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      May 3, 2007  RSS feed

      Hippotherapy has them riding high
      Children with cerebral palsy benefit from horseback riding
      The dark sunglasses and pink boots give it away. Ronni Rosina is not your average cowgirl. The 4-year-old Hamilton resident clambered speedily out of her grandmother's car, excited about her weekly horseback-riding session at Riding High Farm in Allentown on a sunny April 25 afternoon. More...
      Asian heritage festival returns to Manalapan
      BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer

      MANALAPAN - The second annual Asian Heritage Festival will be held May 5 from 1-5 p.m. at Manalapan High School, Church Lane, off Tennent Road. More...

      U.F. aims to strike balance with future development
      BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

      UPPER FREEHOLD -The township's Economic Development Committee has some issues with the proposed changes to the commercial aspect of the master plan. The advisory board had reviewed the changes, and Tim Lizura, chairman of the Economic Development Committee (EDC), addressed the issues with the Planning Board at the board's April 24 meeting. More...


      Daughters at work

      JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Cream Ridge's Amy Szwed, 7, (l-r) and Michelle Szwed, 12, granddaughters of Upper Freehold Township Tax Collector Barbara Pater, enjoyed spending the day in Upper Freehold's town hall and time with "Aunt Betty," who is Betty Tindall, the Board of Health's secretary, during Take Our Daughters to Work Day on April 26. The girls helped staff make file labels, process mail, copy documents and enter data into the computer. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Scrapbooking event to help troops abroad
      Empress Concepts, a scrapbooking business in Millstone, is sponsoring "Scrappin' for the Troops" at Wagner Farm Park, in Millstone, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 5 - National Scrapbooking Day. Proceeds from admission and a 50/50 raffle will be donated to the troops overseas. More...
      • Playing golf on May 14 could save local horses
      • Roosevelt recreation seeks volunteers, ideas
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       Letters
      • Sign was in the wrong place at wrong time
      On Wednesday morning, April 18, the day after the school elections, I had occasion to travel on Route 524 between Allentown and Hamilton. And as a taxpayer and citizen, I was outraged. Why? More...
      • Former Staten Island resident takes offense to recent comment
      • Women's Association thankful for support
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       Editorials
      • article has image Coda
      We don't like the smoke, but we do like the money
      There's a word for people who drive around smoking while they have kids in the car, and that word is idiot . More...
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       Obituaries
      • Obituaries
      Gladys Falkowitz Mrs. Falkowitz, 90, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died April 17, 2007, at Beth Israel Medical Center, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, she had lived there her entire life. She was a homemaker and an avid mah-jongg player. Mrs. Falkowitz was predeceased by her husband, Charles, in 1995. More...
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       Schools
      • article has image Millstone Township Board of Education reorganizes
      Friedman chosen as president, Deitz as vice president
      MILLSTONE - Mary Ann Friedman will have a lot on her plate this year. Not only was she re-elected as the Millstone Township Board of Education president at the board's April 23 re-organization meeting, but she was also chosen to serve as the school district's representative on the Upper Freehold Regional School District (UFRSD) Board of Education. More...
      • article has image Snakes, scales and turtle tails intrigue students
      • New school project faces slight delay
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       Sports
      • Allentown United wins its first State Cup game
      Displaying an flare for the dramatic, the Allentown United U15 girls soccer team won its first ever State Cup game last weekend. And it only took 110 minutes and nine rounds of shoot-outs to do it. The United were away to the Wall Hot Shots in the first round of the state cup. This is a knockout competition with the loser going home and the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. More...
      • article has image The one that got away
      • Sports Shorts
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       Business
      • Business Briefs
      The Orchards at Bartley is hosting an AARP Drivers Refresher Course for seniors in the community. The two-day class will be held on May 10 and May 11, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at The Orchards at Bartley in Jackson. The program is a classroom-style refresher course designed to meet the needs of senior drivers over the age of 50. More...
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