Category: Examiner News

  • Highway development issue vote postponed

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Two ordinances that would change nonresidential zoning were carried to the final meeting of the year on Dec. 18. The first ordinance would amend the Highway Development (HD) zone at I-195 and Old York Road, while the second would amend the HD zone along Route 537. After…

  • Freeholder supports bills boosting transit services

    Monmouth County Freeholder Barbara J. McMorrow recently offered testimony before the Casino Revenue Fund Advisory Commission seeking to increase the percentage of casino revenue funds that are allocated to senior citizen and transportation programs for the disabled and homebound. According to a press release, due to a decline in casino revenue caused by the current…

  • Towns get state aid for roadwork

    Gov. Jon Corzine has announced that the state will award $78.7 million in transportation grants to 372 towns, including Allentown, Millstone and Upper Freehold. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) municipal aid grants will fund street improvement, rehabilitation and safety projects, according to a press release from the governor’s office. “Rebuilding the state’s infrastructure,…

  • Old Rues Road trail access ends

    U.F. vacates property after researching deeds BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Equestrians and hikers will no longer have access to a trail off Chambers and Rues roads in Upper Freehold that they have used for many years. The governing body unanimously decided to vacate what is commonly called Old Rues Road at its Dec. 4…

  • School district mulls sidewalks on campus

    Paths would connect nearby developments to schools BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — The school board has decided to spearhead discussions with Upper Freehold and Allentown about the possibility of creating sidewalks on the school campus along High Street. During the Dec. 3 Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education meeting, Upper Freehold resident John…

  • Pink with a purpose

    PTSA raises thousands each year for middle school BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Middle School PTSA is heralded as one of the hardest working groups in the community. Chances are anytime you see pink — pink fliers, pink lanyards, pink shirts — it’s their calling card. Last year, “the pink…

  • Millstone COAH plan is not a done deal

    Town continues litigation, urges residents to lobby BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Millstone Township mayor presented the history and timeline of the township’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) plan Dec. 3. Mayor Nancy Grbelja said she wanted to inform residents about the process and refute allegations Committeeman Elias Abilheira made in an e-mail to…

  • Dog chase has ended

    Loose canines seen in three towns captured, need home BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer This white shepherd dog and her sister were captured on Thanksgiving Day after eluding officials in three towns while running loose for over five weeks. MILLSTONE — Two white shepherd dogs that eluded animal control officers in three townships for over…

  • Alternative Millstone COAH plan proposed

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Committeeman Elias Abilheira has submitted a different plan for the township’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) obligation. The plan prepared by Township Planner Richard Coppola would put 85 of the township’s 169 COAH unit obligation on a 32.8-acre parcel on Route 33 and Bergen Mills Road. The plan…