• County plans to install solar panels

    Monmouth County residents will soon reap the environmental and economic benefits of solar energy. Next year, the county will implement the first phase of a renewable energy program using canopy and roof installations. “It is vital that we take the concept of clean, renewable energy very seriously,” said Freeholder Amy A. Mallet, who spearheaded the…

  • A look back at the last decade

    Residents reflect on changes, major events in their respective towns BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer As the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, locals reflect on what has affected their towns and their lives over the past 10 years. Residents, former and current officials, and other members of the Allentown, Millstone,…

  • Looking for heroes

    Do you know an “ordinary” person in the local community who has accomplished something “extraordinary” that has made the world a safer, healthier and better place to live? Let that person know they are appreciated by nominating him/her to be one of the Red Cross Jersey Coast Chapter’s first-ever Hometown Heroes. Those selected as Hometown…

  • Millstone Scouts help fill local food bank shelves

    MILLSTONE — Local Girl Scouts helped four local organizations feed the hungry and earned the highest award Scouts their age can earn. Five girls from Millstone Township Girl Scout Troop 1559 designed “Project Hunger” in order to help those in the area who need food. Kaitlyn Kohlhepp, Julia Dreifus, Meredith Baum, Sarah Zachary and Janelle…

  • Assistance available at U.F. recycling yard

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Disabled residents who need help throwing recyclables into the Dumpsters at the recycling yard can ask public works officials for assistance. At the Dec. 17 Township Committee meeting, the governing body discussed a letter to the mayor and business administrator regarding handicapped accessibility at the recycling yard.…

  • CentraState offers flu vaccines for $23

    CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township is providing the live, intranasal influenza and injection vaccine for H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccine. These will be administered to the public on a walk-in basis at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center, 901 West Main Street, 12-2 p.m. Dec. 29 and 3-5 p.m. Jan. 7. The…

  • Goats: The gifts that keep on giving

    Allentown youth on mission to help families in Africa this holiday season BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Nicholas DeMauro may be on Santa’s nice list this year, but he doesn’t expect to see many presents for him under the tree. Nicholas DeMauro, 10, of Allentown, talks about families in Malawi, Africa, that will…

  • Roosevelt slates youth open gym program

    The Roosevelt Recreation Department is sponsoring a youth open gym program for students in grades 7-12 on Fridays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Roosevelt Public School. For further information, contact the Recreation Department at 609-448-0539.

  • Twp. seeks relief from paying to use schools

    BOE says school budget cannot supplement recreation any longer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The weekend snowstorm rendered moot the question of whether Millstone Township’s recreation programs would be able to use the public schools. Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue wrote an email to parents and community members on Dec. 15 reiterating that the…

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