Category: Examiner News

  • County helps Trailblazers connect paths in Millstone

    New route good for horseback riding, mountain biking BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Stonebridge trail at Charleston Spring Golf course in Millstone Township. MILLSTONE – The Monmouth County Park System (MCPS) has opened up a new, multiuse trail near the Charleston Springs Golf Course, thanks in part to a local…

  • Pet dumping incidents on the rise

    Cream Ridge Animal Clinic has numerous animals up for adoption BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer “People are always dumping animals for one reason or the other, but during the summer months it’s more extreme.” – Lorraine Schreiber Perhaps the economy or rising gas prices are affecting some people’s ability to keep…

  • Breza Road plans bred controversy from the start

    Multiple proposals for property have been met with disapproval BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold UPPER FREEHOLD – Controversy has surrounded plans for property along Breza Road for years. Several years ago, then-Township Committeeman John Mele had an idea for a 254-acre parcel on Breza Road. His plan was for…

  • Horse plays long, valued part in borough’s history

    Allentown to hold first-ever equine parade on Sept. 16 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer This stagecoach passed through Allentown in 1907 on the route that the borough’s Mane Street Horse Parade will take on Sept. 16. ALLENTOWN – In organizing a parade, one local resident learned the powerful part the horse…

  • Officials at odds over how U.F. should be developed

    Village centers, density transfers under review BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Officials continue to consider designating some places in the township as areas for development in an alleged effort to preserve others. Township Planner Mark Remsa told the Planning Board at its Aug. 10 meeting that the township…

  • Millstone Eagles soar into season with three wins

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Mikey Crewer and Brett Masi, of the Millstone Eagles Pee Wees, watch the cheerleaders at a pep rally in Wagner Farm Park in Millstone on Aug. 24. MILLSTONE – While there are many different aspects of life that split people apart, Fiore Masci…

  • Photos to show two eras of World Trade Center

    Brookdale Community College is inviting the public to view a moving pre- and post-9/11 photograph tribute by award-winning photographers Gary Gellman, of Howell, and Veronica L. Yankowski, of Bloomfield. The special exhibit will be on display at the Western Monmouth Branch Campus, 3680 Route 9 south, Freehold Township, from Sept. 6-20. Monday through Thursday viewing…

  • U.F. families live in fear of more electrical fires

    Residents say JCP&L has done little to remedy continuing chaos BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF BARBARA FALCONIO Sparks fly on wires over Route 524 in Upper Freehold on July 22 during a reported electrical surge. Ongoing electrical problems in Upper Freehold have put some Route 524 residents in…

  • Warehouse development seems inevitable to most

    Residents wonder how project could affect westerly bypass project BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold UPPER FREEHOLD – Area residents jumped at the chance last week to publicly voice their opinions about the controversial Rockefeller Group warehouse proposal for Breza Road. Members of the public have not yet had a…