Category: Examiner News

  • Court date set in Meirs Road warehouse case

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – A group of township residents against warehouse development on Meirs Road expects to have its day in court regarding the issue later this month. According to Phil Sinicropi, spokesperson for Meirs Road Residents Against Warehousing, which is the group that filed suit against…

  • A look back at 2006 in Millstone Township

    A review of the stories that give the community its character BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Despite its rural nature and seemingly lack of drama on the surface, Millstone Township has lots of stories to tell. The past year was yet another one dotted with tales of all types. While some…

  • Upper Freehold ends year marked with disagreement

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Although the mayor proclaimed last January that the governing body was about unity, 2006 proved to be a divisive year for the township. Evidence of the division included the defeat of a committeeman in the Republican primary, who then ran independently in the…

  • Monroe couple killed in New Year’s Eve car crash

    Cream Ridge resident charged with driving under the influence BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, a New Jersey State Police trooper checks the interior of an automobile involved in a fatal accident on Route 539 in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold on Dec. 31.…

  • Ducks and Geese

    MIGUEL JUAREZ crowd the waters of Allentown’s lake on New Year’s Eve.

  • U.F. mapped out master plan revision in ’06

    Public hearings on plan will start this year BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Maybe Upper Freehold’s Planning Board will make a New Year’s resolution to finish revising its master plan in 2007. This year, the Planning Board will continue the revision process it started in March 2005. A great deal of…

  • Freeholders approve open space grants

    FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has approved grants totaling nearly $2 million from the 2006 Monmouth County Open Space Trust Fund to acquire, create or improve park facilities in 14 municipalities. According to a press release, land acquisition and development for park recreation and open space purposes are made possible by the…

  • ‘Reel’ excited

    JEFF GRANIT staff Perrineville Lake in Millstone glistens in the morning sunlight Wednesday (top) as Ron Murafsky, of Old Bridge, starts fishing. Murafsky (bottom left) reels in a pickerel, while Joe Surman, of South Amboy (l) gets ready to cast a line. Murafsky (bottom right) holds up his fresh catch.

  • Calendar features animals that got a second chance

    The Associated Humane Societies, which is the largest animal sheltering system in New Jersey, has this calendar for sale to help raise money for the welfare of the animals it cares for. Raz the red-tailed hawk broke his clavicle and can never be released back into the wild. Although he’ll never soar free again, he…