Category: Examiner News

  • Millstone fire district will get new fire truck

    Millstone MILLSTONE – The township will soon get a new fire truck. The Millstone Township Board of Fire Commissioners, Fire District No. 1, held a special referendum vote on the purchase of a new fire engine from 2-9 p.m. on Saturday at the Millstone firehouse. In the election, 92 people voted in favor of purchasing…

  • N.J. welcomes autumn with an abundance of apples

    Local orchards offer pick-your-own, cider and other fruity delights BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Clockwise from left – Apples cover the ground beneath the trees that Joseph and Melissa DeLuca and John and Jennifer Bommanito are picking fruit at the Lee Turkey Farm in East Windsor. Sweet and delicious on their…

  • Boating to resume on the Assunpink soon

    New dam technology used in construction of concrete ramp BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Above: Construction takes place at Assunpink Lake where a new dock and boat ramp are being built. UPPER FREEHOLD – Boats will have a new launchpad into the Assunpink Lake by the end of November. The boating…

  • New Jersey Photography Forum calls for entries

    Submissions must be hand delivered to arts center on Oct. 28 Photographers are invited to submit two photographs to be considered for exhibition at the 12th annual Juried Photography Exhibit for the New Jersey Photography Forum. The New Jersey Photography Forum is dedicated to furthering the interests of professional and serious photographers living or working…

  • Graveyard tours start on Oct. 28

    The Monmouth County Historical Association will sponsor a lecture and walking tour of the cemeteries along Kings Highway in Middletown on Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. The tour will include Christ Episcopal Church, Old First Baptist Church, the Hartshorne family burial ground and the Presbyterian burial ground. According to a press release, these sites contain…

  • U.F. may put affordable housing on former dump

    Allentown used to dispose of trash along Breza Road BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Part of the Breza Road site in Upper Freehold that’s under consideration for warehouse development formerly served as Allentown’s dump. Richard Osborn, a lifelong area resident and former township mayor, said the 19.2 acres west of Breza…

  • Local wildlife to benefit from banquet in Millstone

    MILLSTONE – Contributing to the welfare of local wildlife may be as easy as having dinner in the township on Nov. 10. The Central Jersey Chapter of Pheasants Forever will hold its third annual banquet on Nov. 10 at the Clarksburg Inn, located on Route 524 in the Clarksburg section of Millstone. Established in 1982,…

  • Weight limit considered for Sharon Station Road

    Public hearing on lowering speed limit will be held Oct. 19 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold UPPER FREEHOLD – The township will spend $4,750 on a Sharon Station Road traffic study. The Township Committee voted 4-1 at its Oct. 5 meeting to appropriate the funding for the evaluation that…

  • Residents question how officials see U.F.’s future

    Alexander wonders where warehouse opponents got information BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Residents brought up two of the most controversial issues in town at the last Township Committee meeting. Residents at the Oct. 5 Township Committee meeting addressed the proposed warehouse development on Breza Road and a master…