• Farm owner to help lead Sire Stakes

    UPPER FREEHOLD — David A. Meirs II will help oversee one of the state’s most lucrative harness racing programs. The New Jersey Sire Stakes board of trustees for 2010 has selected Meirs, who founded the 300-acre Walnridge Farm, a standardbred horsebreeding farm in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, to serve as its vice…

  • Groups seek support for Haitian disaster relief

    The American Red Cross has contributed an initial $10 million from its International Response Fund to support relief efforts in Haiti, where an earthquake has caused catastrophic damage and loss of life. Initial government estimates are that up to 3 million people, one-third of the country’s population, have been affected by the 7.3 magnitude quake…

  • Twp. to make Novad Ct. affordable housing hub

    New group home will service people with disabilities BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A six-bedroom house for people with disabilities will be built on Novad Court. The Planning Board unanimously granted preliminary and final site plan approval for the project at the Jan. 13 Planning Board meeting. The board also granted a minor…

  • Son of a local stallion named standardbred of the year

    Muscle Hill will begin his breeding career this year after being recognized as New Jersey’s Standardbred Horse of the Year in 2009. A son of stallion Muscles Yankee, who stands at Perretti Farms in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, Muscle Hill will begin breeding at Southwind Farm in Pennington, according to a press…

  • The words that worked

    What people said to keep their local news coverage Upper Freehold’s Robert Abrams: I am a past mayor and township committeeman (23 years) of this township. During these years the reporting done by your reporters has been a tremendous benefit for the citizens of this western part of Monmouth County. We sorely need the up-todate…

  • Happy ending after hawk flies into Allentown home

    This Cooper’s hawk flew into the Fabiano home in Allentown on Jan. 7. The family took the raptor to a wildlife center, where it was rehabilitated. ALLENTOWN — A rare visitor dropped into the home of John and Barbara Fabiano last week. An adult female Cooper’s hawk quite literally dropped by, hitting the family’s picture…

  • Millstone Township Fire Department

    The Millstone Township Fire Department and First Aid Squad responded to an overturned box truck at mile marker 14.8 on I-195 westbound at 8:05 a.m. Dec. 31. The driver of the truck was not injured.

  • BOE mulls what to do with leftover referendum funds

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Recommendations have been made for spending the unused portion of the funds allotted for the middle school construction. The Operations Committee made its recommendations for the remaining $358,000 at the Jan. 11 Board of Education meeting. Board of Education President Tom Foley explained that a steel shortage at…

  • Redbirds green with energy savings

    New school club promotes conservation BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Some Redbirds have turned green. Allentown High School has started promoting conservation as a way to reduce energy use and costs. A new student club called the GreenBirds has taken charge of promoting and overseeing earth-friendly practices in the school. Environmental Science and biology teacher…

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