Category: Examiner News

  • Residents can expect sewer rate rise in Sept.

    BY EVAN NATELSONStaff Writer Residents can expect sewer rate rise in Sept. BY EVAN NATELSON Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Borough residents will see their sewer bills rise $10 a quarter later this year, the first increase in 11 years. The Borough Council voted unanimously last week to adopt an ordinance that increases the annual sewer rates to…

  • Search on for missing Millstone man

    Young man disappears after shopping trip BY EVAN NATELSON & PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writers Jeffrey Vulpis BY EVAN NATELSON & PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writers Despite an intense search, no clues have surfaced in the disappearance of a 32-year-old Millstone man who vanished on his way home from the Jackson Outlet on March 12, state…

  • School tax rate unchanged

    BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer School tax rate unchanged BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — There is no school tax increase in the budget introduced by the Board of Education earlier this month. The board introduced a tentative 2004-05 budget on March 4 that totals $2,222,304, up only slightly from last year’s spending plan of…

  • Giving local focus to a global issue

    Conference part of larger effort to spur change,create equity Conference part of larger effort to spur change, create equity CHRIS KELLY staff Sophie Foster-Palmer, 4, helps Mary Gatta and Johanna Foster (front left) post fliers at No Joe’s Cafe in Red Bank to help spread the word about a women’s issues conference to be held…

  • Referendum Setaro’s ‘proudest moment’

    Voters say yes to new school, auditorium and bathrooms BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Millstone Board of Education President Kathy Winecoff was taken aback last week when she went to the polls to vote for the school referendum. There were no other voters there. "I have to tell you,…

  • Both sides call court settlement a victory

    Freehold Boroughproperty open ifday laborers desire BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Both sides call court settlement a victory Freehold Borough property open if day laborers desire BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The two parties joined in a legal battle over the borough’s so-called muster zone both say an agreement reached in U.S. District Court…

  • Zoners approve AT&T

    plan, despite objections BY EVAN NATELSONStaff Writer Zoners approve AT&T plan, despite objections BY EVAN NATELSON Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Lost Road resident Thomas Devine has lost his battle with the Board of Adjustment and AT&T Wireless. The Zoning Board voted 6-1 in favor of the application to place cellular phone antennas on an existing tower near…

  • Clarksburg School costs an ‘atrocity,’ official says

    Renovation costs under scrutiny BY PATRICIA A. MILLER he Clarksburg School renovation project probably never should have been started, but it’s too late to back out now, Millstone Township Committeeman Elias Abilheira said. "Should this project have ever been pursued?" he asked recently. "Absolutely not. They should have stopped it. But now we are at…

  • Classes offer theater for children, clutter control

    Classes offer theater for children, clutter control In Millstone Township Community Education’s "Breaking Into Broadway" workshop, students will participate in a variety of scenes from Broadway shows as they learn stage techniques and poise through drama games, songs, and dance exercises. The program will culminate in a musical revue, to which families are invited. In…