Category: Examiner News

  • Life swap proves to be challenging for couple

    Howell husband, wife will be featured on ‘Try My Life’ in August BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer When a Howell couple said to each other, “walk a mile in my shoes,” the Style Network said “Try My Life.” “Try My Life” is a reality television series where spouses exchange…

  • Arts and music program offered to local youth

    Several area artists will join efforts to provide a two-week Christian Arts and Music Program (CAMP) to local youth this summer. CAMP will be a full-day experience held at the First Presbyterian Church of Hamilton Square in Hamilton Township on weekdays from Aug. 14-25, according to a Community Christian Choir (CCC) press release. The program…

  • Two more U.F farms spared from development

    Township has already preserved 59 farms, 6,921 acres BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer At the Jennings/Walnford Stud Farm in Upper Freehold, state Secretary of Agriculture Charles Kuperus and Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry celebrate the preservation of two more farms in Upper Freehold on July 10. Upper Freehold Township is No.…

  • Roosevelt tries to better organize its ordinances

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – The borough has passed up a chance to codify all of its zoning ordinances. The Borough Council unanimously voted on July 10 to table an ordinance that would have compiled all of its zoning ordinances into one comprehensive document. Borough Planner Thomas Thomas, Planning…

  • Borough holds up U.F.’s new middle school project

    “It’s not the only site available to the township.” – Stuart Fierstein Without OK, sewage plant cannot be built at site BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Allentown’s refusal to endorse an Office of Smart Growth plan for an extension of its village center may doom Upper Freehold Regional School District’s construction of a new middle…

  • Park developer may cap sitecontamination

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – A former farm slated for commercial development will not have to undergo the contaminant testing usually required by the township. The Planning Board voted 6-2 at its July 12 meeting to waive the full contaminant testing for 33 Riverside Associates, the developers of Riverside…

  • Twp. BOE on the brink of broadcast

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The revolution may soon be televised. After two years in a row of having its proposed school budget fail with voters, the Millstone Township Board of Education may take to the airwaves to better communicate its needs to the public. According to Board of…

  • Jennings preserves farm, helps keep Jersey green

    Thoroughbred raising just one way to keep developers at bay BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer State Secretary of Agriculture Charles Kuperus speaks with Joe Jennings, owner of the Jennings/Walnford Stud Farm in Upper Freehold, along a fence at the farm on July 11. UPPER FREEHOLD – The entire Jennings/Walnford Stud Farm…

  • State could ban protests near funerals

    Bill prompted by Kansas group’s demonstrations at slain soldiers’ services BY JESSICA SMITH Correspondent BY JESSICA SMITHCorrespondent A bill banning protests near funerals was unanimously approved by the state Senate and Assembly last week, and now awaits the governor’s signature into law. The bill was introduced in light of the activities of the Westboro Baptist…