Category: Examiner News

  • Township to state: slow down

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Township officials are unhappy with the state Department of Transportation’s (DOT) decision to set a 40 mph speed limit on Ellisdale Road. The township’s recommendation had been 35 mph, but DOT officials said in a letter that the state’s investigation and survey warranted…

  • CentraState’s MS Center marks first anniversary

    CentraState Medical Center’s Multiple Sclerosis Center, the first of its kind in Central and South Jersey, has marked its one-year anniversary. CentraState partnered with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Mid-Jersey Chapter to bring comprehensive care closer to home for patients suffering from this chronic, often debilitating disease of the central nervous system. According to a…

  • U.F. Planning Board reorganizes for 2004

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer U.F. Planning Board reorganizes for 2004 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Planning Board members voiced concerns at the Jan. 8 reorganization meeting about how details of the board’s meetings are preserved. "We need to raise the bar on how we do business," Mayor John Mele said. Board member…

  • An uncommon woman: An uncommon life

    Opera singer Lois Hunt now lives a quiet life in Roosevelt BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer Lois Hunt and Earl Wrightson performed with more than 50 symphonies. ROOSEVELT — Like an opera in three acts, the libretto of Lois Hunt’s life is dramatic and colorful, but for the most part, without…

  • Youth group promises faith and fun times

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer STEVEN M. BARON Youths participate in a ball game at the Wyldlife meeting Saturday night at the Millstone Community Center. MILLSTONE — Parents here are hoping that the newly formed Millstone Wyldlife Club youth group will catch on with local kids who are looking…

  • Clergy association wants voice on immigrant issues

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Solving a problem of epidemic proportions requires examining that problem in little slices and then fitting all of those slices together, according to the Rev. Myrna Bethke of the First United Methodist Church. Bethke spoke at the Dec. 29 meeting of the…

  • Mayor: Town will fight day laborers’ federal suit

    Immigrants claimingpattern of harassment by Freehold officialsBY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Immigrants claiming pattern of harassment by Freehold officials BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Mayor Michael Wilson said Freehold Borough will "vigorously defend itself against the legal action spearheaded by unincorporated groups of outsiders as well as a few partially named day…

  • Gov. names blueberry as the official state fruit

    BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer Gov. names blueberry as the official state fruit BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer BRICK — Fifth-graders at Veterans Memorial Elementary School received the ultimate gold star for their class work on Monday. Gov. James McGreevey knelt down, scribbled a quick signature and turned to the school’s packed auditorium to announce, "We…

  • Committee to research ‘pay-to-play’ ordinance

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Like many other neighboring municipalities, township officials are considering a "pay-to-play" ordinance. But just which version to use is still a matter of debate. Township Committeeman Stephen Alexander, who is an attorney, proposed a draft ordinance at the Jan. 7 Township Committee meeting…