Colts Neck, the Monmouth County township known by that<br><br>name only since 1962, has witnessed a rapid pace of change<br><br>in its recent past. The once-rural community has been adapting<br><br>to suburbanization but longtime residents yearn to preserve<br><br>memories of the municipality's heritage, and in particular,<br><br>recollections of two well-known communities.<br><br>Colts Neck's North American Phalanx was one of America's<br><br>best-known, nineteenth-century cooperative communities,<br><br>and as such has garnered the interest of philosophers and social<br><br>scientists. In a completely different historical vein, Colts Neck<br><br>embraces Scobeyville, widely known as the home of Laird's.<br><br>Synonymous with New Jersey distilling, Laird's has produced the<br><br>Apple Jack beverage for many years.