• Watch birds in Allaire State Park May 2

    What is “warbler neck?” The answer to this question and many others will be revealed when the Monmouth County Audubon Society hosts its annual field trip to Allaire State Park, Wall Township, on May 2. “At this time of year bird plumage is at its brightest and songs are loudest,” said Dena Temple, trip leader.…

  • State museum featuring Mel Leipzig works

    ‘Artist As Curator” and “Mel Leipzig: Selected Works” by Trenton-based painter Mel Leipzig are now on display at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton through Sept. 6. In “Artist As Curator,” Leipzig took on the role of curator to organize an exhibition drawn from the State Museum’s collection of American art. In this exhibition,…

  • Boro hosts historic home tour

    FREEHOLD — A Freehold Through the Ages home tour will feature nine houses dating from the 18th through the 20th centuries. The tour, scheduled for June 20, is being sponsored by the Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Commission, with the purpose of accenting the variety of architecture and historic significance throughout the residential areas of the…

  • Multimedia show features Hambletonian

    The Hambletonian, America’s richest trotting race, is featured in a multimedia museum exhibit in the historic town of Cranbury, where the Hambletonian Society office relocated four years ago. The exhibit, “The Hambletonian: Its Trotters, Their Connections and the Racing Event 1926-2009,” features trophies, posters, memorabilia, ephemera and photographs from the 84 editions of the legendary…

  • Equine virus testing made easier in N.J.

    The New Jersey Department of Agriculture Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory is now connected with GlobalVetLink for online submittals of equine infectious anemia (EIA/Coggins) tests. Equine infectious anemia is a viral disease for which there is no vaccine or cure. Most horses die from EIA, but some horses recover and become carriers. The disease is believed…

  • Stinson, Curry seek election in Roosevelt

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — Two Democrats, an incumbent and a newcomer, have filed to run in the June 2 primary for their party’s nod to seek the two available Borough Council seats. No Republicans filed for the election. Arlene Stinson seeks her second threeyear term on the governing body, while Thomas Curry…

  • Friendship through violets

    Allentown neighbors grow for May 2-3 violet show BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer When health complications left Lionel Gaylard partially PHOTOS BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Phoebe Gaylard (l) and Jessica Bryant admire a streptacarpus grown in the Gaylard home in Allentown. crippled 11 years ago, he sought a hobby to keep his mind and body occupied.…

  • Millstone school budget defeated by 278 votes

    Superintendent says any cuts would affect K-8 programs BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Millstone school budget defeated by 278 votes BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer     As they have for the past several years, Millstone voters rejected the school budget in the school board election.     This year’s $32.8 million budget met with resounding defeat…

  • U.F., Allentown voters say yes to school budget

    Two incumbents, one newcomer elected to regional board BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer U.F., Allentown voters say yes to school budget Two incumbents, one newbie elected to regional board BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer     Allentown and Upper Freehold voters took to the polls April 21 and the majority showed support for the $32.5 million…

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