Category: Examiner News

  • U.F. Planning Board revises master plan

    Twp. Committee asked to consider density transfers, downzoning BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Almost three years after beginning the process, the township’s Planning Board has made its recommendations as to how Upper Freehold should revise its master plan. The board unanimously adopted a new land-use element of the master plan at its…

  • Public gives master plan revisions mixed reviews

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Approximately 40 people attended the Planning Board’s public hearing on revisions to the township’s master plan. The meeting held Dec. 13 at Allentown High School went on for 90 minutes before the township’s Planning Board voted to unanimously pass the revised land-use plan element. The board has…

  • For the Record

    An article in the Dec. 13 Examiner titled “Car wash issue puts official through wringer” incorrectly reported that Robert O’Donnell is the chief executive officer of Sun National Bank, formerly known as the Community Bank of New Jersey. Instead, it should have stated that O’Donnell was once the chief executive officer of the Community Bank…

  • Litigation looks into what defines a house of worship

    Roosevelt, yeshiva at odds over whether school, synagogue use are same BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ROOSEVELT – The litigation among congregations Anshei Roosevelt, Yeshiva Me’On Hatorah and the borough continues, with the plaintiffs having filed on Dec. 3 an opposition to the defendants’ recent motion to have the complaint dismissed. The congregations of the…

  • Grants totaling $8,822 awarded to UFRSD

    Funding will help math, gardening, literacy, special-needs programs ALLENTOWN – Grants that a local nonprofit has garnered for the Upper Freehold Regional School District will help the schools purchase calculators and software programs, as well as gardening supplies and crafts. During its fall grant cycle, the Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation (UFREF) awarded nine grants…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Local youths in the Community Christian Choir perform “Whatcha Gonna Call That Baby?” at a benefit concert for the Sunshine Foundation in Trenton at the Millstone Performing Arts Center Dec. 16. The group had the honor of being the first-ever community organization to formally perform at the new auditorium. For more photos, see…

  • Manalapan man lights way for hope, joy and charity

    Glittering display draws visitors from near and far BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The spirit of Christmas is burning brightly in Manalapan. If you have driven down Tennent Road lately, you can’t help glancing down Devon Drive South where 127,000 lights are burning inside, outside and all around the home of Al and Rita Steinke.…

  • Roosevelt spending over state-mandated budget cap

    Legal costs regarding yeshiva issues continue to escalate BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Roosevelt Borough Council approved another $25,000 in emergency appropriations for legal expenses at its Dec. 10 meeting. According to the resolution regarding the appropriations, emergency appropriations in 2007 amount to $131,000. The latest emergency appropriation passed by a vote of 4-1,…

  • Pine brunch

    DANIEL HULSHIZER staff A horse chews on the branch of a pine tree after a light snow fell in Upper Freehold Dec. 5.