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Allentown will own new bridge and dam
Maintenance to cost $1,500 annually, according to county ALLENTOWN — The mayor has agreed to accept ownership of the Mill Pond dam. The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders pledged to award a bid and cover the costs of the Main Street bridge and dam replacement project as soon as Mayor Stuart Fierstein signs the…
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53rd Breeders’ Luncheon slated
The New Jersey Equine Advisory Board will hold its 53rd annual Breeders’ Luncheon Jan. 31 at Charley’s Other Brother restaurant in Eastampton. The New Jersey equine community will celebrate the state’s best in the equine field with Superior Achievement awards for Standardbred of the Year, Thoroughbred of the Year, Standardbred Breeder of the Year, Bell…
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Millstone residents fume over wood burn
Mayor calls for new open-fire regulations BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Although the state permitted a five-day wood burn at a property on Sweetmans Lane and Reed Court, township officials wouldn’t have. Mayor Nancy Grbelja said that state authorization does not supercede local ordinances, and she would like the township to create wood-burning…
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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. The program, to be held at the Roosevelt School, 2 School Lane, is offered free of charge and will not run on days that school is not in session. For further information,…
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N.J. emergency team relies on local vet
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The state will maintain a pharmaceutical cache for its canine search-and-rescue team in the township. The N.J. Department of Law and Public Safety’s Division of the State Police Urban Search and Rescue Team, NJ Task Force 1 (NJ-TF1), has formed an alliance with NorthStar VETS (formerly Veterinary Surgical…
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Tourney open to all who want to play ball
The Saint Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church’s Lion Booster Club will present its three-on-three basketball tournament March Midnight Madness March 12-13 in the Saint Gregory the Great School gym. The tourney is open to all and costs $33 per player. Sign up as a team or individual for co-ed teams of fourth-, fifth-, sixth-,…
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Residents become teachers for a day
Volunteers gain new appreciation for profession BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Some Millstone residents have a better understanding of township students and schools because they took the helm of a classroom for a day. Above: Board of Education member Amy Jacobson works with students in teacher Mary O’Rourke’s chemistry lab during the “Teacher for a…
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Letters to Santa program suspended
The letters to Santa program, sponsored by the Women’s Association of Allentown, has been cancelled due to new limitations imposed by the Postal Service
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19 percent of UFRSD students inoculated
More H1N1 vaccine clinics coming to area in Dec. or Jan. BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer More than 400 students in the Upper Freehold Regional School District received H1N1 flu vaccines in clinics held in the schools. Freehold Area Health Department Officer Margaret Jahn said her health department conducted the clinic in the schools on…
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