Category: Examiner News

  • Area residents react to proposed budget and 9.88% tax increase

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Allentown and Upper Freehold voters will take to the polls on April 20 to cast their votes for or against the $37.9 million school budget. The Upper Freehold Regional School District (UFRSD) lost $1.7 million in state aid for the budget this year and made nearly $4 million worth of cuts…

  • New middle school near completion

    Project on time and under budget BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Upper Freehold Regional elementary and middle school students won’t have to squeeze into school come September. JEFF GRANIT staff Upper Freehold Regional Middle School Project Manager Bill Skillman explains how the solar panels on top of the new middle school will generate energy and…

  • New law means motorists must stop for pedestrians

    New Jersey Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Division of Highway Traffic Safety Director Pam Fischer reminded motorists that effective April 1 they must now stop – and remain stopped — for pedestrians in a crosswalk. Prior to this legislative change, motorists were required to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk. “For years, too many…

  • Ex-racehorse adoption program seeks sponsors

    UPPER FREEHOLD — ReRun, a nonprofit ex-racehorse adoption program, seeks sponsors for its first weekend clinic and seminar at the Horse Park of New Jersey. Clinician Steuart Pittman will conduct “The Retired Racehorse Training Project” May 15-16 at the Horse Park in Upper Freehold, according to a press release from ReRun. ReRun’s mission is to…

  • Census 2010: Will Roosevelt be counted?

    Onus placed on residents due to unique mail situation BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The U.S. Census Bureau claims the country can’t move forward until residents have mailed their census forms back, but it never sent questionnaires to Roosevelt. Census Day, the climax survey day for the rest of the U.S. population, came and went…

  • State Sen. Jennifer Beck to be honored by 180

    State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) is one of three women being celebrated on April 23 for their influence on 180 Turning Lives Around, a private Monmouth County nonprofit organization dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence, at the agency’s Spring Gala. The theme of the gala, “Extraordinary Journeys Turning Lives Around,” will highlight…

  • Solving the mysteries of the writing process

    Author of sleuth Cam Jansen books visits elementary school BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Once upon a time, Cam Jansen, a female sleuth in a popular children’s mystery book series, was a boy. Above: Upper Freehold Regional Elementary School students had lots of questions about the writing process for children’s book author David Adler on March 22.…

  • Six farms quarantined in equine herpes investigation

    MILLSTONE — A township farm was placed under quarantine last week due to a possible equine herpes virus (EHV) outbreak, according to the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDOA). The NJDOA’s Division of Animal Health quarantined five Monmouth County farms and one Gloucester County farm, according to the NJDOA. Two horses at Sweet Dreams Farm…

  • Voters will have say on $37.9M budget, 9.88 percent tax hike

    Average Allentown home would pay $401 increase; average U.F. home would pay $868 increase BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — After cutting nearly $4 million worth of services and staff, the Upper Freehold Regional School District will present a budget that relies on a 9.88 percent tax levy increase. The Board of Education unanimously…