January 15, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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...

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. More...

U.F. government bids farewell to David Reed

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD — Fellow Township Committee members said goodbye to David Reed and presented him with a plaque at the Jan. 6 re-organization meeting. More...

Residents' holiday spirit rewarded

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD — The annual holiday lighting contest awards were presented at the Jan. 6 Township Committee meeting. Recreation Committee members Bob Diamond and Steve Murphy were this year's judges. More...

Allentown re-org

ALLENTOWN — Michael Schumacher and Margaret Armenante were sworn in to their new terms of office at the Jan. 6 Borough Council meeting. More...

Letters

Children are real victims of failing economy

The financial crisis affecting our state is challenging, if not unemploying, millions of mothers and fathers. More...

Community urged to support EMS volunteers

Anew year, coupled with the troubled economy, has many New Jerseyans reexamining their future and reevaluating priorities. People today endeavor to spend their time more productively and make a difference. More...

Now is the time to make comments about U.S. Navy housing plan

As a Tinton Falls resident and chairman of Neighbors Opposed to Privatization at Earle (NOPE), I invite and encourage any citizens concerned about the U.S. 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. More...

Janet Swanson

Mrs. Swanson, 79, of The Chelsea at Manalapan, died Jan. 3, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. More...

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Business

Cox's Corner building to house stores, offices

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

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. More...

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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. 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...

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. 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...

Alexander, Moslowski to lead U.F. in 2009

Township's COAH planner appointment contested
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD — Steve Alexander will again serve as mayor and Stanley Moslowski Jr. will serve as deputy mayor this year. More...

Abigail Adams to visit meeting

The Monmouth County Historical Association has invited former First Lady Abigail Adams to speak at its annual meeting to be held on Jan. 27 at the Taylor-Butler House in Middletown. Mrs. More...

McMorrow elected freeholder director

For the first time in more than 20 years, Democrats are in control of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders. On Jan. 6, Democrat Amy Mallet was sworn in to begin serving a three-year term on the county's governing body. 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. More...

Yoga class offered by Roosevelt Recreation

The Roosevelt Recreation Department will offer a yoga program at the Roosevelt School, 2 School Lane, Roosevelt, 6-7 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 23, March 2, 9, 16, and 23. More...

Young children's music classes offered

Registration is now in progress for music and movement classes for young children that will be offered at the Allentown United Methodist Church, 23 Church St./Route 526, Allentown. The classes, which begin the week of Jan. More...

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Columns

After Obama's inauguration, Cheney will be out in the cold

Coda • GREG BEAN

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. More...

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Schools

Allentown to provide sewer service to school

BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

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

Wrestling team keeps winning
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

The faces may have changed, but the results haven't. Despite losing a state champion, state runner-up and state place-winner from their lineup, John Gagliano's Howell Rebels remain a wrestling powerhouse. More...

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