• Cream Ridge Winery to host event Aug. 1, 2

    The Cream Ridge Winery, Upper Freehold, will host a jazz music and wine-sampling event from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 1 and 2. The Dogz, a community youth band, will be playing for the United Airlines Flight 93 National Memorial and will accept donations. Products from the gourmet shop will be paired with wines, including the…

  • Guadagno brings gravitas to candidate’s ticket

    In choosing Kim Guadagno as his running mate, Chris Christie has starkly shown why he is doubly a winner over Jon Corzine. Not only did Christie manage the process like a chief executive should, Guadagno is a solid addition to the ticket who will trail blaze an important and positive role as New Jersey’s first…

  • One suggestion for health care situation is cooperativism

    You go to a doctor’s office with an illness, but you have no health insurance. The cost of health insurance is beyond your financial means. You decided not to go to the emergency room at a hospital where the government would pick up the tab. Instead you came to this doctor where in return for…

  • Former mayor addresses bow hunting issues

    Ithought we were a pro-farming community? Do the farmers, the tree-farming businesses, our Ag Board and the Open Space Committee approve of the recent Township Committee action to restrict bow hunting on townshipowned property? Deer are a destructive nuisance to our residential and farming community. How many deer collisions are there in the township? What…

  • Capacity crowd drives fundraising efforts at SBOANJ golf outing

    UPPER FREEHOLD — A capacity turnout of 135 turned out, driving support for the Horsemen’s Benevolent Fund through their participation in the 14th annual SBOANJ Golf Outing at the Gambler Ridge Golf Course in Cream Ridge on July 13. The golfers and guests received their awards over a prime rib dinner at the conclusion of…

  • Fluke fishing hits its peak

    Fluke fishing is in full peak in the Garden State. Anglers are working very hard to land a few keepers for the dinner table. With plenty of shorts to throw back, there are still some big ones for the taking if you are willing to put in the time. Fish On • RON NUZZOLO Ambrose…

  • Libonati ready to make mark at Rutgers

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Football players generally do not look forward to the start of preseason practice. It means two-a-days in the heat and humidity of August. The experience is similar to going to military boot camp. Nicholas Libonati There is one local player, however, who cannot wait for preseason football practice to start…

  • U.S. gymnast offers tips to future stars

    Young men were not only able to meet an alternate member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, they were also able to learn more about the sport when David Durante paid a visit to Classic Gymnastics and Cheer Academy in Marlboro. David Durante, who was an alternate member of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team…

  • Graduates entering military honored

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Two mayors were in attendance at the July 23 Township Committee meeting, as both Upper Freehold and Jackson townships honored young men and women from the Allentown High School (AHS) class of 2009 who elected to serve in the military upon graduation. Jackson Mayor Michael Reina was…

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