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January 8, 2009
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CHRIS KELLY staff Allentown High School's Matt Mueller pulls down an offensive rebound during a home game against West Windsor- Plainsboro High School North Jan. 3. More...
Millstone gets past sour year
2008 marked with COAH plan controversy and infighting
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

Acontroversial Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) plan and animosity among Township Committee members dominated Millstone news in 2008. In January, Mayor Nancy Grbelja and Deputy Mayor Robert Kinsey were appointed to their respective roles for the third year in a row. Michael Kuczinski was also... More...


A look at '08 in Roosevelt
Community saw vandalism, lawsuit dismissal, galleries close
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

Roosevelt experienced a little bit of the good, the bad and even the ugly in 2008. The ugly reared its head early on in the year when between Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 the Roosevelt monument in the amphitheater and sections of the post office were vandalized with spray-painted messages expressing hostilit... More...


Land use tops Upper Freehold's '08 issues
Year of long-awaited planning comes to close
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

The Upper Freehold Township Committee had a busy and productive year in 2008. After three years of discussion, the governing body finally adopted master plan revisions and changed residential zoning from 3-acre and 5-acre lots to 6-acre and 10-acre lots. More...


Santa and pet snapshot turns into 'cat'astrophe
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

The four Fiordland girls did not get what they wanted most for Christmas, but they are hoping that somehow their wish will come true in the new year. They are hoping for the return of Max, their beloved cat, who disappeared Dec. 6 shortly after having his photo taken with Santa at Rick's Saddle S... More...


 Bulletin Board
•MOMS Club to meet
The MOMS Club of Millstone Township welcomes mothers from Millstone and Roosevelt to its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Jan. 8. The group will be discussing low- or nocost monthly calendar activities for all age groups. Children are always welcome. More...
•Allentown Garden Club to meet Jan. 8
•Redbirds to sponsor used clothing drive
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 Letters
•Millstone needs a better COAH plan
With due respect to Millstone's Council On Affordable Housing (COAH) committee, the submission of Millstone's sole plan to New Jersey COAH on Dec. 30 is flawed. More...
•A requiem for Uncle Louie, the Holstein Fresian bull
•A workable solution to the foreclosure crisis
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 Greg Bean's Column
•Discovering family history, one creased letter at a time
It seems like when the kids move out, they're never really gone because they leave so much junk behind. But at our house, it isn't the kids who are responsible for all the accumulated archeological detritus. My wife and I save things as well. Boxes and boxes of photographs. Birthday cards. Import... More...
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 Obituaries
•Marianna J. Blanco
Mrs. Blanco, 52, a resident of Manalapan for 20 years, died Dec. 17, 2008, at home. She was a unit leader for Pomptonian Food Service at Pine Brook School and volunteered at Taylor Mills School for 16 years. Mrs. Blanco was predeceased by her father, Aniello DiSpigna, and her father-in-law, Peter ... More...
•John Bernard Costa
•Margaret Mary Carbin
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 Sports
•Going strong to the hoop in Allentown
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Left: Allentown High School's M.C. Spady (1) tries to score during a Jan. 3 home game against West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School. Above: Allentown's Matt Mueller (14) tries to score. More...
•Rutgers men fall to Pitt at home
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