Category: Examiner News

  • A night at the opera slated for March 20

    BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — Mezzo-soprano Cheri Rose Katz will perform with Alan Mallach on piano as part of the Roosevelt Arts Project Evening of Song at 8 p.m. on March 20 at the Roosevelt Borough Hall. "I think she is a wonderful singer and has a really rich…

  • Settlement reached in property for school

    District will receive 100 acres for new school site BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer Settlement reached in property for school BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Just one week before the school referendum, Mill-stone has come to an agreement with the Waters family and Orleans Builders to purchase land for a new school. The Township Committee unanimously…

  • Resident seeks to protect wildlife from hunters

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Resident B.A. Handler got tired of hunters near his property, so he bought some nearby acreage to save wildlife from bullets and arrows. "I’m a hunter myself, but I respect the animals," he told the Planning Board at the Feb. 24 meeting. "If…

  • Scout retires U.S. flags in patriotic ceremony

    Stephen Brightman, 16, pursues project to earn Eagle Scout rank BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Scout retires U.S. flags in patriotic ceremony PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Stephen Brightman, 16, salutes the American flag prior to a ceremony at the Monmouth County Fire Academy, Howell, during which the flags were retired and cremated. Stephen Brightman, 16, pursues project to earn…

  • Horse Park to host major event in 2005

    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Horse Park of New Jersey will be the site of a new, internationally rated, three-day competition in the spring of 2005. The event — known as the Garden State CCI Three Star — will bring near-Olympic-level competition to New Jersey, park officials said. Park officials recently got word that their proposal…

  • Township official pleads guilty to charges

    Judge fines Miscoski $500 for state police scuffle BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Upper Freehold Township Committeeman William Miscoski pleaded guilty last week to two charges stemming from a June altercation with state troopers at the scene of a fire at his father-in-law’s house. "I did what I had to do [regarding his…

  • Students teach seniors computer basics

    BY EVAN NATELSONStaff Writer BY EVAN NATELSON Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Bess Tremper, 90, learns the ins and outs of computers from fifth-graders Ben Adlerman, 11 (l), Jamey Silverstein, 10, and Samuel Lopez, 11, at Roosevelt Elementary School. ROOSEVELT — Roosevelt Elementary School is attempting to bridge the age gap between Roosevelt’s youth and…

  • Farmer vows to appeal Planning Board denial

    BY EVAN NATELSONStaff Writer BY EVAN NATELSON Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The Planning Board denied an application for a preliminary subdivision, a decision that farmer Anthony Scotto said took away "all his potential." "I’ve been a farmer all my life," Scotto said at the Feb. 25 board meeting. "But I’m 75 years old, and I…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Fifth-graders at the Roosevelt Elementary School share their computer skills with senior citizens. The school district recently won a state award for the program. See story, page 5.