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Apple, pumpkin festival helps ill kids
COLTS NECK — This fall, take a step back in time and enjoy the simple life at the Ashley Lauren Foundation’s Apple and Pumpkin Festival planned for Nov. 7 (rain date Nov. 14) at Bucks Mill Park, Heyers Mill Road, Colts Neck. On that day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., attendees will have the…
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Millstone business to ramp up outdoor displays, ads
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Seasonal World can get more decked out for the holidays than ever before. The township will permit the Route 537 business to display several large blow-up figures during the holidays, to put up roof-level fly-up signs that straddle the main entrance, to have an outdoor display of decorations…
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False fliers in Millstone
MILLSTONE — A flier touting consolidation of schools is a false statement, according to Board of Education President Tom Foley. At the Oct. 26 board meeting, Foley said he does not know who is distributing the fliers that have appeared in some local retail establishments. Headlined “Millstone Township Schools to Consolidate,” the flier states declining…
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Self-storage facility will be built in U.F.
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A self-storage facility will be developed on the corner of Routes 537 and 539, but will have one less building than originally planned. Township Engineer Glenn Gerken said the site plan had called for one office building and ten self-storage buildings, but New Jersey Department of Environmental…
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Environment focus of new U.F. website
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The township’s Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) will soon have its own website. The Township Committee unanimously gave the EAC the go-ahead to create its own site after hearing a presentation from members of the group. The new website will be linked to the township site, www.uftnj.com. When…
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Creating a night to remember
Scout helps organize formal affair for locals affected by mental illness BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Everyone needs a chance to get dolled up and dance. Millstone’s Amber McGarvey and her mother, Kathie, and Millstone’s Claire Sawicz and her daughter, Stephanie, attend the Park Place semiformal in Eatontown. The McGarveys helped Stephanie assemble raffle bags…
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Millstone mulls more retail development
Sweetmans Lane and Millstone Road area targeted BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer New businesses and a bank may be built near Roy’s Deli at the intersection of Sweetmans Lane and Millstone Road in Millstone. The Zoning Board of Adjustment held the first hearing for an application to develop 353 Sweetmans Lane and 232 Millstone Road…
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AHS concert to feature world premiere
New Jersey composer writes ‘Ride On’ for symphonic band BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The journey began with a melody and will end with a world premiere. The Allentown High School (AHS) Symphonic Band, under the direction of Jeff Santoro, commissioned New Jersey composer Chris M. Bernotas to write a piece for the band to…
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Another race where we picked the lesser evil
Coda • GREG BEAN In my home state of Wyoming at the dawn of the 20th century, there was a surfeit of what were politely referred to as “bachelor cowboys.” It wasn’t that these old boys didn’t like women; in fact, they loved them, every chance they got. The problem was that there just weren’t…
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