Category: Examiner News

  • Millstone contractor guilty of theft from pension fund

    MILLSTONE – A Monmouth County jury convicted township resident Frank Knight, 55, on Nov. 2 of second degree theft for failing to make a required deposit into his employees’ pension fund. Knight, the president and sole shareholder of Knight Contracting Inc. in Millstone, established a pension program for his employees in 1999 and designated himself…

  • Master plan changes in the works for U.F.

    Twp. will soon schedule public information sessions about revisions BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The township seeks to spend $300,000 on revising its master plan. The special emergency appropriation for the master plan was among the ordinances introduced at the Nov. 2 Township Committee. A public hearing on…

  • New bill targets sex offenders, addresses restraining orders

    Nicole’s Law, a bill which will permit victims of sex offenses to obtain restraining orders against their attackers, has been placed in front of the state Senate. Sen. Robert W. Singer (R-Ocean, Monmouth, Burlington and Mercer) and Sen. Leonard T. Connors Jr. (R-Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean) sponsored the bill. The bill is dedicated to Nicole…

  • The times and amenities are a-changin’

    Upper Freehold opens new municipal building BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff The new portion of the Upper Freehold Township Municipal Building looks like a silo to fit in with the rural landscape. While the red silo of the new Upper Freehold Township municipal building evokes the township’s heritage,…

  • Township to study septic capacity for new growth

    U.F. hopes to get a $7,000 grant for $14,000 analysis BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The township plans to analyze its septic capacity and groundwater supply. In support of Smart Growth Planning, the township is applying for a $7,000 grant from the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions…

  • Scenic tour will feature local farms

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The township’s Historic Farmland Byway will officially open in the near future. Dr. David Meirs II, chairman of the township’s Vision/Scenic Byways Committee, said a dedication ceremony for the byway will take place in Historic Walnford at a time and date to be…

  • Search for principal nears end

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Board of Education may be able to vote on a new principal for the Upper Freehold Regional Elementary/Middle School on Nov. 15. Principal Miriam Peluso submitted her resignation the day after school started in September. Her official retirement date is Jan. 1, but…

  • Diecidue asked to refrain from vote on warehouses

    Resident alleges e-mails have clouded Planning Board proceedings BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Township Committeeman Sal Diecidue was again asked to recuse himself from hearings on the controversial Rockefeller Group warehouse application before the Planning Board. The New York City-based developer wants to build 1.8 million square feet…

  • Zelda Burdick’s passion on display in Roosevelt

    Eleanor Gallery to host opening reception from noon to 5 p.m. Nov. 11 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer The late artist Zelda Burdick drew her interpretation of the hustle and bustle of city life while she was teaching in New York City in the 1950s. ROOSEVELT – There was no limit…