• Model aircraft to be on display

    The Jersey Coast Sport Fliers (JCSF) will participate in National Model Aviation Day, a free event that will be open to the public on Aug. 17. The event will run from noon to 3 p.m. at the Dorbrook Recreation Area, 209 Route 537, Colts Neck, and JCSF’s plans include lessons on how to fly the…

  • Horsemen’s assoc. gears up for late-summer and fall activities

    Residents of all towns welcome to participate By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Susan Koval, president of the Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township, and Checkers. No horsing around, Sue Koval, president of the Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township (HAMT), is looking forward to planning upcoming events when the group holds its next meeting on Aug. 20. “Nothing…

  • Is New Jersey climbing out?

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Chris Martin New Jersey is slowly breaking away from the doldrums of the economic recession, but it will likely take several years and a chain of smart decisions before the state can tout a full recovery, according to financial experts. The preliminary unemployment rate in New Jersey hit 8.7 percent…

  • Bonds will will help pay for fix-ups at historic site

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent The Millstone Township Committee has adopted an ordinance that will provide an appropriation of $240,000 for improvements to a township-owned historic church at 512 Stagecoach Road. On Aug. 7, officials authorized the issuance of $228,000 in bonds to help finance the appropriation, with the remainder to come as a down payment.…

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    An angler tries her luck at Conines pond in Allentown on Aug. 11.

  • GREEN SCENE

    August 2013: Full steam ahead! Gotti Kelley “Life is a garden: Dig it.” — unknown Surviving the giant, sweaty embrace of July’s heat, cooler fall temperatures are on the horizon, creating an ideal planting season for trees and shrubs. Once planted, these will be part of your landscape for decades, so choose wisely and take…

  • Money ¢lip

    Peeling back the label Jack Murtha I might as well kick off this column with a confession: I still use the same brand of deodorant that I wore 10 years ago. From high school gym class to the cubicle, I’ve relied on a single company to ward off attacks on my personal hygiene. It’s not…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Ceremonial throwing at dirt at firehouse

    HILLSBOROUGH: Ceremonial throwing at dirt at firehouse

    Woods Road firefighters turned over the dirt to start their expansion project Monday. With shovels, from left, are company president Andy Fingerhut, company Chief Christian Fulmino and Township Committeeman Doug Tomson. In back, from left, are Roy Horowitz, Fire Commissioner Charlie Nuara, Matt Hand, Ken Johnson, Mike Lemonie, Kenneth Wetzel and Tom Marvits.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Ciattarelli deserves credit for courage

    He calls out Congressman King on his immigration remarks    Kudos to state Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli for calling out Iowa Congressman Steve King’s “insensitive and blatantly stereotypical” comments in the national immigration debate.    Rep. King, not known for his temperateness, characterized the children of many undocumented immigrants as drug traffickers when he said, “They aren’t all…

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