Category: Examiner News

  • Hail to Bryson Shahn, Roosevelt’s reigning royal

    Artist By linda denicolaStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY Bernarda Bryson Shahn offers a warm welcome to a guest at her 100th birthday party held at the Roosevelt Public School on Sunday. Artist’s 100th fêted at site of husband Ben Shahn’s famous mural By linda denicola Staff Writer It’s not often that a whole town will celebrate…

  • Allentown Web site will be coming soon

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Information important to the community and other government essentials will be coming to the fingertips of residents any day now. Recently, the Borough Council approved a contract with Qscend Technology Inc. of Waterbury, Conn. The company will design a municipal Web site for the…

  • Borough approves 3.9¢ tax hike for ‘03

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer Borough approves 3.9¢ tax hike for ‘03 By jennifer dome Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Although the snow may finally have melted, the harsh winter will take its toll on the community’s pocketbook. Minor amendments were made to the 2003 municipal budget at the Borough Council’s March 25 meeting, including moving the…

  • Board asks developer to address concerns

    By jane meggittStaff Writer By jane meggitt Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — According to officials, the plans for a 13-unit residential development need some work. Concerns about chemical contamination, how much a developer should contribute toward road improvements, worries about septic systems problems, and safety issues in reference to a pond on the property dominated…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Iron Ore Road resident Mark Cerrachio stands near a pile of debris outside Silvi Concrete, Millstone. Cerrachio and neighbors are upset with current conditions at the Route 33 plant, which wants to expand. According to a township official, the concrete pile is more than three stories high and may be encroaching into nearby…

  • Public wary of double-digit school tax hike

    Residents, officials say community shoulduse ratables to offset growth By Jane meggittStaff Writer Residents, officials say community should use ratables to offset growth By Jane meggitt Staff Writer With double-digit tax increases proposed for both Allentown and Upper Freehold in the Upper Freehold Regional School District (UFRSD) 2003-04 budget, some residents came out to ask…

  • Millstone middle school plans taking shape

    By linda denicolaStaff Writer By linda denicola Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Members of the Board of Education spent hours last week poring over line items, adding up to the cost of school construction projects that will be presented to the public in referendum form in September. Included in the plans is the construction of a…

  • Millstone school budget goes to voters

    MTEA questions board officials on contract negotiations By linda denicolaStaff Writer By linda denicola Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A public hearing on the $23,564,491 school budget went without comment even though there was a standing-room-only crowd at the Board of Education meeting last week. The budget will come up for vote at the annual school…

  • Planners OK houses for Red Valley Rd.

    Planners OK houses for Red Valley Rd. MILLSTONE — Adding to the increasing numbers of residential subdivisions in recent months, the township Planning Board voted to allow minor subdivisions of two separate lots on Red Valley Road last week. Both applications were made by the Lee family. The first is a minor subdivision approved on…