• If you make a pig a library patron

    Character helps Allentown Public Library raise money to fix front stoop BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer This little piggy is helping the Allentown Public Library raise funds for a new front stoop. ALLENTOWN — Piggy Sue isn’t very picky. The portly bank has had a voracious appetite for pennies since taking up residence in the…

  • Kiddie Academy helps families in rural Haiti

    MILLSTONE — The local Kiddie Academy has extended a helping hand to Haitians living in poverty. The education center has partnered with Artists Village, a nonprofit organization helping Haitians build self-sufficient communities and improve their quality of life. Kiddie Academy families and staff donated baby bottles, diapers, clothing, pillows, blankets, and chairs that Artists Village…

  • Animal welfare group wins $1K

    MILLSTONE — Supporters of Helping Hearts Equine Rescue came through in a contest to win $1,000 to help support the nonprofit. Through online voting in The Animal Rescue Site’s third “Shelter Challenge” supporters won the weekly prize for the Perrineville-based animal welfare group. Helping Hearts Equine Rescue is a nonprofit dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation…

  • Freeholders approve open space grants

    Millstone awarded $250K for acquisition to expand park Monmouth County has designated 13 municipalities, including Millstone, as the recipients of $2.4 million to improve parks. The funding, recently approved by the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, comes from the 2009 Monmouth County Open Space Trust Fund, according to a Monmouth County press release. Freeholder Lillian…

  • U.F. chooses new mayor, deputy mayor for 2010

    Former mayor warns that the township will have difficulty with budget BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Two 1982 graduates of Allentown High School will lead the Township Committee this year. At the Jan. 7 reorganization meeting, Stan Moslowski Jr. was unanimously chosen to serve as mayor for 2010, while LoriSue Horsnall Mount…

  • Tradition kept in U.F.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The first Township Committee meeting of the year is not only the time for reorganizing, but also for awarding winners of the annual holiday lighting contest. Some of the winners this year also received honors for holiday decorating skills in past years. The Yanchar family, of Province…

  • Dey family’s farm chosen N.J. breeder of the year

    ALLENTOWN — Heritage Hill Farms has been named breeder of the year for 2009. The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) has recognized the Dey family’s farm, which spans 500 acres, for its history as one of the founding farms of the New Jersey Sire Stakes program. The group also recognized that…

  • Allentown gov’t reorganizes

    Part-time safety director position still open BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — The Borough Council has a new member. Margaret Rose, who won the general election for the seat formerly held by Jerry Rovner, joined the all-Republican governing body at the Jan. 5 meeting. Rovner declined to run for another term.During the reorganization meeting,…

  • Grbelja, Kinsey again to lead Millstone in 2010

    Mayor also to serve as alternate member of county Planning Board BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The swearing-in of Nancy Grbelja and Gary Dorfman was slightly delayed when municipal clerk Maria Dellasalla realized she did not have a copy of the oath of office with her. Township Attorney Duane Davison came to the…

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