Category: Examiner News

  • Tai chi: more than a method of self-defense

    A 45-year Roosevelt resident tells of her quest with the martial art BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff June Counterman, of Roosevelt, explains the different postures while instructing a tai chi class in Roosevelt Borough Hall on Feb. 1. ROOSEVELT – Embrace the tiger. Return to the mountain. Grasp…

  • Board puts public input off until action date

    Resident asks where Township Committee members were BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – Although approximately 30 people attended the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education meeting in the high school auditorium on Jan. 31, no public comment was permitted. Interim Superintendent of Schools Robert Smith previously announced that he had…

  • Millstone’s fire district wants to raise taxes again

    Voters will cast ballots regarding proposed spending plan on Feb. 17 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Millstone Township Fire District No. 1 has proposed a 2007 budget that would rely on a $1.3 million tax levy. If voters pass the almost $1.5 million proposed budget during the annual election…

  • Exploring the different avenues to Smart Growth

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone and Upper Freehold are two adjacent communities with much in common. Both municipalities are rural communities that are facing increasing development pressures. Both towns have preserved a great deal of open space through the Farmland Preservation, Green Acres and other programs. However, the two towns…

  • Monmouth freeholders propose $472M budget

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will be taking its 2007 budget “on the road” this month with a program that will feature a PowerPoint presentation on the proposed spending plan followed by opportunities for the public to provide input. The first stop was Feb. 6 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan. The…

  • U.F. equine vets honored with Spirit of the Horse

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Two icons of the state’s horse industry were honored on Jan. 28 at the 50th annual New Jersey Bred Equine Breeder Awards dinner in Freehold. The lives of Dr. David Meirs II and Dr. S. Perrine Dey II have mirrored each other in many ways. Both…

  • Breza Road tract owners reject $40,000 per acre

    Land trust may not be able to preserve property BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The owner of a 254-acre tract on Breza Road has rejected a national land trust’s offer to purchase the property. The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a national nonprofit land conservation organization. The…

  • Water cascades

    into the lake located off Perrineville Road and Sweetmans Lane in Millstone Township on a cold Feb. 6 morning.

  • Horse park schedules fundraiser

    UPPER FREEHOLD – The Horse Park of New Jersey will present its spring clinic and fundraiser on April 14. Clinicians Paul Maye, Audrey Bostwick and Michelle McBride will all take part in the clinic at the Horse Park, located in the Imlaystown section of Upper Freehold. Proceeds from the event will go to the Horse…