Category: Examiner News

  • Millstone considers school for dogs in business park

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A new training, boarding and grooming facility for dogs is being proposed for the former Boyce Berry Farm on Burnt Tavern Road. The Zoning Board of Adjustment heard part of the application at its June 25 meeting and will continue the hearing July 23. Kenneth Pape, attorney for…

  • New storage facility may be built in Cream Ridge

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – A self-storage facility may go up at the corner of Routes 537 and 539. The township’s Planning Board gave the project unanimous preliminary approval at its June 24 meeting. Yong Sim, a township resident and owner of the property, said he has been in the storage business…

  • Farmers get advice on coexisting

    Panelists tell those in industry to get more involved in communities BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re on the menu. That’s the advice former Millstone Mayor Cory Wingerter gave to farmers at the New Jersey Horse Council’s (NJHC) June 26 meeting at the township’s…

  • Implementation of master plan changes under way

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The first four of multiple ordinances that would amend the township’s master plan were unanimously introduced at the June 26 Township Committeemeeting. The township will hold a public hearing on the ordinances at the governing body’s Aug. 7 meeting. If adopted by the Township Committee, the ordinances…

  • State, county fine local gas stations for violations

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Recent inspections of Monmouth County gas stations turned up a few violations in Millstone and Allentown. During the county’s annual inspection of gas pumps and other measuring devices, James Heath, of the Monmouth County Department of Weights & Measures, looks at the interior of a gasoline pump to make sure…

  • Public opinion sought on county’s direction

    Development of a strategic plan for Monmouth County has begun, and the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will be relying heavily on input from residents to help develop a plan aimed at improving county services and identifying efficiencies that can be implemented. According to a press release from the county, later this year county residents…

  • Preserving Americana: Salter’s Mill restored

    Historic site updated as use for office space BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The unassuming exterior of the building at the corner of Davis Station and Imlaystown roads actually encases the striking inner workings of a gristmill, an ever-running stream and a history that stretches back to the time of Abraham Lincoln’s great-great-grandfather. JEFF GRANIT…

  • Era’s end: Last original mill artist to close shop

    Allentown says goodbye to Main Street mainstay BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Era’s end: Last original mill artist to close shop   Will downtown Allentown ever be the same? When the Off the Wall Craft Gallery closes it will take with it many familiar sights that locals and visitors have become accustomed to. No longer…

  • School site may house cell tower

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The school district could earn up to $100,000 per year if it allows a cell tower to be erected on the middle school property. At the June 23 Millstone Township Board of Education meeting, President Tom Foley said the administration received an offer for a cell tower at…