Category: Examiner News

  • RPS continues to investigate sharing services with neighboring districts

    Heater in school gym now operational Roosevelt’s Board of Education continues to be committed to providing the best possible education to all of the district’s students in a fiscally responsible manner. To achieve this goal, the board has been sharing services with other districts and the borough in terms of transportation and snow removal, according…

  • Roosevelt reviews plowing possibilities

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent ROOSEVELT — The retirement of a longtime Department of Public Works (DPW) employee coupled with the frequent snowstorms this season led the Borough Council to discuss plowing alternatives at its Jan. 25 meeting. DPW employee George Vasseur retired as of Jan. 1. He later offered to plow streets, but under state…

  • Van overturns in Millstone

    MILLSTONE — A van rolled over onto its driver’s side after striking a utility pole along Stagecoach Road on the afternoon of Jan. 16. Millstone Township firefighters responded to the single-vehicle accident at 12:16 p.m. to find the van’s occupants trapped. Under the direction of Lt. Mike Maloney, firefighters stabilized the van with specialized rescue…

  • Scout makes paths behind old mill more accessible

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Matthew Kostman, 18, of Boy Scout Troop 180 in Allentown, works on his Eagle Scout project in Heritage Park, where he cleared and laid gravel on a path and built three bridges. ALLENTOWN — Even as a tiger he knew he wanted to become an eagle. Matthew Kostman, 18, started…

  • Bear doctor on call

    Top to bottom: Antionetta DiDonato, 9, of the New Egypt section of Plumsted, gives a teddy bear a checkup during the Teddy Bear Picnic held at the Allentown Christian Cooperative Preschool on Jan. 29. Teddy bear doctors were on call to provide care to any worn-out bears. Shane Polhemus, 2, tries to take a bite…

  • Students, driver injured after school bus hits tree

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Eleven middle school students and a driver were treated for minor injuries after a school bus accident on Monday morning. The Upper Freehold Regional School District bus hit a tree along Meirs Road at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 31 while en route to the Stone Bridge Middle…

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    Antionetta DiDonato, (l) 9, of the New Egypt section of Plumsted, and Kylie Venet, 6, of Allentown, serve as the resident bear doctors during the Teddy Bear Picnic held at Allentown Cooperative Preschool on Jan. 29. For more photos, see page 23. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Public gets first peek at Millstone’s next school spending plan

    Thus far, general expenditures expected to increase $56,000 in 2011-12 BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Millstone Township School District’s current spending plan for 2011-12 would raise the tax levy nearly 2 percent, but school officials have vowed to try to rework the budget and its tax impact. Business Administrator Bernard Biesaida presented a preliminary version of…

  • Roosevelt’s sole liquor license available again

    Bidding to start at $250,000 BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The starting bid for Roosevelt’s only liquor license has been cut in half. The Borough Council’s original resolution sought to bid out the plenary retail liquor distribution alcoholic beverage license for $500,000, but discussion among the governing body on Jan. 24 resulted in the cost being…