Category: Examiner News

  • Dept. of Justice to investigate Roosevelt Boro

    Review to determine if town has violated RLUIPA BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The U.S. Department of Justice has initiated an investigation of Roosevelt and its zoning and landuse practices. In a Dec. 28 letter to Bruce Shoulson, the borough’s general attorney, R. Tamar Hagler, an attorney for the Housing and Civil Enforcement Section of…

  • 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…

  • Photo

    Water falls beneath Allentown’s Main Street bridge, which will close for renovation for the majority of next year. The state has yet to determine if it will provide a temporary walking bridge or a temporary vehicle bridge during the closure.

  • Bloopers

    Hope you’ll excuse our ‘fowl’ language ADELE YOUNG We like to start the new year by looking back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into some of Greater Media Newspapers’ publications during the previous year. One of our most colorful characters in recent years…

  • State fund helps pay for children’s medical needs

    On Dec. 13 Gov. Jon S. Corzine announced more than $3.3 million in financial grants awarded by the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund Commission (CICRFC) to help families dealing with their children’s extraordinary medical expenses. “The Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund provides New Jersey families with financial assistance for uncovered medical bills related…

  • A review of Millstone decisions made in 2007

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Looking back, the beginning of 2007 in Millstone seems to have set the tone for the story that would eventually unravel by year’s end. At the 2007 reorganization meeting, the Township Committee, less Elias Abilheira, chose Nancy Grbelja to serve as mayor for the second year in a row and…