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January 15, 2009
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Shops near mill still open for business
County to use temporary eminent domain on mill
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer
The old mill in downtown Allentown will remain dark and dormant until Monmouth County finishes its Main Street bridge and dam replacement project. The county forced the retail tenants in the mill building on Main Street to close up shop prior to the 2008 holiday season, but has yet to start the b... More...
Mil. school evacuated after bomb threat call
State police investigate who issued threat
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

The Millstone Township Middle School had to be evacuated on the morning of Jan. 8 after the main office received an anonymous bomb threat via telephone. More...

Motocross has local racer flying high
AHS student prepares for '09 after stellar '08 season
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

While many high school age boys play baseball, basketball, football or soccer, Chris Duymich competes in a completely different kind of sport that takes him hundreds of miles away from home. More...


Grbelja, Kinsey again take helm of Millstone
Sen. Jennifer Beck swears in Kuczinski and Masci
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

MILLSTONE — Mayor Nancy Grbelja and Deputy Robert Kinsey will serve in their respective positions on the Township Committee for the fourth year in a row. In a 4-1 vote, the Township Committee approved their re-appointments to the mayor and deputy mayor positions, with Committeeman Elias Abi... More...


Roosevelt government reorganizes for 2009
Borough searches for new administrator
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

ROOSEVELT — Newly elected Borough Council President Bob Silverstein would like to see a new administrator in place soon. The town has been without a borough administrator since William Schmeling resigned from the position in the middle of 2008. Silverstein made his comments at the Jan. More...


Board ready for 2009
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD — John Mele and Doug Raynor will again serve as chairman and vice chairman of the Planning Board in 2009. They were unanimously elected to those positions by their fellow board members at the Jan. 8 re-organization meeting. More...


 Bulletin Board
•Millstone Community Ed. offers music class
Millstone Township Community Education is offering Music Together, an internationally recognized early childhood music program for children age 8 months to 3 years and the adults who love them. Each participant receives a CD and songbook containing the class songs. Offered Thursdays, Jan. 22 to Ma... More...
•Yoga class offered by Roosevelt Recreation
•Young children's music classes offered
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 Letters
•Children are real victims of failing economy
The financial crisis affecting our state is challenging, if not unemploying, millions of mothers and fathers. The distress of any hardship inevitably has an effect on family dynamics, and thus on the important relationship between a parent and a child. More...
•Community urged to support EMS volunteers
•Now is the time to make comments about U.S. Navy housing plan
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 Greg Bean's Column
•After Obama's inauguration, Cheney will be out in the cold
The winter my wife and I packed our family and moved from my hometown in Casper, Wyo., to take a newspaper job in the relatively balmy climes of Illinois had been a tough son of a gun. For starters, in January of that year, 1984, the temperature hadn't risen higher than 15 below zero for over a m... More...
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 Obituaries
•Eileen Lennox
Eileen Lennox, of the Covered Bridge section of Manalapan, died Jan. 3, 2009, at Care- One, Holmdel. Born and raised in the Bronx, she lived in Manalapan for the past 36 years. Miss Lennox was an insurance supervisor for Aetna Casualty for 50 years in New York City, retiring in 1992. More...
•Janet Swanson
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 Schools
•Allentown to provide sewer service to school
ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Board of Education has created a $25,000 escrow account for Allentown. The board approved at its Jan. More...
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 Sports
•Sports Shorts
The Millstone United U10 girls travel soccer team, the Cyclones, have had an outstanding season this past fall. Their winning record ensured a berth within the esteemed Premier level of the Monmouth Ocean Soccer Association. More...
•New faces, similar results for Howell
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 Business
•Cox's Corner building to house stores, offices
UPPER FREEHOLD — A plan for the construction of a 12,000-square-foot building at the Cox's Corner professional center received preliminary and final approval at the Dec. 11 Planning Board meeting. All-Star Properties and Development LLC requested and was granted a variance for front setbac... More...
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