Category: Examiner News

  • AffielPanel releases school-regionalization study

    AffielPanel releases school-regionalization study Results include tax impact, demographics and public opinion By alison Granito Staff Writerdter two years of work, the long-awaited study on the positives and negatives of creating a regionalized school district among Millstone, Upper Freehold, Allentown and Roosevelt has finally arrived. The conclusions from the study were released to the public…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Amanda Corso, 5, of Millstone, waits patiently for a bite at the Millstone fishing derby last Saturday. No word on whether her patience paid off.

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Students at Roosevelt School roll their classmates in tubes before stacking them up for an event at the school’s annual field day on Tuesday.

  • Horse is one of only four palomino thoroughbred studs in the country

    Correspondent By jane meggitt JERRY WOLKOWITZ Robyn Mitchell, New Egypt, and Beamer, a rare palomino thoroughbred stud, at Golden Gait Farm last Thursday. MILLSTONE — Behind the golden gates of Golden Gait Farm lives a golden stallion. G.P.’s Krugerrand is a rare palomino thoroughbred stud, one of only four in the country and the only…

  • Breeder admires Russian wolfhounds

    Staff Writer By linda denicola JERRY WOLKOWITZ Georgia L. Finch realized a lifelong dream when she became a breeder of Russian wolfhounds, also called borzois. She operates Majestic Kennels in the New Egypt section of Plumsted. Some people have such a strong affinity to animals that raising them becomes a lifelong passion. Animal breeder Georgia…

  • The loOfficials say school study a starting point

    The loOfficials say school study a starting point Governing bodies, school boards to look at regionalization data By ruth calia stives Staff Writercal officials that compose the Western Monmouth County Panhandle Alliance said that with the preliminary study on regionalizing the schools now complete, the time for a review of the results is at hand.…

  • Millstone urges state to adopt water quality rules Officials say rules would protect drinking water and ensure clean environment

    Staff Writer By alison granito Millstone urges state to adopt water quality rules Officials say rules would protect drinking water and ensure clean environment MILLSTONE — In an environmentally sensitive community where many residents rely on wells for their drinking water and everyone relies on septic systems for waste disposal, protecting one from contamination by…

  • Metz selected as McGackin winner in Freehold Borough

    Correspondent By dick metzgar JERRY WOLKOWITZ Larry Metz, the owner of Capital Investment and Realty Co., Freehold, has been selected to be the recipient of this year’s John G. McGackin Award. Among his civic service, Metz has been a charter member of the Freehold Center Partnership since its creation in the early 1990s. He is…

  • Washington warehouse plan worries residents Six warehouses would total a million square feet, resident says

    Correspondent By jane meggitt Washington warehouse plan worries residents Six warehouses would total a million square feet, resident says UPPER FREEHOLD — A Lynwood Estates resident appeared before the Township Committee last week, appealing for advice about a proposed million-square-foot warehouse project across the street from the development. Don Noviello of 1 Cliffwood Drive in…