Category: Examiner News

  • Millstone hopes to move on project

    MILLSTONE — Improvements at an oddly configured intersection may see completion by this time next year. Township Committeeman Charles Abate said that after almost five years of discussion and planning, the project to fix the spot where Prodelin Way meets Baird and Perrineville roads is taking shape. Abate said Millstone officials received the OK last…

  • Millstone takes steps to prepare open space plan

    Staff Writer By keith Hahn MILLSTONE — The Township Committee has started to review an initial draft of the township’s Open Space Recreation Plan. The plan, developed by T&M Associates of Middletown, identifies township land which officials would like to preserve as farmland or passive, or for active or passive recreational use. "The plan is…

  • Boro moves on Heritage Park

    Staff Writer By keith hahn ALLENTOWN – On Jan. 25 the ad hoc committee for the borough’s continuing Heritage Park project will meet for the first time in 2001. The committee, which is 3 years old, will have a different look this year. Each committee involved in the park project will be required to have…

  • Ice fishing

    Mike Barron checks a fishing pole while ice fishing on a lake in Upper Freehold Township Saturday. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • Kovats named Roosevelt attorney

    Staff Writer By brian walsh ROOSEVELT — The Borough Council has hired a new attorney to begin the new year. Douglas J. Kovats, of the firm Kenney, Gross, Kovats and Campbell of Red Bank, has been hired to represent the municipality in its legal affairs. His appointment was announced on Jan. 2 at the council’s…

  • County prosecutor finds no evidence of wrongdoing

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta County prosecutor finds no evidence of wrongdoing Millstone Township Committeeman William Kastning has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the county prosecutor in relation to the role he played in failed negotiations with a township resident on behalf of a land preservation organization. An investigation into Kastning’s participation on behalf…

  • Hearing on new Millstone homes delayed

    MILLSTONE – The Planning Board was forced to delay hearing an application for a major subdivision on Stagecoach Road due to a conflict of interest involving the board’s attorney, James Cleary. In carrying the application to Feb. 14, board members said another attorney will be called upon to serve as special counsel to the board.…

  • Greater Media Newspapers purchases Tri-Town News

    Wittman Greater Media Newspapers has announced its purchase of the Tri-Town News from Rockfleet Media Inc. Terms of the sale, which was to be finalized Jan. 18, were not disclosed. The Tri-Town News, established in 1987 and owned by Rockfleet Media, is a 35,000-circulation weekly newspaper that covers Howell, Lakewood, Jackson and Plumsted. Production of…

  • Official sees improved services in new deal

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta Official sees improved services in new deal MILLSTONE — If all goes according to plan, the township should soon see a new cable television contract and services package that will enhance the media capabilities of the schools and municipality as well as for residents. Township Committeeman Charles Abate told the…