Category: Examiner News

  • Allentown council cuts local tax rate 3 cents By bob fleming Staff Writer A llentown residents will see a 3-cent decrease per $100 of assessed valuation in their 2000 municipal tax bill as the result of action taken by the Borough Council on April 25. This news follows the council’s adoption of the municipal budget…

  • Board honors Millstone teachers M onday’s Millstone Township Board of Education meeting provided a bit of emotion as board Vice President Patricia Coffey presented an award to her longtime friend, Joanne Schiumo. Schiumo, a Millstone Town-ship Elementary School teacher, was selected to receive a Gover-nor’s Teacher Recognition Award. Millstone Township Middle School teacher Joseph Russo…

  • Land owners, committee continue to debate code MILLSTONE — A proposed land use ordinance that has been the subject of some debate will be reintroduced May 3, likely ending a series of delays and revisions that has given land owners extra time to consider and criticize the proposed law. Ordinance No. 00-16 was scheduled for…

  • Church members prepare for excursion to Bosnia Goodwill ambassadors are seeking donations of sports equipment When the school year ends in two months, many teen-agers will be looking for a way to fill their time. Some will take up summer jobs. Somre will join clubs or head for camp. But two local teens are taking…

  • Lake Assunpink Bruce Normond spends some quiet time fishing on Lake Assunpink in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area, near Roosevelt, last week. Jeff Huntley

  • Code may offer protection to historic structures MILLSTONE — Efforts are under way to protect historic structures in Millstone that are currently subject to demolition. The Township Committee will likely introduce a "demolition by neglect" ordinance early next month to protect historic structures from falling into ruin, Committeeman Bill Kastning said. Kastning said developers, when…

  • Committee to review school tab F ollowing its rejection by voters, the Millstone Township Board of Education’s 2000-01 budget will now be reviewed by the Township Committee. Voters defeated the $17.3 million budget by a count of 294 to 283 in the April 18 vote. The budget proposed a 14-cent tax increase which would have…

  • Millers Mill Road Marie Maglowski, Harold Torketsen and Ival McDermott take a leisurely ride along Millers Mill Road, Upper Freehold Township, on Saturday afternoon. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • Budget, with tax hike, gains OK from voters D espite the reality of a tax increase and publicly stated opposition from some members of the Allentown and Upper Freehold governing bodies, voters approved the Upper Freehold Regional School Dis-trict Board of Education’s 2000-01 budget in the April 18 election. Voters approved the $17.2 million spending…