Cream Ridge News

Picking up the phone and hearing the words Gully Drive meant one thing and one thing only a ' action! The famous scheme was born a quarter-century ago in my hometown of Cream Ridge, N.J., and to this day, those two words accelerate my pulse more than any others.

On a recent Friday morning, as students walked to class and employees traveled to offices at Princeton University, more than a dozen university staffers headed off to the Dempster Fire Training Center several miles away.

Ernest R. Willitts of New Egypt passed away on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 at Compassionate Care Hospice in Trenton.

An Evesham man was sentenced to seven years in prison for writing bogus checks worth more than $56,000, state officials said Friday.

This year's dinner meeting of the Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture takes place Saturday, Nov.

Thomas F. Luchento was re-elected president of the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey when the board of directors re-organized after the group's annual membership meeting on Monday, October 19, at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in East Windsor, N.J. Luchento was a unanimous selection to head the executive board which ...

PARSIPPANY - Republican Councilman Jamie Barberio has raised nearly twice as much in campaign donations than his opponent, Democratic Mayor Michael Luther, in the race for Morris County's only full-time mayor's office.

Lady In The Wind held off Rapsong to win the $51,200 New Jersey Futurity for New Jersey-sired 3-year-old trotters, the second race on Friday at Freehold Raceway.

Competitive field to duel in NJSS 3-year-old filly trot final Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - by Leon Zimmerman, for the New Jersey Sire Stakes Trenton, NJ --- The $100,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Championship Final for 3-year-old trotting fillies at Freehold Raceway on Thursday will feature a competitive field that includes four winners of ...

Perretti-bred trotters headline Valley Victory and Goldsmith Maid Friday, September 04, 2009 - by Carol Hodes, for the SBOA of New Jersey Manalapan, NJ --- Lucky Chucky, a son of Windsong's Legacy, and Costa Rica, a daughter of Muscles Yankee, have been installed as the morning line favorites in the Valley Victory and Goldsmith Maid on Sunday, ...

Takter, Pierce team to take NJSS Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - by Leon Zimmerman, for the New Jersey Sire Stakes Freehold, NJ -- Trainer Jimmy Takter and driver Ron Pierce combined to win both $100,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Premier Division Championships for 2-year-old trotters Wednesday afternoon at Freehold Raceway.

Deer carcass removal isn't part of their job description, but Cedar Grove Public Works employees have removed dead deer from residential properties on at least three occasions this summer, according to the township manager.

The tower and steeple of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church have survived 154 years of weather, birds, and even a lightning strike in 1983.

Police are on scene at a fatal motor vehicle crash near the Cream Ridge Golf Club on Route 539.

In the fall of 1978, when Marie Arcaro learned she was pregnant, she and her husband, Bob, were eager to prepare for their bundle of joy.

Golf Outing for SBOA of NJ set for July 13 Saturday, May 30, 2009 - by Carol Hodes Manalapan, NJ -- The 14th annual Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey Golf Outing will take place on Monday, July 13, 2009, at the Gambler Ridge Golf Club in Cream Ridge, N.J. The proceeds from the event are donated to the Horsemen's Benevolent ...