• Colts Neck house tour includes ‘Monticello’

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent COLTS NECK — A replica of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello home that has been decorated for Christmas will be included on the 11th annual house tour to be presented by the Colts Neck Historical Preservation Committee. The tour includes the Monticello house as well as historic and modern houses, a one-room schoolhouse…

  • Fall online auction raises $310,000

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that the fall Monmouth County surplus auction generated $310,802, bringing the combined total of the county’s online surplus property auctions to $1,922,283. The county began conducting its surplus property auctions completely online in 2008, according to a press release. Surplus property from the county’s Fleet Services, Bridge…

  • Planting the seeds of service

    Members of Cub Scout Den 15 out of Pack 180 in Upper Freehold earned their citizenship belt loops by cleaning up a garden at St. John the Baptist Church in Allentown on Nov. 7. The Scouts also planted a blue spruce in the garden.

  • Dragons host first Lacrosse Fun Day for kids in the community

    During the inaugural Lacrosse Fun Day, the Allentown/Upper Freehold Athletics Association’s Dragons lacrosse program opened up the fields for all of the children in the community. Above: Dragons lacrosse player Connor Sullivan helps teach a child the basics of lacrosse during the first-ever Lacrosse Fun Day in Allentown on Nov. 13. Left: A future Dragons…

  • AHS helped shape lives of prominent alumni

    School inducts two former students and one longtime staff member into Hall of Fame BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Those who graduated from Allentown High School more than 50 years ago and rose to prominence in their fields recalled some of the teachers who helped them to succeed. Left: Allentown High School Hall of Fame inductee…

  • Accident traps driver in truck

    The New Jersey State Police responded to a call from the Millstone Township Fire Department to investigate a one-car accident on Trenton-Lakewood Road on Nov. 15. MILLSTONE — A driver suffered serious injury and was trapped in his vehicle after reportedly hitting a tree and a telephone pole on Trenton-Lakewood Road. On-duty Millstone Township firefighters…

  • Community called on to help search for superintendent

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The school district would like to gauge the community’s wants and needs in a new superintendent of schools. Millstone seeks someone to lead its pre-K-8 grade district with three schools. The district has placed an ad with the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) and hopes to fill…

  • Horse racing enthusiasts react to recent gaming recommendations

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Municipal officials and those who make their living in the horse racing or breeding industry reacted to the supplemental Hanson Report issued Nov. 15. Anthony Perretti is general manager of his family’s Perretti Farms in Cream Ridge, the largest horse farm in New Jersey at over 800 acres. According to Perretti,…

  • Monmouth County legislators want state to give horse racing fair shake

    Monmouth County legislators would like to see further discussion take place before Gov. Chris Christie implements the latest recommendations for horse racing made by his Advisory Commission on Gaming, Sports and Entertainment. Among the recommendations are moving all racing that currently takes place at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford to Monmouth Park in Oceanport,…

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