Category: Examiner News

  • Relay rallies support for ongoing cancer research

    BY CHARLES W. KIM Correspondent BY CHARLES W. KIMCorrespondent CHARLES W. KIM Breast cancer survivor Patti Ferriola of Millstone Township walks around the track with Relay for Life Chairwoman Anita Pfefferkorn at New Egypt High School June 9. More than 550 people on 51 teams walked around the New Egypt High School track over the…

  • Principal goes purple, then bald for his students

    Middle school efforts help raise $8,842 for Habitat for Humanity BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Upper Freehold Regional Middle School Principal Mark Guterl has his hair dyed in the school’s main office May 30 by Valerie Nebbia, of Salon Extraordinaire. One minute the principal’s walking out on stage…

  • Infant’s memory lives on as foundation aids others

    BY TALI ISRAELI Correspondent BY TALI ISRAELICorrespondent Emma Patmore may have only lived for 10 months, but her legacy continues. The foundation, begun as her namesake, is raising funds for children like Emma – those who have died without explanation or diagnosis. The Emma Patmore Foundation was organized by Gregory and Tara Patmore, of Pennsylvania,…

  • Brottman house issue will go to court this fall

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – The borough will have to appear in Superior Court this September regarding a yeshiva-related matter. The borough has been served with a lawsuit to challenge its zoning officer’s finding that 12 minors living in a ranch house in the RA-400 zone is not a…

  • Bonus density option puts U.F.’s groundwater at risk

    Study may change path of master plan revisions BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The township’s bonus density may go, but its cluster option will remain. The Township Committee unanimously voted at its June 7 meeting to have its professionals draft an amendment to the zoning ordinance that eliminates…

  • Zoning changes could help stabilize Millstone taxes

    Mayor sees new school as last one that will have to be built BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Zoning changes enacted in the township in recent years will significantly reduce the number of children entering township schools in the future. Mayor Nancy Grbelja made the announcement – which is…

  • Upper Freehold mayor pitches new master plan

    Fleischacker will seek re-election to see land use changes through BY JANE MEGGITT & JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers BY JANE MEGGITT & JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writers The mayoralty has become another factor in the current status of the controversial master plan revisions in Upper Freehold Township. A review of the township’s master plan that began in…

  • Property tax rebates are on the way in N.J.

    Senior and disabled citizens should have already filed for benefit New Jersey homeowners with less than $250,000 income in 2006 are beginning to see some property tax relief. The New Jersey Division of Taxation began mailing the 2006 homestead rebate applications on April 26. The applications for the rebate are being mailed in two groups,…

  • Roosevelt taxpayers could see $467 increase

    Spending increases anticipated for attorney, planning expenses BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer “The increase we foresee is quite reasonable.” – Peggy Malkin ROOSEVELT – The average borough homeowner can expect a tax increase of about $35 per month this year if the proposed municipal budget passes. The Borough Council introduced its…