SCOTT PILLING staff Rose Bonvenga, an instructor for the Lego Robotics Camp in the Community Education Program at the Millstone Township Elementary School, helps some campers construct motorized devices with plastic building blocks July 20.
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Positive mosquito pools discovered in Camden and Hunterdon counties
A dead crow has tested positive for the presence of West Nile virus. It was collected at the same residence where a dead blue jay was taken earlier this season that also tested positive for the virus, according to an Ocean County Health Department spokesman. More...
U.F. resident participates in new Monmouth Coaching Invitational
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer
UPPER FREEHOLD - Joe Jennings' love of antique road coaches began as a kid in the 1950s when he first saw them at an exhibition in Oceanport's Monmouth Park. Although he had driven pleasure horses before, it wasn't until 1986 that coaches started to reappear in the driving world and he first tried his hand at driving the antique vehicles. More...
Children's Specialized Hospital, an affiliate of the Robert Wood Johnson Health System, is currently seeking volunteers for its new facility in New Brunswick. PSE&G Children's Specialized Hospital is due to open in early 2008. More...
Assemblywoman stops in Millstone on travels through District 12
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer
MILLSTONE - Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck made an appearance at the July 18 Township Committee meeting. Noting the "great attendance" at the meeting, Beck, a Republican, said she travels to meetings all over District 12, which includes 14 towns in Monmouth County and two in Mercer County. More...
Amy Rosen Around Town
My family and I recently returned from vacation at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. Picture this: one woman and four men driving eight hours. What is the woman not going to do as often as she wants? Hint: it's not shopping. When my husband gets behind the wheel of a car and starts the engine, he's on a mission to get from point A to point B in the shortest time. More...