Healthy learning      JEFF GRANIT staff Kindergartner Maureen Krelove, 5, jumps off a pyramid of mats during a fitness-a-thon where students competed in various gym games for prizes at Roosevelt Public School on Feb. 29. For more photos, see page 22. More ... Community unites for FDR memorial restoration Lighting, security camera and repairs estimated to cost $68K BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer       The nonprofit Fund for Roosevelt has come forward to pay for the repair and refurbishing of the borough's Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial sculpture. The memorial was defaced with spray paint during vandalism incidents in three towns along Route 571 on Jan. 9. More ... U.F.'s affordable housing plan would help disabled Occupational Training Center, Project Freedom hope to partner with twp. BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer       UPPER FREEHOLD- The executive director of an organization that develops housing for disabled persons gave a presentation at the Feb. 28 township committee meeting. The governing body is looking at various ways to fulfill its Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) obligations. More ... Helping others take healing into their own hands Rooseveltian teaches finger-tapping to relieve anxiety and ailments BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer       ROOSEVELT - People may have the power within their own fingertips to alleviate emotional stress and physical pain. In a time when more people are discovering that their emotional health is inseparable from their physical health and that both require balance between the body and the mind, Emotion... More ... Board hires new planner and attorney BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer       UPPER FREEHOLD- The township's Planning Board has a new attorney and a new planner. The board unanimously voted at its Feb. 26 meeting to appoint Dennis Collins, of Collins, Vella and Casello LLC in Farmingdale, as its new attorney. In a 7-2 vote, the board approved BanischAssociates in Flemingto... More ... Support for local veterans grows as a garden in U.F. Town to develop veterans' memorial committee BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer       UPPER FREEHOLD - As local military service men and women continue to fight on the front lines, they remain in the forefront of community members' minds. At the Feb. More ... Goodbye, Allen House. Hello, affordable housing Units will be available to adults 55 and over who make $37K-$60K BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer       MILLSTONE- The township will demolish the circa-1845 Allen House and its outbuildings on Stagecoach Road to construct two age-restricted multi-family units. The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved Millstone Township's application in a 6-1 vote at its Feb. 26 meeting, with board member Salvatore I... More ... Board approves three applications in one night Two farm properties and site near Cox's Corner to yield more lots BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer       UPPER FREEHOLD- Several minor subdivisions were approved at the Feb. 26 Planning Board meeting. The board unanimously approved a three-lot subdivision of a Route 524 property belonging to John Gahler. The land is located across the street from the Cox's Corner commercial subdivision. The board al... More ... 'Children' unites deaf, hearing communities Cast was required to learn sign language for upcoming production BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer       Each project an actor undertakes offers new challenges. Learning all the lines is a basic requirement. Learning all the lines in sign language is monumental. For most of the people involved in the Center Players' upcoming production of the comedy-drama "Children of a Lesser God," performing this ... More ... Batting cage project hasn't struck out or walked yet U.F. looks for land for greenhouse, considers field house for all sports BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer       UPPER FREEHOLD - Little League participants may have an indoor place to practice in town come next winter. The Township Committee discussed creating an indoor batting cage at its Feb. 28 meeting. Any resolution to the winter training issue would not come soon enough for this season, which begins... More ...