Category: Examiner News

  • Cluster provision amendment defeated

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A measure designed to increase the amount of open space developers must set aside for cluster projects died in a vote at the Feb. 4 Township Committee meeting. Committee members voted 3-2 against the proposed amendment to an ordinance that would have required developers…

  • Plaintiffs claim partial win in lawsuit

    Freehold Borough willrepeal ordinance citing Freehold Borough will repeal ordinance citing ‘officer’s discretion’ Freehold Borough police officers will no longer issue summonses bearing the charge of officer’s discretion. The summons has been the object of controversy among three parties that filed a class action lawsuit against the borough on Dec. 30. The lawsuit stated that…

  • Guard recounts decades spent at Trenton prison

    Freehold Twp. authorweaves interesting storyof longtime employee BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Guard recounts decades spent at Trenton prison JEFF GRANIT staff Author Jim Franklin (l) of Freehold Township joins Harry Camisa, who worked inside the walls of Trenton State Prison for 50 years, for a discussion of their book “Inside Out.” Freehold Twp. author weaves interesting…

  • Talking ATMs help Fleet to reach out

    Bank initiativesto empower disabledto use its services BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Bank initiatives to empower disabled to use its services BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Janet Calhoun, senior vice president and district manager of the Red Bank Fleet banks, is holding a standard audio headset that has been plugged into an earphone jack in the…

  • Millstone pullout not feasible

    Taxes would skyrocket and classes would be cut BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone pullout not feasible BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The tax burden on surrounding towns would be enormous if Millstone were to pull out of the Upper Freehold Regional school district, according to a recent study. "I hope I never have to see…

  • County raising 9/11 memorial contribution

    Private fund raising continues for projecton Mount Mitchill BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Private fund raising continues for project on Mount Mitchill BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer The county will pay for a portion of the cost for site work necessary for a memorial to local victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the World…

  • Taxation board orders revaluation

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Board of Taxation has ordered a revaluation of all township properties, the township tax assessor has said. The new market assessments must be on the books by Jan. 1, 2006, said Tax Assessor Steve Walters at a recent Township Committee…

  • Reaction mixed to proposed merging of two boards

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — At the Jan. 28 Planning Board meeting, Planning Board members sparred over a proposal to merge the Planning Board and the Zoning Board. Board member George Zanetakos called the proposed ordinance "nonsense and nothing more than a power grab." Board member and former mayor…

  • Deer fence was ‘last resort,’ township committeeman says

    All otheroptions failed Chet Halka says BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer All other options failed Chet Halka says JEFF GRANIT staff Millstone Township Committeeman Chet Halka says he had no choice but to put up an 8-foot- high fence on 300 acres of his nursery properties to keep deer from eating his ornamental trees. BY PATRICIA A.…