Category: Examiner News

  • U.F. plans to raise fees for solar projects

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — Because more residents and businesses are turning to solar energy, more office and field hours are being required to handle the permit process. At the June 2 Township Committee meeting, the governing body discussed a proposal by Construction Official Ron Gafgen to raise inspection fees for solar energy…

  • State troopers to host free baseball camp in Millstone

    Camp will culminate with community event featuring playoffs and benefit game MILLSTONE — The New Jersey State Police will sponsor a free baseball camp for local middle school students this summer. The camp is exclusively for students who will attend sixth, seventh or eighth grade at Millstone Township Middle School or Stone Bridge Middle School…

  • Upper Freehold plans to convert municipal complex to solar energy

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — How does the township choose a winning bid for work that is basically free? That’s a decision the governing body may have to make if it decides to power the municipal building with solar energy. Kim Curtin, of Solis Partners in Manasquan, met with the governing body in…

  • Scouts recognize good neighbors

    The Millstone Girl Scouts recognized various community members with Good Neighbor awards on June 1. Girl Scout Recognitions Chair Sally Maloney (l) and Recognitions Task Group member Diana Kohlhepp (r) honored Millstone Township Fire Department Chief John Fiore (l-r) and Lt. Michael Maloney, First Aid Squad member Robert Trifiro, Recycling Coordinator Irv Siet, and Land…

  • Photo contest to capture five decades of open space preservation

    A picture may be worth a thousand words, but how many pictures would it take to capture the beauty of preserving 650,000 acres of open space and parks in New Jersey over the past 50 years? That’s the challenge the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is putting into the shutter-happy hands of residents and…

  • Youths sought for sheriff program

    Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden has announced that applications are being accepted from Monmouth County high school students for participation in the 19th annual Sheriff YouthWeek program. Deadline for applications is June 10. This challenging weeklong program to be held at the Monmouth County Police Academy, Freehold Township, from July 11-15, affords participants the opportunity…

  • Survey: Most biz leaders say N.J. government ‘more responsive’

    The attitude of New Jersey CEOs toward the state’s economy and business climate has improved significantly over the last 18 months, according to the results of the New Jersey Economic Policy Summit’s sixth “C-Suite Survey” (C-Suite VI) of Garden State CEOs. The findings, presented May 25 at the summit’s fourth annual conference, show that 75…

  • Elementary school salutes local veterans

    Right: Barry Rosenzweig, of Post NJ-03 of the Veterans of the Vietnam War and The Veterans Coalition, holds a photograph of what Harry Leonard (r) looked like when he served in the military during the patriotic singalong held at the Newell Elementary School in Allentown on May 26. Far right: Rosenzweig leads students in singing…

  • Changing the world one class at a time

    Teachers organize annual diversity event in effort to make each generation more tolerant BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Campbell Echols (r), of Living Voices, portrays a fictional friend of Anne Frank as a student looks on during Diversity Day at Millstone Township Middle School on June 1. JEFF GRANIT staff Millstone Township Middle School students…