Category: Examiner News

  • Vandals attack heart of Roosevelt community

    FDR monument pedestal may need to be replaced BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP The borough of Roosevelt covered the Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorial pedestal after vandals defaced it with spray-painted graffiti including the words “Ted is better.” ROOSEVELT- The Franklin D. RooseveltMemorial in the center of town was defaced with spray paint last…

  • U.F. Planning Board taps new appointee as chair

    New leader says recent master plan revisions require discussion BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – In a close vote, the township’s Planning Board elected a new chairman at its first meeting of the year. The board voted 5-4 to elect newly appointed member John Mele as its chairman. Mele previously served on the…

  • Blood donations urgently needed

    New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, will be conducting a blood drive Jan. 20 at Dunkin’ Donuts, 285 Gordons Corner Road,Manalapan, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. According to a press release from NJBS, the winter is always a critical time of the year for blood collections. Traditionally donations…

  • Millstoners vent concerns about Dairy Queen site

    Developer wants to add private roadway to site BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A prominent local attorney appeared before the Planning Board at its Jan. 9 meeting to discuss a property he partly owns. Residents who live near the property on the corner of Routes 526 and 571 attended the meeting to voice…

  • Jersey Syndicate hopes to follow initial success

    First year gives band, audiences good feelings as group gets rolling BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Mike Sasso has always believed that you should never burn bridges because the people you deal with may be able to help you in the future. That has proved to be a good strategy for Sasso and his band…

  • Lawmakers pass new school-funding formula

    State aid could increase 20 percent in U.F., 10 percent in Millstone BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Lawmakers in the state Senate and General Assembly narrowly passed a bill that would radically alter the way that state aid is apportioned to local school districts, after a tooth-and-nail struggle that, as one assemblyman observed, fell mostly…

  • Millstone’s master plan revisions set to begin

    Township adopts greenway plan for trail project BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The township’s Planning Board unanimously voted to adopt the Crosswicks Creek/Doctors Creek (CCDC) Watershed Greenway Plan as an amendment to the master plan. Township Planner Richard Coppola said that based on a presentation of the greenway plan in 2006 he had…

  • Millstone committeeman calls for salary reductions

    Other officials agree to not increase their pay in 2008 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A typo on an ordinance has caused some confusion over the mayor’s salary. The Township Committee introduced an ordinance pertaining to the salaries of township officials and employees at its Jan. 2 meeting. The committee voted 4-1 to…

  • Local towns assess need for shelter

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Monmouth County is in the process of determining whether to build its own animal shelter. The township’s Board of Health discussed the idea of participating in the Animal Share Program’s feasibility study for the creation of a county shelter at its Jan. 8 meeting. Margaret Jahn, the Freehold Area Health Department officer,…