Category: Examiner News

  • Run, walk for a memory in Millstone on May 31

    Runners line up for last year’s Run for a Memory 5K in Millstone. The event will take place this year at 9 a.m. May 31 at Millstone Primary School. MILLSTONE – The Petrella family invites area residents to join them for a run in the sun on May 31. The Millstone family will hold its…

  • Distinguished equine vet realizes dream

    Patty Hogan opens new horse clinic in Upper Freehold BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Above: Equine surgeon Patty Hogan, of Upper Freehold, looks at an X-ray on a large-screen TV in Hogan Equine, a horse clinic she recently opened at Fair Winds Farm in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold. Bottom: A look into…

  • New U.F. planner wants to change the changes

    Master plan to undergo another round of review BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – New township Planner Charles Newcomb doesn’t see the need for the land use element of themaster plan to be totally redone. Newcomb gave his evaluation of the land use element at the April 22 Planning Board meeting. The board…

  • Scouts to host Venture Crew program on May 5

    Millstone Township Boy Scouts of America Troop 116 is holding an information meeting about a new Venture Crew program at 6:30 p.m. May 5 at the Millstone Primary School, Schoolhouse Road. Venturing is a youth development program of the Boy Scouts that is open to young men and women who are 14 through 20 years…

  • ‘Weekend inOldMonmouth’ features tour of historic sites

    Monmouth County’s first “Weekend in Old Monmouth” historic tour will open the doors of 32 local historic sites all at the same time – from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 3 and from noon to 5 p.m. on May 4. 17 “Independent and local historic sites are generally operated independently of one another,”…

  • Millstone Republicans run uncontested in primary

    Current committeeman partners with Pop Warner organizer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer “I have always been a straight shooter and have no other political aspirations other than putting residents first with completely open and honest government.” – Committeeman Michael Kuczinski MILLSTONE – Two candidates are running in the June primary for the Republican party’s nod…

  • RPS earns voter support in election

    ROOSEVELT – Voter turnout was small, but the votes in the recent election meant a lot. Unlike many communities in the area, Roosevelt supported its school district’s $2.4 million budget in the April 15 Board of Education election. Voters passed the $1.27 million tax levy in support of the budget in a vote of 65-15.…

  • Parents-to-be can gather information at baby fair

    The perfect opportunity for moms and families-to-be to familiarize themselves with the maternity services in the area is to attend the annual CentraState Baby Fair, which will be held on May 8 from 6-8 p.m. The event will be held in an expanded new location- the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus on the west…

  • Tax increase part of Upper Freehold budget

    Without state aid adjustment, rate would increase 2.4 cents BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Taxes for the average homeowner in Upper Freehold are expected to rise a total of $198 this year. If the township passes its proposed $6.5 million 2008-09 budget, a house assessed at the township’s average of $519,800 would pay an estimated…