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August 21, 2008
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Women go wild in the Assunpink
National Wild Turkey Federation gets ladies enjoying the outdoors
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer
Women exchanged their traditional roles as mothers, daughters and wives for a chance to be shotgunshooting, wild-game-cooking outdoor adventurers. The New Jersey chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) hosted a group of eight women from across the state and as far away as Pennsylvan... More...
District can't afford free community use of schools
Increased facility fees could put end to some township recreation
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

Acandidate for Millstone Township Committee believes the Board of Education has a public relations nightmare on its hands. Fiore Masci, president of the local Pop Warner and unopposed Republican candidate for Township Committee, used the phrase regarding the board's proposed facility use policy. ... More...

Jewish Heritage Museum to open in Freehold Twp.
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer

The corner of West Main Street (Route 537) and Wemrock Road in Freehold Township has changed a great deal since the 1800s when the Levi Solomon farmhouse and barn sat close to the road. More...


Sewer plant improvement to cost $1M

ALLENTOWN — The borough will upgrade its sewer plant and make water utility improvements. The Borough Council introduced three bond ordinances totaling almost $1.2 million at its Aug. 12 meeting. A public hearing and vote on the ordinances is scheduled for Sept. 9. More...


U.F. man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide
Louis A. Tufano faces three years in prison for 2006 fatal crash

UPPER FREEHOLD — A 27-year-old township man pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide and three counts of fourth-degree assault by auto in relation to a 2006 crash that resulted in the death of an Allentown woman. More...


St. Joseph's subdivision plan met with disapproval
Mayor cautions church against proceeding
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

MILLSTONE — Neighbors of St. Joseph's Church on Stillhouse Road are not happy about a proposed subdivision for a potential parish hall. During the Aug. 13 Planning Board meeting, residents voiced their concerns about the possible division of 30 acres across the street from the church. More...


Planner discusses U.F.'s 'scary' COAH obligation
Twp. likely to have 186 more affordable units by 2018
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

Although fulfilling its state-mandated quota of affordable housing is important to Upper Freehold, residents don't seem concerned about the issue. There were more people on stage than in the audience when township officials discussed the issue at a joint meeting of the Township Committee and Plan... More...


 Bulletin Board
• MOMS Club of Millstone to hold meeting Sept. 11
The MOMS Club® of Millstone Township will be holding its next monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Sept. 11. The group will be discussing low- or no-cost monthly calendar activities for all age groups, ranging from newborns and up. More...
•Kiddie Academy to host Yosi concert Aug. 22
•MTWO seeks backpack, school supply donations
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 Letters
•Board of Education needs better public relations strategy
The Millstone Board of Education recently announced its intentions to focus more on public relations as one of its key strategies in which to successfully pass future school budgets. To that end, the board's recent PR attempt at the Board of Education meeting on Aug. More...
•Student praises passage of Medicare act
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 Editorials
•Facility use fees are part of larger crises
Many residents attended the last Millstone Township Board of Education meeting to protest the school district's plan to implement facility usage fees. Property taxes are high, the economy is bad and families' and community organizations' resources are overextended, but such fees are now commonpla... More...
•Even in real life, good guys sometimes win the battle
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 Red State / Blue State
•There's really no excuse for them gettin' frisky
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
•Joseph Tolve
Mr. Tolve, 91, of Englishtown and formerly of Spotswood, died Aug. 14, 2008, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. He was a self-employed butcher and a mechanic for New York Department of Parks in Brooklyn, New York, for 30 years before retiring in 1980. Mr. Tolve served in the U.S. Army duri... More...
•Darrin A. Winston
•Florence Petrik
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 Sports
• RU football looking to maintain high level of play
15 starters return for Scarlet Knights; opening game on Labor Day
PISCATAWAY — The goal in many Rutgers football observers' opinion is to get back to the level of play that the Scarlet Knights had in 2006, when the team finished with an 11-2 record, a Texas Bowl victory and a national ranking. More...
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