Category: Examiner News

  • Domestic violence victims to benefit from fundraisers

    Two ways to enjoy the outdoors and further a good cause are coming up during the third week of September when 180 Turning Lives Around is holding back-to-back fundraisers to benefit the Monmouth County nonprofit, which is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual abuse. Starting at noon on Sept. 21, 180 Turning Lives Around…

  • Board aims to make signs more visually appealing

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Those signs that sprout like mushrooms, advertising loans, jobs, dental services and almost anything imaginable, may soon be subject to fines in the township. At the Sept. 11 Planning Board meeting, board members discussed the types of signs they would like to see in future development projects,…

  • Allentown High School starts with a hitch

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — They got on the bus and made it to school on time, only it wasn’t the right school. A bus of Millstone students who attend Allentown High School wound up at Peddie School in Hightstown on the first day of classes Sept. 3, according to Superintendent of Schools…

  • Utility use at schools spurs public debate

    Majority of Township Committee against moving costs to municipal budget BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The mayor’s informal straw poll of select committee members about paying electric and heating costs for township recreation programs held in the schools has drawn criticism from one of the members omitted from the decision. Mayor Nancy Grbelja…

  • Upper Freehold revises master plan, downzones

    Lot size, clustering and development options change BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Township zoning has changed from 3- and 5- acre residential lots to 6- and 10- acre lots. In a 3-2 vote, the Township Committee passed the downzoning ordinance. Committeemen David Reed and Stanley Moslowski Jr. cast the dissenting votes at…

  • Spirits soar at Millstone middle school

    First back-to-school lesson: Respect BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ‘Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the true goal of education.” JEFF GRANIT staff Millstone Township Middle School Vice Principal Matt Howell emerges from his office to meet and greet students Sept. 4, the first day of the new school year. Dr. Martin Luther…

  • Vasa resigns, BOE to fill empty seat

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A Board of Education member who only served for three months has resigned her seat. Mitali Vasa, who was sworn in on May 27, has submitted her resignation. According to Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue, Vasa resigned as of the Aug. 25 board meeting. Vasa did not…

  • School bell rings at Millstone Middle School

    Left: Incoming sixth-graders get a tour of the Millstone Township Middle School on the first day of the new school year Sept. 4. Below: New students familiarize themselves with the different wings of the Millstone Township Middle School. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • New medical alert cards are being made available

    Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno and state Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) are unveiling a new medical alert program which issues cards that can be lifesaving items during medical emergencies. The program, a partnership involving the Monmouth County Sheriff ‘s Office, the Monmouth County Department of Human Services, Parents of Autistic Children (POAC) and…