Category: Examiner News
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Planning to consolidate development, preserve equity
U.F. offers draft of revisions to master plan BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – At their Feb. 20 workshop meeting, Planning Board members discussed the bonus density percentages landowners would get under the proposed revisions to the master plan. According to the preliminary draft of the master plan, nearly…
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Grant will help fund child advocacy center
District 12 state Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth and Mercer) and state Assemblyman Mike Panter (D-Monmouth and Mercer) have announced the approval of a $500,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) to aid in the construction of the Mon-mouth County Child Advocacy Center in Freehold Township. According to a press…
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Jamie Walsh and Michael Thomas show off a nice-size bass caught while ice fishing at Rising Sun Tavern Lake in Millstone Township.
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Candidate screening gets support
The Western Monmouth Republican Conference – made up of GOP representatives from the western part of the county – said last week it is endorsing the concept of the Republican candidate screening committee. Conference Chairman John Costigan, of Howell, said, “Those who wish to represent us as legislators, freeholders or county officials must be above…
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Gay Straight Alliance’s name called into question
National organization has same moniker as high school’s new club BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The new Gay Straight Alliance at Allentown High School may need to change its name. The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education approved the creation of the new club in January. But at the…
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Large landowner wants say in planning U.F.’s future
Princeton Nurseries owns 1,820 acres in Upper Freehold BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The largest landowner in Upper Freehold has been holding a series of meetings with residents to gauge what they envision for the future of the township. Princeton Nurseries has 1,820 acres in Upper Freehold. The business has an…
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Family Friends program helps special-needs kids
The Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey (EFNJ) will implement Family Friends, a service program established in 1984 by the National Council on the Aging (NCOA). The Family Friends program will supplement and expand the services of EFN’s former program known as Helping Hands. Much like the Helping Hands program, Family Friends provides services for children…
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Board censures member for inappropriate language
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education has censured member Howard Krieger for allegedly cursing and using a racial slur against a member of the community. The vote to censure Krieger on Feb. 21 was 7-0, with Krieger abstaining. He was not asked to…
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$1.5M fire district budget under review in Millstone
Voters turned down proposed spending plans three years in a row BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The fate of the fire district’s budget now lies in the Township Committee’s hands. Millstone Township Fire Commissioner Frank Toia told the Township Committee at its Feb. 21 meeting that the fire district…
