Category: Examiner News

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Anne Gallant peers through glass at handpainted Ukrainian Easter eggs at the Off the Wall Craft Gallery in Allentown on Saturday.

  • Summer jazz program for teens at Count Basie

    The Count Basie Theatre’s Cool School has announced a collaborative program with American Jazz Venues to produce a summer jazz program for talented teens. The program will use the teaching techniques of American Jazz Venues, led by Jazz Hall of Famer Clem De Rosa. Cool School Director Yvonne Lamb Scudiery explained that the program will…

  • Planning Board approves minor subdivision

    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Planning Board approved a minor subdivision March 23 that could eventually end up as preserved farmland. The board granted resident Francis Dey the two waivers he requested in his application to subdivide his 97-acre farm. The farm was originally more than 180 acres, half of which was subdivided in 1982, Dey…

  • Transportation summit

    April 15 in Colts Neck The Second Annual Monmouth County Transportation Summit has been scheduled for April 15, 7 p.m., at the Hominy Hill Golf Course Clubhouse, Mercer Road, Colts Neck. The summit is sponsored by the Monmouth County Transportation Council (MCTC), a body created by the Board of Freeholders under the aegis of the…

  • State grants to help Pine Dr. get second phase of face lift

    BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer State grants to help Pine Dr. get second phase of face lift BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — Renovations to Pine Drive will continue this year, thanks to several state grants. State Department of Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere notified Mayor Neil Marko on March 24 of the $130,000 in grant…

  • Republican official to run as independent

    Rift in municipal Republican organization widens BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer After several stormy months with his fellow Republicans on the Millstone Township Committee dais, Committeeman John Pfefferkorn said he will run for a second term in the general election as an independent. In an ad addressed to friends, neighbors and…

  • Compromise offered in EDC squabble

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Township Committeeman William A. Nurko plans to present a "compromise" ordinance to increase membership on the township Economic Development Council (EDC) at the April 7 Township Committee meeting. Nurko cast the swing vote at the March 17 meeting to defeat an ordinance that would…

  • Mayor wants changes in twp. Web site

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer Mayor wants changes in twp. Web site BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The Township Committee is planning to interview candidates for webmaster for the township Web site, despite the fact that the League of Municipalities praised the current Web site. And Charles Colonna, the current webmaster’s father, wants to…

  • All for the love of animals

    Township residentdevotes her lifeto animal rescue BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Township resident devotes her life to animal rescue JEFF GRANIT staff Upper Freehold Township animal control officer Mary Klink prepares the township’s new animal control vehicle before heading out to work Monday. BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer For Mary Klink, being an animal control officer is not…