Category: Examiner News

  • U.F. still uncertain how to regulate new septics

    Alternative wastewater systems would not support village center development BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Board of Health will take at least another month before making a decision about a proposed ordinance that establishes requirements for advanced wastewater treatment systems. The board discussed the proposed ordinance at its…

  • Roosevelt Planning Board overturns yeshiva decision

    Executive vice president of Orthodox high school expresses disappointment BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Roosevelt’s Planning Board disagrees with its former zoning officer’s decision that the local yeshiva is not violating borough ordinances. In response to a September 2005 petition that was signed by more than 200 Roosevelt residents – which…

  • Planner suggests another high density area

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Township Planner Mark Remsa suggested another area of town last week for high-density housing. At the Sept. 14 Planning Board meeting, Remsa said that 55 acres near routes 537 and 539 would be a fifth suitable receiving area for the township’s density transfers.…

  • Millstone preserves more acreage by the Assunpink

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Millstone Township has preserved the “Rising Sun” farm located next to the Assunpink Wildlife Refuge. Township officials held a press conference at the 28-acre sheep and crop field farm on Rising Sun Tavern Road on Sept. 13 to publicly announce that the preservation took…

  • Two River Theater hosts ‘Best of New Jersey Dance’

    Series showcases state’s dance companies Oct. 28-June 3 BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company The variety and quality of New Jersey’s dance companies may be one of our state’s best-kept secrets. If you are curious about what Terpsichore has inspired in the Garden State, plan to attend the Two River…

  • New Christian arts, music program starts up this fall

    Betty Anderson (back row l-r), Emily Yuhas, Ben Wolverton, Taylor Stephan, Sue Morton, Matthew Stephan and Music Director Pat Weitz and Elizabeth and Emily Anderson (front row l-r) Danny Wolverton and Robert Anderson get ready for a new Christian arts and music program at the Methodist Church in Allentown. ALLENTOWN – A new, ecumenical, weekday…

  • New ridership boosts call for rail line

    Ocean County and Monmouth County officials are cautiously optimistic that new ridership numbers presented last week to transportation officials may bolster the counties’ ongoing efforts to implement passenger rail service in one of the fastest-growing regions in the state. Armed with the new numbers, Ocean County Freeholder James F. Lacey and Monmouth County Freeholder Theodore…

  • Celebrate opera at local theater’s gala on Oct. 14

    New Jersey Opera Theater will present its second annual Celebrate Opera Gala on Oct. 14. The evening, which will begin at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Princeton, will be a celebration of opera and a toast to the success of New Jersey Opera Theater’s (NJOT) 2006 season, according to a theater press…

  • Westlake urged to resign from county tax board

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Three days after John Westlake pleaded guilty to tax evasion in federal court, he still held his governor-appointed post as president of the Monmouth County Board of Taxation. According to Patricia Nally, the Monmouth County Assistant Tax Administrator, Westlake had not resigned from his position on…