July 30, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

Millstone Middle School principal resigns for position in Cranford

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

Millstone Middle School Principal Michelle Vella has accepted a new job in a K-12 school district and is leaving. With regret, the Board of Education accepted Vella's resignation at its July 13 meeting. More...

What's to blame for those gray hairs?

(SPM Wire) Can you blame a lifetime of annoying jobs, unruly kids and family emergencies for your silver-streaked head of hair? More...

Effort under way to fund local residence for elderly

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A Red Bank resident who has been affiliated with the Workmen's Circle since birth will lead the effort to raise money for the construction of a Jewish elder home in Freehold Township. More...

Farmers protest possible closing of agriculture offices in Freehold

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

FREEHOLD — Farmers from all over the county attended the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders workshop meeting July 23 to protest the proposed lease termination of a U.S. More...

Letters

Former mayor addresses bow hunting issues

Ithought we were a pro-farming community? Do the farmers, the tree-farming businesses, our Ag Board and the Open Space Committee approve of the recent Township Committee action to restrict bow hunting on townshipowned property? More...

One suggestion for health care situation is cooperativism

You go to a doctor's office with an illness, but you have no health insurance. The cost of health insurance is beyond your financial means. You decided not to go to the emergency room at a hospital where the government would pick up the tab. More...

Guadagno brings gravitas to candidate's ticket

In choosing Kim Guadagno as his running mate, Chris Christie has starkly shown why he is doubly a winner over Jon Corzine. More...

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Columns

Arrghhhh! Why did you pour milk on the cereal?

Coda • GREG BEAN

The emails started coming in from out-ofstate friends yesterday: "Rabbis and mayors in a corruption probe? Some of which included the sale of body parts? More...

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Sports

U.S. gymnast offers tips to future stars

Young men were not only able to meet an alternate member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, they were also able to learn more about the sport when David Durante paid a visit to Classic Gymnastics and Cheer Academy in Marlboro. More...

Libonati ready to make mark at Rutgers

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

Football players generally do not look forward to the start of preseason practice. It means two-a-days in the heat and humidity of August. The experience is similar to going to military boot camp. More...

Fluke fishing hits its peak

Fluke fishing is in full peak in the Garden State. Anglers are working very hard to land a few keepers for the dinner table. With plenty of shorts to throw back, there are still some big ones for the taking if you are willing to put in the time. More...

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At the fair

Miss Philly, a Bindle Stiff Family Circus performer, gets a high-five from a youngster at the Monmouth County Fair, which was held in Freehold Township from July 22-26. For more fair photos, visit www.gmnews.com. More...

Employees checking residency status at DPW recycling yard

Some nonresidents have been using yard for years
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

If you're not an Upper Freehold Township resident, don't even think of taking your recyclables to the public works yard, behind the municipal building on Route 539. More...

Fresh from the farmers market

Customers lining up at weekly Saturday market in Millstone
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

For fresh, locally grown produce, the Millstone Farmers Market is the place to go on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The market will be open every Saturday at Wagner Farm Park until Oct. 24. More...

U.F. considers issues of bikes, field fees, dogs in twp. parks

Fee schedule for residents, nonresidents to be discussed
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD — Mayor Steve Alexander thinks kids should be able to ride bicycles around Byron Johnson Park. Committeewoman Lori Horsnall Mount would like to see a dog park somewhere in town. More...

Local man pleads guilty to using fake postage meter stamps

TRENTON — In U.S. District Court on July 22, Steven Sul, 32, of Millstone pleaded guilty to a single charge of counterfeiting postage meter stamps in connection with the sale of counterfeit designer handbags and purses via eBay, acting U.S. More...

Gardineer honored as CFO of Year

American Red Cross exec noted for business savvy
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD — Six weeks ago, Bayard Gardineer III was the first on the scene of a horrific car crash on Route 524, just yards from his house in Stone Tavern Estates. More...

Bulletin Board

Cream Ridge Winery to host event Aug. 1, 2

The Cream Ridge Winery, Upper Freehold, will host a jazz music and wine-sampling event from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 1 and 2. More...

Balladeer of Celtic music will perform

Charlie Zahm, a balladeer of traditional American and Celtic music, will perform with fiddler Tad Marks 7:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 1 at Ye Old Yellow Meetinghouse, 70 Yellow Meetinghouse Road, Upper Freehold. More...

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Opinion

CARS brings safety concerns on Sharon Station Road

Guest Column • Patricia and Edward Smires

'Atragic accident," "A loss of life" — headlines that touch the very soul of a community and headlines that now touch our community. More...

'Ever think about washing that thing?'

Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH

Although it's not by choice, I am a muddy-car person. I'm a rolling, mucky, traveling "before picture" for Turtle Wax and Brighty Whitie's Spotless Rinse. Even the Clean City Committee has offered me big bucks to stay home. More...

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Schools

Holmdel school to present 'Grease'

"Grease" is the word at Saint John Vianney High School of Holmdel. The school will present its alumni production of "Grease" on Thursday, Aug. 6, Friday, Aug. 7, and Saturday, Aug. 8, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 9, at 5 p.m. More...

Sewing seams easy

Clockwise from top left: Jenna Wincek, 12, of Millstone (l), pins fabric together as Nancy Bailey, Family and Consumer Science teacher, helps Cayla McLaughlin, of Millstone, with her fabric during a sewing class on July 7. More...

Graduates entering military honored

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD — Two mayors were in attendance at the July 23 Township Committee meeting, as both Upper Freehold and Jackson townships honored young men and women from the Allentown High School (AHS) class of 2009 who elected to serve in the More...

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