June 3, 2004 RSS feed / Front Page

Municipal tax rate rises despite budget decrease

Allentown officials need to beef up surplus next year
BY EVAN NATELSON
Staff Writer

Although the overall Allentown municipal budget has gone down this year, residents here will see a 5.9-cent increase in the municipal tax rate. More...

Volunteers take pride in keeping roads clean

BY JANE MEGGITT
Staff Writer

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Contest brewing in GOP county committee race

BY JANE MEGGITT
Staff Writer

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Allentown man honored as ‘Teacher of the Year’

Alpha Zeta, an honors fraternity at Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, has chosen Dr. Barry Jesse of Allentown to be this year More...

D-Day invasion signaled start of victory in Europe

BY DICK METZGAR
Staff Writer

A sky blackened by planes and the paratroopers they were dropping is how one D-Day Army veteran remembered the landings at Omaha beach during the invasion of Normandy, France, by Allied forces on July 6, 1944. More...

Local communities lead

Monmouth in growth
Manalapan,
Marlboro at top of
list in county report
BY LARRY RAMER
Staff Writer

Manalapan and Marlboro are leading Mon-mouth County in population gains over the past four years, according to estimates compiled by the Monmouth County Planning Board. More...

Allentown professor honored by his students

BY EVAN NATELSON
Staff Writer

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Twp. Committee accepts Olinsky’s resignation

BY JANE MEGGITT
Staff Writer

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Sharon Station Road project prompts debate

BY JANE MEGGITT
Staff Writer

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Letters

Stadium traffic won’t clog local roads

According to the study commissioned by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority and the intended owner of the new team that would use the proposed baseball stadium on Route 33 in Monroe, "Middlesex County is a comparatively large and affluent More...

U.F. resident says zoning plan fails the ‘smell’ test

The problem with the proposed 6-acre zone plan in Upper Freehold Township by Mayor John Mele is that it doesn More...

Imlaystown’s post office is the center of its community

It is said that timing is everything, because on May 4, Preservation New Jersey recognized our small town, Imlaystown, as being in the top 10 most endangered historical sites in New Jersey. More...

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Mary A. Hand

Mrs. Hand, 76, of Freehold Township, died May 25 at Bartley Health Care Nursing & Rehabilitation, Jackson. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she had lived there before moving to Freehold Township 10 years ago. More...

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Business

Business Briefs

National Association of Women Business Owners Central Jersey Chapter will celebrate its first anniversary, honor its Chapter Award recipients and board members, and install its new chapter board June 15, 6-9 p.m. at Branches, West Long Branch. More...

Business Briefs

National Association of Women Business Owners Central Jersey Chapter will celebrate its first anniversary, honor its Chapter Award recipients and board members, and install its new chapter board June 15, 6-9 p.m. at Branches, West Long Branch. More...

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Six-acre zoning controversy here to stay

Upper Freehold board members spar over proposed subdivision
BY JANE MEGGITT
Staff Writer

Tensions between the pro- and anti-6-acre zoning factions on the Upper Freehold Planning Board spilled over at the May 25 board meeting. More...

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JEFF GRANIT staff Matthew Corso, 9, Millstone, stands in the back of a pickup truck with star-spangled balloons at the Millstone Memorial Day parade on Monday. More...

Republican candidates address township issues

BY JANE MEGGITT
Staff Writer

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Millstone veterans group seeks local veterans

The Veterans of The Vietnam War Inc., Millstone-Jackson Post 3 is recruiting local military veterans from all eras, all wars. The Veterans of The Vietnam War Inc. (VVnW) is a nationally recognized veterans service organization. More...

Residents’ military service reflected on Wall of Honor

BY DICK METZGAR
Staff Writer

For years, Memorial Day has been something very special for the residents at Surrey Downs, an adult community in Howell. More...

Memories of war vivid 60 years after D-Day

Residents of Howell recall battles fought in taking of Europe
BY DICK METZGAR
Staff Writer

Harry Brachfeld, Norman Chai-mowitz and Harold Flax have several things in common. All three men grew up in the New York City area and all three currently live at Surrey Downs, an adult community in Howell, where they are still very active. More...

‘Art in the Factory’ on tap this weekend

BY LINDA DeNICOLA
Staff Writer

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Another vote scheduled on pay-to-play measure

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER
Staff Writer

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Molly Pitcher project nets award for women

BY LINDA DeNICOLA
Staff Writer

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Timing of 6-acre proposal questioned

BY JANE MEGGITT
Staff Writer

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Taxidermists design exhibit for Olympics

Preserved animals from
Northeast to be focus of
display on Greek island
BY TARA PETERSEN
Staff Writer

By the time summer arrives, at least one American black bear, gray squirrel, chipmunk, skunk and rabbit will be in view on the Greek island of Crete. More...

Bulletin Board

Allentown afghans still available for purchase

The Allentown afghan, a continuing fund-raiser for the Women More...

Elks lodge to serve up seafood dinner June 11

Millstone Elks Lodge No. 2613 will continue its Friday Night Charity Dinner series on June 11, when the menu will feature a seafood dinner by Deana. There will be no dinner June 4. More...

Millstone offering summer theater camp

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Sports

Locals play to different results in sectional finals

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Sports Shorts

The Millstone Thunder, a U11 (fall) Girls Travel Soccer team will hold tryouts on June 9 and 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Brandywine fields. Attendance on both days is expected. More...

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