Category: Examiner News

  • Planner says UFRSD enrollment will climb

    Report cites rapid residential growth in Millstone, U.F. as cause Report cites rapid residential growth in Millstone, U.F. as cause School officials have a better idea of what enrollment figures may look like in coming years now that a report is back from a professional planner hired to run the numbers. The Upper Freehold Regional…

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    JEFF GRANIT Allentown resident Audrey Mount enjoys the warm weather on her front porch Friday.

  • 4-H’ers will shine at show

    By linda denicolaStaff Writer 4-H’ers will shine at show By linda denicola Staff Writer On July 5, the second annual Monmouth County 4-H Stars and Stripes Invitational Show at the Horse Park of New Jersey, Route 524, Upper Freehold Township will kick off with a check-in and vet inspection at 7:30 a.m. The rules are…

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    DAVE BENJAMIN A member of the Queen’s Guard is set to do battle with the Colonials. FARRAH MAFFAI The Colonial Musketeers from Hacketts-town start the day’s activities at the Village Inn, Englishtown, June 27. A parade from Englishtown to Freehold Borough passed through the area where the Battle of Monmouth was fought on June 28,…

  • Parkway chair sees value of merging authorities

    By carolyn o Parkway chair sees value of merging authorities By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer The one thing that Jerold Zaro knows for sure is that come July, he will no longer be chairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority. The toll road consolidation plan recently approved by Gov. James E. McGreevey will merge the…

  • U.F. to seek grant for Imlaystown rehab project

    Committee formed to seek state grant; includes health, preservation officials By jane meggittStaff Writer Committee formed to seek state grant; includes health, preservation officials By jane meggitt Staff Writer After years of neglect, Upper Freehold officials hope historic Imlaystown will be revived. At last week’s Township Committee meeting, officials formed a committee comprised of health…

  • U.F. officials continue to clash over zoning

    By jane meggittStaff Writer By jane meggitt Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee and Planning Board continue to be at odds over how the township’s development regulations should change. Deputy Mayor John Mele, who chaired the June 26 Township Committee meeting in the absence of Mayor William Miscoski, made a motion to introduce…

  • 2,300 re-enactors to bring Monmouth battle to life

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI One of the last year’s re-enactors takes a break from the battles. MANALAPAN — On June 28-29, Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Route 33, will host the celebration of the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth — the longest land artillery battle of the American Revolution. Exactly 225 years to the day after the…

  • Mini-camps offer art, robots, cooking, magic

    Millstone Township Community Education is sponsoring the following summer mini-camps: "Great Impressionism for Aspiring Artists," for ages 7 and up, will study and paint an array of masterpieces from four Impressionist painters. Each student will create his or her own masterpiece to resemble the original. The classes will be taught by art teacher Debra Stasiak…