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September 4, 2008
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School pools generosity to support teacher's family
Children send care packages to soldier and his comrades
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer
Little people are doing big things at the Kiddie Academy of Millstone. When the child day care and education center's community heard that teacher Elizabeth Siwiak's brother, a member of the Army's Special Operations Forces, would be returning to Iraq for a second tour of duty, it came together t... More...
BOE tables facility-use fee issue until next year
Millstone school district considering 'resting' elementary school
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

The Millstone Township Board of Education has decided to table the implementation of a new facilities-use policy until at least January. More...

Aspiring vintners venture to Sunset Hill
Winemaking season to start as grape harvest approaches
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

Living, laughing and loving are oft more enjoyable over a good bottle of wine. For years, wine enthusiasts have savored the grape libations created in western Monmouth County by award-winning wineries like Cream Ridge and Silver Decoy. Now they can fuddle the fruits of their own labors at Sunset H... More...


U.F. still considering dog license fee increase
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD — Township officialswant the Board of Health to raise dog license fees even though the board recently decided twice against doing so. The township currently charges $7.50 to license a spayed/neutered animal. Raising the licensing fee came up again during the Aug. More...


U.F. wants nonresidents to pay more to play
Twp. to help sports groups keep track of where participants live
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD — Nonresidents will have to pay $10 more than residents when participating in township recreation programs. An ordinance that would add a new fee section to the township's general code was held from introduction at the August 28 Township Committee meeting, but will be reintr... More...


Millstone Township preserves another farm
Township now has 1,026 acres of preserved farmland

MILLSTONE — Development will never ruin the scenic vista along Battleground Road. The 166-acre Hom vegetable farm along that road has been permanently preserved. The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders presented the township with a symbolic $2.3 million reimbursement check for the f... More...


 Bulletin Board
•Allentown Garden Club to hold meeting Sept. 11
Hank Schannen, owner of RareFind Nursery in Jackson, will discuss "Azaleas and Rhododendrons: Past, Present and Future" at the 7 p.m. Sept. 11 meeting of the Allentown Garden Club. More...
•Festival needs artists, crafters, antique dealers
•Millstone Girl Scouts to hold registration
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 Letters
• Farm bill yields mixed crop of gains, losses
After two years of debate, Congress passed the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, otherwise known as the Farm Bill. This new act is a mixed bag for New Jersey farmers, taxpayers and the environment — some gains and some losses. More...
•Biofuels are good for consumers and good for America
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 Editorials
•Your Turn
Consider health care reform as a factor when voting
Sen. Barack Obama promotes a plan to lower the country's health care costs enough to "bring down premiums by $2,500 for the typical family." His promise is that a health plan will be in place "by the end of my first term as president of the United States," at a cost of an estimated $65 billion in ... More...
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 Greg Bean's Column
•City could have avoided fight with a better offer
I have never met the Rev. Kevin Brown, the guy the city of Long Branch is trying to evict from his apartment and his church so that a group of private developers can tear the building down to make way for the Broadway Arts Center redevelopment. More...
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 Red State / Blue State
•Honey, I lost the keys to all of these darned houses
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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 Sports
•Buffalo Man rallies to win Red Bank at Monmouth
Buffalo Man finished with a flourish at Monmouth Park on Saturday as he closed relentlessly to capture the $150,000 Red Bank Stakes (G3) by nearly a length. In the day's other feature, the $65,000 Twin Lights Stakes, Julia Tuttle used frontrunning tactics to score a one-length victory. More...
•Rutgers football gets off to slow start in post-Ray Rice era
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