• BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Gary Gellman of Gellman Images has been chosen for the seventh consecutive year to serve as the official photographer for the New Jersey Hall of Fame Gala to be held at Convention Hall in Asbury Park on Nov. 13. The event will honor 12 of New Jersey’s most distinguished citizens as new inductees into the…

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    RAY CHISTE Soybeans are harvested on the evening of Oct. 30 at a farm in Upper Freehold Township that is owned by Tri-County Turf LLC of Cranbury.

  • Writer calls for a ban on gestation crates

    Most female pigs in the United States spend their entire adult lives trapped in a metal gestation crate that is too small for them to even turn around or lie down in comfortably. The intensive confinement of these gestation crates is horrific and only serves to allow pork producers to cram together as many pregnant…

  • Frogbridge hosts party, toy drive

    MILLSTONE — Frogbridge Day Camp was the home once again to a Halloween party and fundraiser offered to campers, their family members and friends, and the students and families of the Tadpole Village Preschool, which is on the Frogbridge property. The annual event, known as the Frogtoberfest, is most importantly an annual toy drive, helping…

  • Millstone man waits for results of write-in vote

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Ramon Recalde, who has been a regular attendee at meetings of the Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education for a decade, believes he has won a one-year term on the board as a write-in candidate. Residents John Saxton, 1,220 votes; Melissa Riviello, 1,256 votes; and Cynthia Bailey,…

  • Borkowski, Anthony win seats on Allentown council

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Beginning in January, the six-member Borough Council will be divided evenly among Republican, Democratic and independent members. On Nov. 4, Democrat Angela Anthony and independent candidate William Borkowski defeated Republicans Michael Schumacher and Eileen Joan Kuzma in the race for two three-year terms. Anthony is a current member…

  • Two statewide ballot questions approved

    New Jersey voters approved two statewide ballot questions on Election Day, Nov. 4. Final vote totals for the public questions were not immediately available; however, organizations that supported the passage of the questions reported the success of the initiative for which they advocated. The first ballot question focused on the pretrial detention of certain suspects.…

  • Boy Scout’s orchard takes root at Millstone school

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Arthur Normand A rthur Normand is a senior at Allentown High School whose Eagle Scout project might be called “The Giving Tree.” Normand, 17, created a small modern orchard at the Millstone Township Primary School that will produce fruit and become part of the curriculum. The young man rolled up his…

  • Halloween tirade lands man in jail

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer A n 18-year-old man was charged with several offenses after he allegedly went on what Allentown police described as a public tirade. According to a complaint provided by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, David Osrowitz of Florence Township, Burlington County, began cursing, motioning erratically and screaming in the parking lot…

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