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August 7, 2008
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Christopher Mariscovefere programs a robot called Romer during the Millstone Township Community Education's robotics club session July 29 at the Millstone Township Middle School. More...
Millstone BOE seeks to recoup costs for school-facilities use
Community sports teams feared to be at risk if fees skyrocket
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

Higher usage fees at Millstone Township school facilities may mean the end of some sports. That was the warning given to the Board of Education at its July 28 meeting by members of the township Recreation Committee and those involved with other sports leagues. More...


Mustangs put their best foot forward during meet and greet
Goal is to show adoption potential of formerly wild horses
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

The spirit of the West was alive and well last weekend at Rick's Saddle Shop. Members of the American Mustang and Burro Association brought their formerly wild horses out for a meet and greet to show the public what pleasant riding animals they can become. More...


Board declines to extend bus driver's medical leave
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

MILLSTONE — A district bus driver whose fractured femur has taken longer than anticipated to heal was denied an additional unpaid leave of absence at the July 28 Board of Education meeting. Mark Biddle appeared on behalf of his wife, Sheryl. He objected to the way the board's agenda listed... More...


Municipal, school employees eligible for burial in cemetery
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

ROOSEVELT — Longtime borough employees will now have a literal death benefit. At the July 28 Borough Council meeting, it was unanimously agreed that fulltime employees of the borough or the Board of Education who have served at least 25 years are entitled to burial in the Roosevelt cemetery... More...


 Bulletin Board
•St. Joseph's youth group to hold meeting Aug. 10
St. Joseph's Church, Millstone, will hold the second of two kickoff meetings for its two new youth groups. The meeting for the high school youth group, open to those entering grades 9-12, was held Aug. 3. A similar meeting will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 10 for the junior youth group, which is ope... More...
•Jewish Heritage Museum hosts Jacob Landau event
•Cruise for Prevention rides into U.F. Aug. 13
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 Letters
• Preventing abuse is a shared responsibility
Like most New Jerseyans, I was horrified to learn of the Paterson mother who stabbed her 6-month-old infant to death. While it's unimaginable to comprehend the choice to harm a child, I found myself plagued with uneasy questions about how the tragedy came to be. Was the teen mother, pregnant at 17... More...
•Honored to get military service recognition
•Golf outing for standardbred association raised funds and spirits
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 Editorials
•Hot summer dreams keep rolling through my mind
I'm sitting out on the deck looking over my backyard in the dark of a hot summer night. The air is thick and close, and if I close my eyes, I can almost imagine I've been transported to an earlier, almost antediluvian time. The canopy of leaves on the big trees in the yard is foreboding, the bran... More...
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 Red State / Blue State
•In Denver, things take a turn for the truly weird
A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson — a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist — and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. More...
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 Obituaries
•Peter A. Russo
Mr. Russo, 57, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died Aug. 1, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He resided in Hazlet, and Palm Coast, Fla., prior to relocating to Port Monmouth six years ago. He was a security guard at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, for eight years. Prior to that... More...
•Eugene (Gee) B. Randolph
•Joseph "Benny" Castronova Jr.
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 Sports
•Big Brown comes to Monmouth, takes care of business
Derby, Preakness winner outdistances field at Haskell Invitational
One question prevailed in the minds of more than 45,000 racing fans at Monmouth Park Sunday — will Big Brown make the huge comeback so many were hoping for by winning the Haskell Invitational? The answer was yes. "He showed his true class," rider Kent Desormeaux said. More...
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