• Fire destroys home on New Year’s Eve

    Millstone Township firefighters extinguish a fire that broke out in a home on Woodville Road on New Year’s Eve. MILLSTONE — A fire broke out in a Woodville Road home on New Year’s Eve. The Millstone Township Fire Department and Millstone Township First Aid Squad were dispatched at 1:31 a.m. to 179 Woodville Road. Millstone…

  • Students invited to HEROES Conference

    Students in grades seven through 10 who scored advanced proficient on at least one section of last year’s state test and their parents are invited to the third Annual HEROES Conference sponsored by Rutgers Office of Continuing Studies Jan. 15-16 at Hickman Hall on the Douglass Campus of Rutgers University. Students may select from a…

  • ‘Cupid’s Cabaret’ slated for Feb. 5

    The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence, MTFEE, will host its second annual “Cupid’s Cabaret” Feb. 5. This year’s event will be held at Knob Hill Country Club in Manalapan. The cabaret night will start at 7 p.m. and will feature a cocktail reception, dinner, dessert, cabaret singers as well as a DJ for dancing.…

  • Horsnall Mount becomes U.F.’s first female mayor

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — 2011 appears to be the year for female mayors in Western Monmouth County. Three out of the four municipalities that make up the county’s panhandle have female mayors, with Allentown Mayor Stuart Fierstein as the lone male exception. At the Jan. 5 reorganization meeting, the governing body unanimously…

  • More budget gaps bridged by community members

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Community members continue to come up with creative ways to fund school programs and projects that the Upper Freehold Regional School District doesn’t have the money to pay for. Millstone’s Cheryl Bonham surprised Allentown High School Athletic Director Brian Irwin with a $6,000 donation for the purchase of…

  • Scattering sunshine in memory of Rachel Bungarden

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Above: The late Rachel Bungarden enjoyed a therapeutic horseback riding lesson with Angel, her favorite horse, at Riding High Farm in Allentown. Below: Scatter Sunshine, the foundation founded in memory of Rachel Bungarden to assist therapeutic riding programs, created a family room featuring this mural at Riding High Farm. Family…

  • Officials at odds over spending more on COAH planning

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Close vote decides U.F. will pay for full-time affordable housing planner R ichard Coppola’s appointment as Upper Freehold’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) representative passed in a 3-2 vote at the Jan. 6 reorganization meeting, and the issue provoked some sharp words among committee members. Committeemen Robert Frascella and Stan Moslowski…

  • All eyes on streamlining school costs

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Discussion continues about sharing services among three districts A s revenue sources for school districts continue to dry up in the downturned economy, the three districts in the region have started discussing sharing more services to streamline costs. Both the Millstone Township School District and Roosevelt Public School have approached…

  • C-Bunny lives to dance and inspire others

    TV appearance bolsters confidence of hearing-impaired dancer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone’s Christina Sarni performs a dance routine at the CentraState Fitness and Wellness Center in Freehold Township on Jan. 7. She recently appeared on “Live to Dance.” For the story, see page 8. ERIC SUCAR staff Christine Sarni has embraced her disability through…

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