Category: Examiner News

  • Word choice offends

    BOE attorney called MTEA contract negotiators ‘chazers’ BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The president of the Millstone Township Education Association (MTEA) wants an apology from the Board of Education’s attorney for using the Yiddish term “chazers” to describe MTEA members in light of ongoing contract negotiations. During the Jan. 26 Board of Education…

  • Hunters a little too close for comfort

    Officials warn sportsmen against crossing border BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — Although the recommendation may have come too late for this season, the Environmental Commission urges residents to post “No Hunting” signs on their property. During the Jan. 26 Borough Council meeting, President Bob Silverstein, the council’s liaison to the Environmental Commission, said…

  • Mini-golf course application denied

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A 36-hole miniature golf course will not go up along Route 537. At the Jan. 28 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, an application for the proposed miniature golf course on the Dunkin’ Donuts lot was denied in a 6-1 vote. Board member Thomas Devine cast the sole vote…

  • Investigation into bull’s death continues

    Family’s pet euthanized after being shot, possibly poisoned BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Uncle Louie the bull, a Millstone family’s pet that had to be euthanized after being shot by an unidentified person, takes a walk with Penelope the cow in the pasture. MILLSTONE — Whoever killed Uncle Louie is “a real piece of garbage,”…

  • Millstone wrestlers have a solid stance

    Middle school team undefeated this season BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone Township Middle School wrestling has hit its heyday. The team of 15 sixth-, seventhand eighth-graders led by coach Anthony Stillitano is undefeated this season. The wrestlers’ latest win came Jan. 21 at the expense of the Upper Freehold Regional Middle School team, where…

  • A family fight against sudden cardiac death

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Forty years ago, Diane Raynor’s 10-year-old cousin Kenny died in a pool, in what was assumed to be a drowning accident. At the time, his family couldn’t understand how it happened, since Kenny knew how to swim. Now, Raynor thinks the accident may not have been a…

  • Salt causing problems in Indian Point

    Millstone, county researching water issues BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Rick Muraski’s living conditions in Millstone’s Indian Point development have been a nightmare for the past couple of months, due to salt in his water. The salt is causing pipes to fall apart, making laundry and showering problematic and destroying his quality of life. That’s…

  • Millstone not pursuing multiple sewage plants

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Mayor Nancy Grbelja defended a paragraph in a March 18, 2008, letter submitted to the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) that she said some residents have been taking out of context. Opponents of the township’s plan for an 85-unit COAH development on Route 33 have alleged that the…

  • Search on for disabled vet needing a home

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Aproject unlike any other attempted in western Monmouth County before is under way to help a disabled veteran. Donations of funds and volunteerism have been mounting to place a disabled veteran needing housing in a new home, according to Lauren Sampson, of Western Monmouth Habitat for Humanity. Western Monmouth Habitat…