Category: Examiner News

  • Boyle follows Setaro’s lead to Freehold

    Millstone Twp. School District in need of new business administrator BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The school district’s business administrator will soon join its former superintendent in the Freehold Township School District. Business Administrator Brian Boyle, who has worked in the Millstone Township School District since December 1997, has…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff One-year-old Lilah Matthews feeds a plethora of pygora goats in the 4-H tent during the Monmouth County Fair held at the East Freehold Park showgrounds on July 26. For more photos see page 30.

  • Millstone considers plan for car wash on Route 537

    Planning Board hearing on application will continue Aug. 22 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Township officials have left the car wash issue in limbo, but a couple of residents continue to forge ahead with their plans to create such a facility in town. The hearing on the proposed car…

  • Proposed project doesn’t wash well with locals

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The vice chairman of the township’s Environmental Commission had harsh words about a plan to put a car wash on Route 537. Barry Frost voiced his objections to the pending application during the July 25 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. The board continued its…

  • Second bird in area tests positive for West Nile

    Positive mosquito pools discovered in Camden and Hunterdon counties A dead crow has tested positive for the presence of West Nile virus. It was collected at the same residence where a dead blue jay was taken earlier this season that also tested positive for the virus, according to an Ocean County Health Department spokesman. Edward…

  • Beck wants state spending cuts, property tax reform

    Assemblywoman stops in Millstone on travels through District 12 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer “Residents have a hard time being able to continue to pay taxes to fund schools. A new school-funding formula is needed.” – Nancy Grbelja Mayor MILLSTONE – Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck made an appearance at the July 18…

  • Millstone OKs spending $2M on equipment, roads

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The township will purchase almost $1.2 million worth of new public works equipment this year. The Township Committee passed an ordinance financing the acquisition of the equipment through the Monmouth County Improvement Authority (MCIA) at its July 18 meeting. Deputy Mayor Robert Kinsey said…

  • Organ donation forges a bond of friendship

    Serendipity brings parishioners together for lifesaving operation BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent BY PATRICIA YOCZISCorrespondent Tom Nardini (l) and Harry Warren share a bond for a special reason. Earlier this year, Warren donated one of his kidneys to Nardini. COLTS NECK – Tom Nardini and Harry Warren barely knew each other. As members of St. Mary’s…

  • Riding high: Horse-drawn carriages make a comeback

    U.F. resident participates in new Monmouth Coaching Invitational BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Joe Jennings’ love of antique road coaches began as a kid in the 1950s when he first saw them at an exhibition in Oceanport’s Monmouth Park. Although he had driven pleasure horses before, it wasn’t…