Category: Examiner News

  • Monmouth tax levy will stay at $286M

    FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders adopted its 2008 budget on March 6 that imposes no new taxes while maintaining county services. Noting that a reduced state budget would mean less in property tax rebates, municipal aid and school funding, the freeholders decided that now is not the time to impose an additional…

  • FCS now offering free bill-paying program

    Money Management program serves low-income seniors BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer The Family & Children’s Service (FCS) nonprofit, based in Long Branch, has extended its services to include a free bill-paying program for low-income seniors and the disabled. The AARP Money Management program was introduced by FCS in February and is a service provided in…

  • Clippity cloppity Clydesdales on their way

    Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale Team gets R&R at local farm BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer When the wagon wheels start turning round and 40 white-stocking hooves hit the ground, the Clydesdales have come to town. ERIC SUCAR staff Rudy, an 8-year-old Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale, greets 9-year-old Hailey DaBronzo, of Hamilton, at Birch Creek Farm in Upper Freehold on…

  • 2004 Trotter of the Year dies at age 7

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Triple Crown winner Windsong’s Legacy, the Trotter of the Year in 2004, died from severe bleeding in his lungs March 1 at Perretti Farms in Cream Ridge. The 7-year-old horse was in the midst of his fourth breeding season. His first foals are scheduled to race this spring. “He was being collected…

  • Novad Court home nixed from Millstone ordinance

    Twp. would reconsider property for COAH if landowner set price BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The township is not moving forward with plans to put affordable housing on the Dikert property. The Novad Court residence has been removed from an ordinance authorizing the township to acquire certain properties for Council on Affordable Housing…

  • Addiction programs begin new era with new homes

    New Hope Foundation, Discovery Institute offer varied services BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer New state-of-the-art facilities for people who are seeking help with their addictions have officially opened their doors inMarlboro. The New Hope Foundation and Discovery Institute Inc. recently celebrated the opening of their new rehabilitation centers on Conover Road. The facilities will provide…

  • UFRSD’s $31.7M budget ready for public hearing

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Unexpected revenue sources will help the school district offer more to students than it originally planned for in its proposed 2008-09 budget. The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education, which unanimously voted to introduce the $31.7million spending plan at its Feb. 27 meeting, said the proposed budget would…

  • Danger lurks as youths head on to the Internet

    Detective offers tips to parents to head off potential problems BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer With the click of a computer mouse, people in other parts of the state, country or the world can steal, threaten and lure people into dangerous and sometimes even fatal situations. Children and teenagers very often fall victim to online…

  • Public comment on Breza Rd. preservation revisited

    U.F. holds second hearing due to error BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – When county officials review comments made at the second public hearing on the acquisition of 145 acres on Breza Road, they will learn that the majority approves of the purchase. They will also learn that a minority has reservations about…