Category: Examiner News

  • Local towns could share court services

    Millstone to study issue with Roosevelt, U.F. BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The township is the lead agency in a feasibility study to determine the potential of sharing municipal court services with Roosevelt and Upper Freehold. The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs SHARE (Sharing Available Resources Efficiently) program notified Millstone of its…

  • Cty. may cut open space tax

    Local officials say reduction would defy voter mandate BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders may reduce the county open space tax by $7.8 million to save money. The county instituted a dedicated open space tax in 2002 to raise $16 million each year for the purchase and preservation of…

  • Sire Stakes purses bumped to $3.5M

    N.J. bred and owned horses get preference for entry The Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey has successfully negotiated a $400,000 purse enhancement for the 2009 New Jersey Sire Stakes events at the Meadowlands. The additional funding will be applied to the preliminary legs of the New Jersey Sire Stakes. This year’s finals…

  • Traffic study calls for new Route 539 signal

    No light warranted for Sharon Station intersection BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A traffic signal may be warranted at the intersection of Route 539 and Burlington Path Road, but not just a short distance away at Sharon Station Road and Route 539. The results of a traffic evaluation on the two intersections…

  • County to take charge of dangerous U.F. road

    Sharon Station Rd. re-design expected UPPER FREEHOLD — After years of discussion, Monmouth County will likely take jurisdiction of Sharon Station Road and redesign it. Residents have appeared regularly before the Township Committee to complain about the dangerous conditions of the road. At the Feb. 26 meeting, the governing body unanimously passed a resolution to…

  • New site helps art go global

    Mona Lisa Gallery in Maplewood is offering an online service for artists to sell their work globally at www.monalisaframing. com. Gallery President and Creative Director Krista Hyer will host an artist reception at 7 p.m. March 18 and March 19 where she will demonstrate how to sell art online. The presentation will also include a…

  • Schedule changes may help budgeting

    Budget whittled down for possible 3.9-cent tax increase BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Millstone Township School District must make cuts because the state will not allow a 2009-10 budget that depends on more than a 4 percent tax levy increase.   At the Feb. 23 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne…

  • Woman feared for life during home invasion

    Police continue to seek men who terrorized Manalapan resident BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — When the residents of a Terence Drive home moved here from the Bronx, N.Y., 26 years ago, they had an alarm system installed. Coming to the suburbs from the city, where being conscientious about security was a way of…

  • Tynan brings Irish heritage to performance at Strand

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — Irish eyes will be smiling and so will the eyes of everyone else who will be attending a concert to be performed by Ronan Tynan at 6:30 p.m. March 28 at the Strand Theater. Tynan said his concert will feature Broadway tunes, Irish favorites and contemporary songs. The…