• Local man pleads guilty to using fake postage meter stamps

    TRENTON — In U.S. District Court on July 22, Steven Sul, 32, of Millstone pleaded guilty to a single charge of counterfeiting postage meter stamps in connection with the sale of counterfeit designer handbags and purses via eBay, acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra Jr. announced. Sul, whose listed residence is 122 Stillhouse Road, appeared…

  • Effort under way to fund local residence for elderly

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A Red Bank resident who has been affiliated with the Workmen’s Circle since birth will lead the effort to raise money for the construction of a Jewish elder home in Freehold Township. According to a press release, Seena Stein, principal of Newmark Knight Frank’s office in New Jersey, said her lifetime commitment…

  • U.F. considers issues of bikes, field fees, dogs in twp. parks

    Fee schedule for residents, nonresidents to be discussed BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Mayor Steve Alexander thinks kids should be able to ride bicycles around Byron Johnson Park. Committeewoman Lori Horsnall Mount would like to see a dog park somewhere in town. All members of the governing body agree that nonresidents should…

  • What’s to blame for those gray hairs?

    (SPM Wire) Can you blame a lifetime of annoying jobs, unruly kids and family emergencies for your silver-streaked head of hair? It turns out that those ever-multiplying graying hairs that tend to crop up with age really are signs of stress, reveals new research recently published in the science and medical journal Cell. However, the…

  • Fresh from the farmers market

    Customers lining up at weekly Saturday market in Millstone BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer For fresh, locally grown produce, the Millstone Farmers Market is the place to go on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Above: Christina Alves and daughter Gabrielle, 11, of Millstone, purchase some produce on July 11 from Grayson Asprocolas, 12,…

  • Millstone Middle School principal resigns for position in Cranford

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Millstone Middle School Principal Michelle Vella has accepted a new job in a K-12 school district and is leaving. With regret, the Board of Education accepted Vella’s resignation at its July 13 meeting. Vella is leaving the district effective Aug. 22 to take a position as a principal in the…

  • Employees checking residency status at DPW recycling yard

    Some nonresidents have been using yard for years BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer If you’re not an Upper Freehold Township resident, don’t even think of taking your recyclables to the public works yard, behind the municipal building on Route 539. That was the message conveyed at the July 23 Township Committee meeting, where Deputy Mayor…

  • At the fair

    Miss Philly, a Bindle Stiff Family Circus performer, gets a high-five from a youngster at the Monmouth County Fair, which was held in Freehold Township from July 22-26. For more fair photos, visit www.gmnews.com.

  • Balladeer of Celtic music will perform

    Charlie Zahm, a balladeer of traditional American and Celtic music, will perform with fiddler Tad Marks 7:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 1 at Ye Old Yellow Meetinghouse, 70 Yellow Meetinghouse Road, Upper Freehold. The concert is open to all ages and admission is free. Those arriving at 6 p.m. can picnic with their own food on the…

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