Category: Examiner News

  • Sweetmans retail project hits a snag

    Officials prevent developer from putting retention basin on site restricted to agricultural use BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent In a 6-1 vote, the Millstone Zoning Board denied a variance for a retention basin at a proposed retail center at the corner of Sweetmans Lane and Millstone Road. At the March 24 meeting, Vice Chairman Steven Barthelmes…

  • Wheeling meals

    Neighbors help feed those in need BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer When the children of neighbors sought help providing meals to loved ones, resident Dolores Chasan couldn’t turn away from those in need. Top: Roosevelt Meals on Wheels volunteers Ota Bondy and Frances Duckett pick up meals to be delivered to residents from the Roosevelt…

  • Positions cut after state slashes aid

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — After hours of discussion last Monday and Thursday nights, the Board of Education went into executive session at midnight on March 25 and came out deciding to apply for less of a tuition waiver than originally proposed. According to Business Administrator Bernard Biesaida, the board opted to go for…

  • Winter cleanup not over in Roosevelt

    Fire department to get new barricades BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent ROOSEVELT — The fierce storm on March 13 and the rough winter have taken their toll on the borough. At the March 22 Borough Council meeting, Mayor Beth Battel congratulated the Department of Public Works (DPW) on dealing with “10 years worth of problems,” including…

  • Census 2010: Will Roosevelt be counted?

    Onus placed on residents due to unique mail situation By Jennifer Kohlhepp 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 April 1…

  • Driver charged with DWI after crash

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A one-vehicle accident led to charges of driving while intoxicated being lodged against a resident of the New Egypt section of Plumsted Township, Ocean County, at 1:54 a.m. March 7. According to information provided by New Jersey State Police Detective Brian Polite, state troopers charged Gerald North, 52,…

  • Roosevelt Public School rears responsive students

    New educational approach helps develop social and emotional competency BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Roosevelt Public School teachers have implemented a way of educating that emphasizes social and emotional growth. Roosevelt Public School second-graders participate in their morning meeting, a component of a new program called Responsive Classroom, on March 24. ERIC SUCAR staff The…

  • Millstone tries to grapple with large state aid cut

    MTEA leadership decides against giving back 6 percent raise BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Teachers, bus drivers and parents crowded the March 22 Board of Education meeting to voice opinions about what the district should do in the face of sharp state aid cuts. In previous meetings, the board had envisioned a “worst-case scenario,”…

  • UFRSD reacts to 31.5% state aid reduction

    BOE considers outsourcing bus routes, having students pay to play, cutting more staff BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education found out last week that the state would reduce its state aid by 31.5 percent from last year’s aid, instead of the anticipated 10-15 percent. The school district…