Category: Examiner News

  • Board approves three applications in one night

    Two farm properties and site near Cox’s Corner to yield more lots BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD- Several minor subdivisions were approved at the Feb. 26 Planning Board meeting. The board unanimously approved a three-lot subdivision of a Route 524 property belonging to John Gahler. The land is located across the street from…

  • Board hires new planner and attorney

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD- The township’s Planning Board has a new attorney and a new planner. The board unanimously voted at its Feb. 26 meeting to appoint Dennis Collins, of Collins, Vella and Casello LLC in Farmingdale, as its new attorney. In a 7-2 vote, the board approved BanischAssociates in Flemington as…

  • Community unites for FDR memorial restoration

    Lighting, security camera and repairs estimated to cost $68K BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The nonprofit Fund for Roosevelt has come forward to pay for the repair and refurbishing of the borough’s Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial sculpture. The memorial was defaced with spray paint during vandalism incidents in three towns along Route 571 on Jan.…

  • ‘Children’ unites deaf, hearing communities

    Cast was required to learn sign language for upcoming production BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Each project an actor undertakes offers new challenges. Learning all the lines is a basic requirement. Learning all the lines in sign language is monumental. MARK LAMHUT Camille Lorello (l) and Chris Chandonnet use sign language to communicate during rehearsals…

  • Millstone officials cling to taxpayer-paid benefits

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Four out of five members of the Township Committee have health benefits that the municipality pays for and don’t want to give themup. At the Feb. 20 Township Committee meeting,CommitteemanEliasAbilheira,who hasmunicipal health benefits,made amotion to remove health benefits as an option for committeemembers.Themotionwas not seconded, and neither was…

  • New Jersey’s $1B agricultural industry threatened

    Local farmers react to Corzine’s plan to cut Dept. of Agriculture BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Local farmers and officials have had strong reactions to Gov. Jon Corzine’s plan to eliminate the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) as a costcutting measure. Corzine also wants to eliminate the state’s Commerce and Personnel departments. The New…

  • Inclement weather keeps firefighters, first aid busy

    MILLSTONE – Township firefighters had a busy weekend. The Millstone Township Fire Department responded to a house fire on Feb. 23, an early morning accident on Feb. 24 and anothermotor vehicle accident later on Sunday, according to Millstone Township Fire District No.1. On Friday, firefighters were dispatched at 8:42 p.m. to 20 Brookside Road for…

  • Campground to open March 15

    FREEHOLD – Spring into spring by spending the night at the Monmouth County Park System’s family campground in Turkey Swamp Park, Georgia Road, Freehold Township. Opening for the season on March 15, the campground features 64 wooded campsites (52 which can be reserved while 12 are available on a first come, first serve basis). All…

  • Kind Heart comes to the rescue of rascally rabbits

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Yonatan, one of the male Dutch rabbits Kind Heart Rescue in Upper Freehold saved from unfit living conditions, munches on some grub and awaits adoption at foster care. UPPER FREEHOLD – A personalized license plate indirectly led to the rescue of nearly three-dozen rabbits from unsuitable living conditions in a…