• Millstone school budget defeated by 278 votes

    Superintendent says any cuts would affect K-8 programs 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 at the polls April 21 in a vote of 691-413. Had the budget passed,…

  • 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 Upper Freehold Regional School District budget. Borough voters approved the spending plan in a vote of 133-102 and township voters marked their…

  • Dragons all fired up

    The third- and fourth-grade Allentown/Upper Freehold Dragons lacrosse team defeated Jackson 8-3 in the rain on April 14. Top to bottom: Dragons White-2 player Brody Zauner dodges around a Hopewell Valley midfielder as he clears the ball during the April 25 game. Third-grader Dayne Zauner gets ready to dodge past the Hopewell Valley midfielder. Goalies…

  • Jay F. Hyland

    Mr. Hyland, 86, of the Perrineville section of Millstone, died April 25, 2009, at home. He had lived in Old Bridge and the Robertsville section of Marlboro before moving to Perrineville eight years ago. A veteran of the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Hyland was a pipefitter for more than 35 years, retiring…

  • Elizabeth A. Fama

    Mrs. Fama, 63, of Manalapan, died April 18, 2009, at home. She was a graduate of the Monmouth County Vocational School Nursing Program in 1995, practicing as an LPN for Monmouth Cardiology in Freehold for 10 years. She was predeceased by a brother, Michael Hudacko, and a sister, Rosemarie Mangiero. Surviving are her husband of…

  • Barbara Lorraine Hayes

    Mrs. Hayes, 79, of Florence, S.C., died April 11, 2009, at McLeod Hospice House, Florence. She had resided in Millstone Township before moving to Florence five years ago. Mrs. Hayes was a clerk/typist for at the Monmouth County Court House, Freehold, for 10 years before her retirement. Her husband, Edward Hayes, died in 1973. Surviving…

  • Jay F. Hyland

    86, of Perrineville, formerly of Old Bridge and Marlboro Jay F. Hyland   Mr. Hyland was born in South River and lived in Old Bridge and Robertsville section of Marlboro, before moving to Perrineville eight years ago. Mr. Hyland was a pipe fitter for over 35 years retiring in 1985 from 3-M in Freehold. Mr.…

  • Gee, that candy looks good enough to smoke

    Coda • GREG BEAN My favorite line from the recent presidential campaign was Barack Obama explaining his youthful experimentation with mind-altering chemicals. “When I was young and stupid, I was young and stupid,” he said. That resonated with me, in large part because there was plenty of stupidity in my own misspent youth. Here, for…

  • Mayor, committeeman disagree

    William J. Morelli, Bordentown Township Mayor To the editor:    On Monday, April 20, the Bordentown Township Committee held a special meeting to review the 2009 budget as a sitting committee. We had discussed the meeting date at two prior meetings on April 6 and 13. The only reluctance came from Committeeman (Mark) Roselli who said…

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