• School district budget is out of touch with the times

    At a time when the entire state of New Jersey, let alone the world, is spiraling out of control in a downward tilt towards depression, our Board of Education’s budget increases the tax burden on Millstone families upwards of an additional $455 per year. In effect, a family with an average home assessed at $400,000…

  • Hunting bills spark anger in N.J. residents

    We, along with thousands of people across New Jersey are angry and extremely opposed to bill S802/A1669, which will allow hunting on Sunday with bow and arrow, five months out of the year (mid-September to late February) in the wildlife management areas. Presently, the bow hunters are allowed six days out of the week to…

  • Sky Blue FC falls to L.A. in opener

    TERRY GEERDTS, A PRETTY PIXEL Members of Sky Blue, including East Brunswick native Heather O’Reilly, bring the ball upfield. BRIDGEWATER — Women’s professional soccer was introduced to New Jersey on Sunday when more than 6,000 fans watched the home team, Sky Blue FC, take on the best women’s soccer player in the world. The sell-out…

  • Run into the twilight

    UFRSD Education Foundation hosts 5K The Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation invites the public to get off their couches and away from the TV for a little while on June 6. Community members can join their neighbors in the foundation’s first Community Twilight Challenge. The 5K run/walk and one-mile kids’ fun run will begin and…

  • Dolores Louise Danze

    Mrs. Danze, 72, a resident of Manalapan for 24 years, died March 18, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. She attended Brookdale College in Lincroft and was an avid horticulturist and landscape architect. Mrs. Danze was also a successful breeder of rottweilers and had many winning show dogs. Surviving are her husband of…

  • Harold J. Shaw

    Mr. Shaw, 67, a resident of Manalapan for 33 years, died April 3, 2009, at Arcadia Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Hamilton Square. He owned and operated S&S Motors in Manalapan and was a member of the Yorktown Club in Manalapan and the Silentia F&AM Lodge #168 in Butler. Mr. Shaw was predeceased by his…

  • Audrey Strumeier

    Mrs. Strumeier, 45, of Marlboro, died March 25, 2009, at the Monmouth Medical Center Hospice in Long Branch. She had lived in Edison before moving to Marlboro 17 years ago. Mrs. Strumeier was a member of the Marlboro Jewish Community Center and a CASA volunteer. She is survived by her husband, Jeff; two daughters, Jaime…

  • Sure could use a little bit of good news today

    Coda • GREG BEAN Every day, I wake up with a different song playing on an endless loop in my brain. Why my brain picks that day’s song has always been a mystery to me. On days when the song of the day is something by Ry Cooder or Bruce Springsteen, I walk with an…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Hitting the catwalk at the SB Library

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Tyra Banks may not be coming to South Brunswick anytime soon, but teen fans of her show, “America’s Next Top Model,” can still get a taste of what it’s like to participate in the competition.    The South Brunswick Public Library will hold a modeling competition for teens in grades eight…

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