Tag: Millstone Township

  • Pupils inspire town to eliminate invasive plant

    Pupils inspire town to eliminate invasive plant

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Officials in Millstone Township will take action to eliminate an invasive plant species after elementary school pupils identified locations where the plant is growing. The Community Problem Solvers Club, which is comprised of 19 pupils in grades three through five at the Millstone Township Elementary School, sought to…

  • Foundation plans ‘Family Movie Day’

    Foundation plans ‘Family Movie Day’

    MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence will host its sixth annual “Family Movie Day & Gift Basket Raffle” on Feb. 12 (snow date: March 4) at the Millstone Performing Arts Center at the Millstone Township Middle School, 5 Dawson Ct. The foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to funding grants for items…

  • Driver ticketed in wake of Millstone Township collision

    Driver ticketed in wake of Millstone Township collision

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A Manalapan resident has been issued three summonses by the New Jersey State Police following his involvement in a two-vehicle collision in Millstone Township in early January. On Jan. 10, Michael Parr, 75, of Manalapan, was driving westbound on Perrineville Road in Millstone Township when he was involved…

  • Teen charged with careless driving in wake of crash

    Teen charged with careless driving in wake of crash

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A teenager has been issued a summons by the New Jersey State Police following her involvement in a motor vehicle crash that occurred in Millstone Township in December. On Dec. 27, a 17-year-old female from Wellington, Fla., was traveling east on Pine Hill Road when she lost control…

  • Cub Scouts’ effort leads to food pantry start-up

    Cub Scouts’ effort leads to food pantry start-up

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A church in Millstone Township has opened a food pantry because of the efforts of a local Cub Scout pack. As part of the annual Scouting for Food food drive, the Cub Scouts of Pack 116 collected more than 1,000 pounds of non-perishable goods. The food was donated…

  • Head-on collision leaves two people injured in Millstone

    Head-on collision leaves two people injured in Millstone

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The New Jersey State Police is investigating the circumstances surrounding a two-vehicle collision that sent both drivers to the hospital on the morning of Jan. 10. According to New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez, a Lexus sport utility vehicle being driven westbound on Perrineville Road by Michael Parr, 75,…

  • Millstone residents step up to serve on local boards

    Millstone residents step up to serve on local boards

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Many residents of Millstone Township will lend their time and effort to perform services for the community following their appointment to municipal boards and commissions in 2017. The Township Committee held its reorganization meeting on Jan. 4 and appointed the following residents: • On the Environmental Commission, Mary…

  • Kuczinski to serve as Millstone mayor in 2017

    Kuczinski to serve as Millstone mayor in 2017

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A long-serving member of the Township Committee in Millstone Township will serve as mayor of the municipality for the first time in 2017. The committee held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 4. Republican Committeeman Bob Kinsey, the winning candidate in the Nov. 8 election, was sworn in…

  • Millstone Township committee establishes salaries for 2017

    Millstone Township committee establishes salaries for 2017

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The salaries of Millstone Township employees have been established for 2017 According to an ordinance adopted by the Township Committee, all municipal employees and officials who are not paid on an hourly basis receive a minimum salary of $1,000, with the exception of the mayor and Township Committee…