• Development of busy corner considered

    Public to receive more time to comment on Feb. 24 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Millstone Zoning Board continued a hearing on a development application even though there were problems notifying residents who live within 200 feet of the proposed project. The application is for the retail development of 353 Sweetmans Lane and 232…

  • Wrestling match helps fund memorial scholarship

    Event in memory of 2002 AHS grad Kenneth G. Keim Jr. BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent The boys varsity wrestling teams of Allentown High School (AHS) and Princeton High School (PHS) hit the mats for the Kenneth G. Keim Jr. dedication match Jan. 27 at Allentown with both teams having something to celebrate. Kenneth Keim Jr.…

  • MPAC will present ‘Dragon’s Tale’ Feb. 28

    The Millstone Township Performing Arts Center (MPAC) will present t“Dragon’s Tale” at 3 p.m. Feb. 28, performed by the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company. Winning critical acclaim both nationally and internationally, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company is the most widely presented Chinese American dance company in the U.S. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 children…

  • Allentown girls looking to county tournament

    BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Allentown High School’s girls basketball team was hoping to make the NJSIAA tournament for the fourth straight year and appeared headed for a berth with a 6-4 record early last month. But an injury to a key player rattled the team’s confidence and its knack for putting the ball in…

  • Redbirds drop close game

    Above: Allentown High School’s Dennis Brophy goes up for two. Right: Allentown’s Matt Morini soars past Hopewell Valley High School’s Mike Smart and Max Alton during a game at Allentown on Jan. 29. The Redbirds lost a close game, 43-40. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Millstone schools face ugly budgeting process

    Superintendent: There is no question that staff will be cut BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — There is nothing good in the school’s district’s preliminary budget, according to Board of Education President Tom Foley. Business Administrator Bernard Biesaida gave a presentation about the budget at the Jan. 25 meeting, which a large number of…

  • Students help heal Haiti’s hearts

    Students collect funds, express sentiment for earthquake victims BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone Township Elementary School students are becoming citizens who care about the world. Millstone Township Elementary School students wrote messages on paper hearts describing their feelings about the devastation in Haiti. Students also collected money to donate to the American Red Cross…

  • Harriet Reidy Butcher

    Mrs. Butcher, 85, of East Brunswick, died Jan. 12, 2010, in New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter R. Butcher; a daughter, Mary Ellen Gallo; and a brother and two sisters. Surviving are four sons, Richard, and his wife, Ellen, of Jamesburg, Michael, and his wife,…

  • Harvey Koenig

    Mr. Koenig, 65, of Windsor, Conn., died Jan. 31, 2010, at home. He was a graduate of Stuyvesant High and Queens College in New York. He was the owner of Jericho Home Inspections LLC. He is survived by his wife, Ann; children Evan (Sandy) of Perrineville, and Lisa (Ron) Satterly of Magnolia, Del.; and stepchildren,…

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