Category: Examiner News

  • Racing commissioner suggests ways state could help horse industry

    Tells open space group that more off-track wagering facilities and in-racing wagering are needed BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The horseracing industry is crucial to New Jersey’s open space and farmland preservation, according to Dennis Drazin, chairman of the New Jersey Racing Commission. Drazin served as the guest speaker at the Monmouth Conservation Foundation’s 34th annual…

  • Roosevelt school budget passes

    Average household to pay an extra $45 in taxes to support spending plan for 2011-12 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Roosevelt voters approved the $2.4 million school budget and $1.4 million supporting tax levy in the April 27 election. The budget question passed in a vote of 88-19. As a result, Roosevelt property owners will…

  • Little League season in full swing

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The Millstone Roosevelt Little League teams are set for another season, this year with a few new additions. The league celebrated opening dayApril 9. About 30 baseball and softball teams marched in a parade before taking to the fields for the first “Star-Spangled Banner” of the season sung…

  • Forehand on the run

    Allentown High School Single 2 player Matt Morini hits a forehand during a home match against West Windsor-Plainsboro North’s Zach Kurfirst on April 21. Kurfirst won the match, 6-0, 6-1. For more photos, see page 39.

  • Freeholders’ meetings are online

    Meetings of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders have always been tape recorded in order to help the clerk of the board prepare accurate minutes of the proceedings. Now, anyone with an Internet connection can listen to those recordings, too. “With a simple click from the county homepage, residents who are unable to attend the…

  • Gov. tells town hall crowd he is pushing for reform

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Republican Gov. Chris Christie is attempting to make legislators take action on his proposed reforms, but New Jersey’s top elected official may have a difficult time getting his way with Democrats in control of theAssembly and Senate. Christie held a town hall meeting in the clubhouse at Jackson’s…

  • Former Princeton Nurseries site slated for preservation

    Part of site will become state wildlife management area BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer A lmost 2,000 acres of land in Upper Freehold formerly used in a nursery operation will be permanently preserved at a cost of $27.8 million. The majority of the former Princeton Nurseries site is located in Upper Freehold, with additional parcels…

  • Officials tell concerned residents it’s too late to change fair site

    Say issues like parking should have been voiced before agreement was signed BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — Residents from the Galloping Brook development and Allentown attended the April 14 Township Committee meeting with concerns regarding the Freedom Fest State Fair. The fair is scheduled to take place July 12- 17 at Reed Park,…

  • Camp that failed to get COs for trailers fined over $35,000

    Judge decided federal act does not pre-empt local regulations BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent A local campground owner must pay Upper Freehold Township $36,000. The township and the Monmouth County Board of Construction Appeals (MCBCA) were part of a lawsuit against S.D. Walker Inc. after the company neglected to get the necessary permits for trailers on…