Category: Examiner News

  • Just the right touch

    Just the right touch PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Above, Millstone resident Linda Parker works on her first watercolor canvas at a class run by the township’s Community Education Program, held at the Millstone Middle School on Thursday. Below, a student paints the street scene of Elfreth’s Alley in Philadelphia at the class.

  • Millstone committee split on master plan

    Public hearing drawsemotional comments from backers, opponents By alison granitoStaff Writer Public hearing draws emotional comments from backers, opponents By alison granito Staff Writer Millstone residents, farmers, developers, officials and professional hired guns packed a meeting room at the elementary school on Monday to hear the Township Committee’s opening round of comments on the land-use…

  • Rt. 33 Silvi Concrete facility wants to expand

    Neighbors concerned with potential traffichazards, environmental impact By alison granitoStaff Writer Neighbors concerned with potential traffic hazards, environmental impact By alison granito Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI The debris pile at Silvi Concrete, Route 33, which is more than three stories high, may be encroaching into wetlands adjacent to the site, according to Millstone’s Environmental Commission.…

  • Clear-cutting of trees concerns U.F. board

    Some officials want township to look at tree preservation measures By jane meggittStaff Writer Clear-cutting of trees concerns U.F. board Some officials want township to look at tree preservation measures By jane meggitt Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Although it is called The Woods, the disappearance of the trees that inspired the development’s name prompted…

  • Environmentalists applaud new EPA rule for dumping

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer When it comes to ocean dumping, local environmentalists said they’ve finally made an important step forward in the fight to keep contaminated muck off the ocean floor. Still, they’re asking for reassurance through state and federal legislators. Last week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency…

  • Millstone committee may televise meetings

    Township hopes to use $20K grant for broadcast start-up By Alison GranitoStaff Writer By Alison Granito Staff Writer MILLSTONE — In the future, residents may not even need to leave their homes to keep abreast of township business. The Township Committee is at work on an initiative that may beam the meetings of the governing…

  • No precedents for her legal challenge

    Monmouth Countyattorney remains on trail she blazed 70 years ago By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Monmouth County attorney remains on trail she blazed 70 years ago By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Nothing about the photograph of a young woman posing proudly on graduation day 1929 gives a hint of her pioneering status, except for one detail…

  • Yellow Meeting House Rd. speed limit now in works

    By jane meggittStaff Writer Yellow Meeting House Rd. speed limit now in works By jane meggitt Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Drivers may soon have to pay more attention to how fast they are travel on what can sometimes be a dangerous stretch of road in the township. At last week’s Township Committee meeting, an…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI A local resident and her dog take time to enjoy the spring weather Saturday at the Allentown lake.