Category: Examiner News

  • U.F. backs out of land preservation

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Upper Freehold Township will not proceed with the second phase of a land preservation project on Breza Road. The Township Committee voted unanimously at its May 21 meeting to pass a resolution against acquiring the 45 acres of land along Breza Road based on the site’s environmental conditions. An environmental…

  • The honor of promoting community stewardship

    U.F.’s Joseph Stampe awarded for excellence in philanthropy BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Upper Freehold’s Joseph Stampe (l) at the construction site of the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, which is scheduled to open in 2011. UPPER FREEHOLD — As a child, Joseph Stampe dreamed he would become captain of the Starship…

  • County’s surplus to be sold online

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that the 2009 Monmouth County surplus auction will be conducted earlier this year, June 6 through June 17. As was the case last year, the entire auction will be online once again. “We have found that conducting the auction online provides a greater benefit not only for…

  • Locals came to aid of victims in fiery crash

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Three vehicles ended in a fiery crash on Route 524 late Sunday afternoon. Bayard Gardineer, a resident of nearby Stone Tavern Estates, was celebrating his daughter’s graduation when guests heard loud skidding followed by a tremendous explosion on Route 524, which runs alongside his home. “We have…

  • A town transformed by sound

    Tourists led through Roosevelt by their ears on May 30 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Two speakers swung between sunlit trees, emanating sounds that are Doppler-shifted, making them seem wobbly to the ear. ERIC SUCAR staff Jennifer Mesch and sound artist Scott Smallwood, of North Brunswick, listen to a sound installation during “Welcome Sound: Audio…

  • Help shape plan for new scenic byway

    Community members hoping to shape the future of the scenic byway that runs through Allentown and Upper Freehold should attend an upcoming meeting. The Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway is approximately 24 miles long. New Jersey’s fifth scenic byway, the route was created in November 2006 to provide the community and visitors with a unique…

  • U.F. not ready to repeal sex offender limitations

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The township will wait as long as possible to repeal its sex offender residency ordinance. Mayor Steve Alexander reported at the May 21 Township Committee meeting that Galloway Township, one of the municipalities with a sex offender residency ordinance that was recently struck down by the state…

  • Preservation funding bills advancing

    Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande announced the unanimous passage of three bills by the state Senate awarding nearly $6 million in funding to 12th District municipalities for farmland and historic preservation purposes. Senate bill S-2712 appropriates $27.75 million from the 2007 Farmland Preservation Fund and Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund…

  • Gates to hidden gardens open on June 6

    Tour features nine gardens in Allentown, Millstone and Upper Freehold BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Hidden gardens ranging from the quaint and quirky to the lush and grand will open to the public this Saturday. ERIC SUCAR staff Pictured is a section of the English cottage garden surrounding the downtown Allentown home of Nila Reed…