Category: Examiner News

  • Gymnastics as preparation for the world

    Millstone youth attains level 6 of competitive sport at the age of 9 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer In a little over a month, Millstone’s Parker Adamo has seen the score cards that once flashed 7.7, 8.0 and 8.4 turn to reveal scores of 8.9, 9.1 and 9.3. CHRIS KELLY staff Parker Adamo, a young…

  • Stephen Alexander chosen to lead U.F. through 2008

    Horsnall Mount, Moslowski take oath of office BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The new year did not bring harmony to Upper Freehold’s all-Republican but apparently still-divided governing body. Lori Horsnall Mount At the Jan. 3 reorganization meeting, the Township Committee elected senior Committeeman Stephen Alexander as mayor in a 3-2 vote. Committeeman David Reed and…

  • The eagles have landed in Upper Freehold

    Locals boast of rare raptor sightings in the area BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Wildlife sightings happen daily in a place like Upper Freehold, a rural township in Monmouth County still largely untouched by development. PHOTOS COURTESY OF VICKI WRIGHT A male bald eagle perches on and then swoops down from a tree near the…

  • Guadagno sets agenda as Monmouth County sheriff

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Look out. There’s a new county sheriff in town. Kim Guadagno is ready to serve the people of Monmouth County as its first female sheriff. Kim Guadagno “It is with a sense of duty and pride that I begin my term as your sheriff,” she said during her remarks at the…

  • Boro honors Pat Moser for serving

    Moser expresses concern for town’s spending on litigation BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ROOSEVELT – The Borough Council bid farewell to Councilwoman PatMoser at its lastmeeting of the year,which took place Dec. 27. Moser, who has served on the governing body for six years, received a plant basket from her fellow council members as a…

  • 2007 marked start of new land use age in U.F.

    Preservation, downzoning among top issues BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Upper Freehold set its focus on preservation in 2007 and started planning to preserve a large tract near the new middle school site along Breza Road, put forth a referendum to raise the open space tax and began the process of committing…

  • Three hopeful of filling Twp. Committee position

    Millstone expected to select Dilfanian’s replacement Jan. 2 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The Township Committee will have to choose one of three candidates to fill the seat Ray Dilfanian has vacated. Steven Lambros, the chairman of the township’s Republican County Executive Committee (RCEC), appeared at the committee’s Dec. 17 meeting to present…

  • U.F. agrees to buy Hope Fire Company a new truck

    Purchase estimated to cost between $160K and $165K BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – While Township Committee members unanimously passed a resolution to purchase a new truck for the Hope Fire Company Dec. 20, they made it clear that Allentown has reneged on sharing the cost. The Township Committee previously adopted a resolution…

  • For the Record

    An article in the Dec. 27, 2007, edition of the Examiner titled “Bruce Novozinsky hits a community hole-in-one” stated that the Allentown High School Parent Golf Association (AHSPGA) has brought in $1 million in goods and services for Allentown. The article should have stated that the AHSPGA has brought in over $100,000 in cash, services…