Category: Examiner News

  • Ethics violation charges against Abilheira dismissed

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Township Commit-teeman Elias Abilheira has been cleared of a formal ethics complaint that has been looming since 2005. On May 17, a three-person District IIIA Ethics Committee panel conducted a hearing and unanimously agreed to dismiss the charges against Abilheira after concluding that his…

  • Monmouth and Ocean Girl Scouts OK merger

    By an overwhelming vote on June 4, delegates from the Girl Scouts of Ocean County and the Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts ratified their merger after more than a year of planning. The newly formed Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore will formally launch July 1 and serve almost 18,000 girls with the assistance of…

  • Ideal Tile will relocate to Route 33 in Millstone

    Facility will occupy 94,500 square feet on Monroe border BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Ideal Tile will be the first business in the Riverside Center commercial subdivision on Route 33. The application for preliminary and final site plan approval for a 94,500-square-foot warehouse/storage area, a 4,000-square-foot showroom and 4,000…

  • Company closing to put community at a crossroads

    Future use of over 1,500 U.F. acres hangs in the balance BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Princeton Nurseries, which has operated since 1913 and owns more than 1,800 acres in Upper Freehold, has declared that it will phase out and cease its business operations by 2010. UPPER FREEHOLD – Princeton Nurseries…

  • Uneasy compromise reached on open space

    Referendum will ask voters for about $200M BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Efforts to renew the Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT) through a November ballot referendum faltered as the Legislature missed the deadline to approve the necessary resolutions last week. While some environmental groups wish to pressure the Senate and Assembly…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Roosevelt Public School’s 70th annual sixth-grade commencement exercises took place in the town’s amphitheater on the afternoon of June 16. See story page 32.

  • Five indicted for Fort Dix attack plot

    Five men arrested last month for allegedly plotting an armed assault on Fort Dix in Burlington County were indicted last week, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Christopher J. Christie announced. The five defendants are charged with conspiracy and other charges related to their plans to kill as many soldiers at the Army base as possible.…

  • Tour brings music icons’ artwork to Red Bank

    ‘The Art of 1967’ in Red Bank June 29-July 1 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer In 1967, good friends Janis Joplin and Grace Slick were riding high in the music world, as was Jimi Hendrix and his amazing electric guitar sounds. The year defines the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll in…

  • Guide helps boaters launch season

    The thousands of boaters who trailer their vessels around the state now have a definitive resource guide to help them better plan and enjoy recreational boating in New Jersey. The New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium (NJMSC) and the New Jersey Sea Grant Extension Program (NJSGEP) have teamed up with the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s…