Category: Examiner News

  • U.F. may reduce Sharon Station Road speed limit

    Deputy mayor asks why more roads aren’t being made safer UPPER FREEHOLD – The township continues to discuss ways to ease speeding problems and reduce truck traffic along Sharon Station Road. Residents of the Woods at Cream Ridge development, located off Sharon Station Road, have complained to the Township Committee about the traffic abutting their…

  • ‘God vs. The Gavel’ writer hired to counsel Roosevelt

    Borough authorizes spending $500 per hour on special legal services BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Roosevelt ROOSEVELT – Religious organizations and practices should always be subject to the rule of law, unless they can prove that exemption would cause no harm to others. That’s what attorney Marci A. Hamilton posits in…

  • Local set on giving people proper welcome to area

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold UPPER FREEHOLD – An Allentown woman is taking the initiative to replace entrance signs between the township and Allentown. Jean Hunter, of Waker Avenue, attended the Sept. 21 Township Committee meeting to tell the governing body about her plan. This year, Allentown is celebrating…

  • Carcass removal starts in October

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Oh deer. Passing a dead deer on the side of the highway is never a pleasant experience, but passing the same deer carcass day after day is even worse. To combat the growing problem and ease the burden on individual towns, the…

  • Teachers create responsive classrooms

    Morning Meetings foster challenging, communal learning environment BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Stephanie Mayerson (c) and the rest of her classmates at Upper Freehold Regional Elementary School follow third- grade teacher Lesley Walulak’s instructions during their Morning Meeting on Sept. 20. Intertwining social and academic learning in the…

  • Bill calls for suspension of indicted officials

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer In response to the delayed resignation of Monmouth County Tax Board President John Westlake, Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Monmouth/Middlesex) has drafted legislation that would require the suspension of any public official indicted by a grand jury. Westlake, who pleaded guilty in federal court on Sept. 15 to…

  • Local artist to give interior design demos in Cranbury

    ROOSEVELT – A borough artist will conduct free demonstrations on custom wall finishes and home decoration at the local Crate & Barrel in October. Roosevelt resident Jim Hayden, who owns The Eleanor Gallery in Roosevelt, will provide the interior decorating demos from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 7 and from 11 a.m. to 1…

  • U.F. exploring new paths to building another school

    Choosing new location would require another referendum in 2007 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education will now meet every Wednesday to deal with the impasse over the proposed middle school. The Board of Education unanimously voted to change the meeting schedule at its Sept. 20…

  • Builders can’t pitch plan until paperwork is in order

    Orleans Builders wants to create 44 more homes in Cream Ridge BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Planning Board declined to hear a schematic-test qualifying plan for the proposed Woods II at Cream Ridge development at its Sept. 14 meeting. The plan would have established the number of…