solidifies rules for such projects BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Although a new ordinance regarding solar energy installations has yet to be reviewed and adopted, the Zoning Board will allow a resident to install two solar panel systems at his residence. The Zoning Board of Adjustment voted…

  • Call for civility reiterated in U.F.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — Mayor Lorisue Horsnall Mount reiterated the need for residents to remain civil when discussing issues with township employees. At the March 17 Township Committee meeting, Mount reported that two more township employees have received inappropriate phone calls from residents. In January, the mayor stressed that the township would…

  • Writer uses blood, guts and gore to connect kids to days of yore

    Award-winning author Jim Murphy visits Stone Bridge Middle School BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Award-winning author Jim Murphy, of Maplewood, talks about the writing process during a PTA-sponsored visit to Stone Bridge Middle School on March 25. LAUREN CASSELBERRY Young readers who usually pass on nonfiction may never do so again, now that they know…

  • Slight tax increase proposed in Upper Freehold

    Public hearing on spending plan set for April 14 BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Municipal taxes for the average homeowner would rise $7.70, a 1 percent increase, this year if Upper Freehold Township adopts the budget introduced March 17. Under the proposed budget, a house assessed at the township’s average of $495,000 would have a municipal…

  • Millstone home to 7-year-old maestro

    Pianist Morgan Townsend wins silver in national competition BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer With her 5-year-old sister, Sydney, looking on, Morgan Townsend, 7, plays “Tarantella” on the piano in her Millstone home on March 23. The Millstone Township Primary School second-grader recently took second place in a national piano competition. ERIC SUCAR staff ‘I don’t…

  • Run with the Eagles 5K slated for April 9

    Allentown Boy Scout Troop 180 will hold its fifth annual Run with the Eagles 5K and one-mile fun runApril 9 at Byron Johnson Park. Advance registration is $20. The event will host live music, refreshments and fifthanniversary tie-dyed T-shirts, guaranteed to all advance registrants. All runners will be entered in a free door prize raffle…

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