Category: Examiner News

  • Underworked, overpaid

    Palughi details lucrative career of no-show county jobs BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer NEWARK – This was a trial that could only happen in New Jersey: tough-guy dialogue, no-show jobs and attempted suicide. On Thursday, former Middletown Committeeman Raymond O’Grady was found guilty of accepting bribes, but not before…

  • Custodial service contract for U.F. schools reviewed

    Board currently pays $58,000 per month for cleaning services BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education will decide on June 28 whether to renew its contract with the Occupational Training Center (OTC). The Mount Holly-based company has provided custodial services to the school district…

  • Open space at Village to be focus of discussion

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MANALAPAN – Looking to make the outcome of The Village at Manalapan mutually appealing, further discussion of the retail development project’s final design is scheduled for tonight’s meeting of the Township Committee. Richard Cramer, who is Manalapan’s municipal planner, and attorney John Giunco, representing Manalapan Retail…

  • County will make money from sale of methane gas

    FREEHOLD – In a move that will increase revenues, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has struck a deal with GSF Energy LLC to sell the methane gas that is produced from the decomposition of solid waste at the Monmouth County Reclamation Center, Tinton Falls. According to a press release from the county, GSF Energy…

  • Alexander, Faber best Diecidue in U.F. primary

    Turnout historically high at 43% of registered voters Incumbent Sal Diecidue was resoundingly defeated in his quest for a second term on the Upper Freehold Township Committee in the June 6 Republican primary. Stephen Alexander, who like Diecidue won his first term in 2003, was the top vote-getter in the primary, earning 576 votes in…

  • Bluegrass band will open for Womack at Six Flags

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – There’ll be foot stomping and hand clapping in the North Star Arena at Six Flags Great Adventure, Route 537, at 6 p.m. June 18 as the sounds of bluegrass permeate the crowd. “We will be the opening act for country music singer Lee Ann…

  • Millstone resident named New Jersey Super Lawyer

    Mason MILLSTONE – Gary L. Mason is the only western Monmouth County attorney who specializes in business to earn recognition as a New Jersey Super Lawyer. The Manalapan-based firm Klafter & Mason LLC announced in a June 12 press release that Mason, one of its managing members, has been selected as a 2006 New Jersey…

  • Borough reviews new uses for abandoned gas station

    ROOSEVELT – One of the biggest eyesores in town may soon undergo redevelopment. Councilman Daniel Hoffman reported at the June 5 Borough Council meeting that he recently met with two engineers about site remediation at the almost 3-acre Route 571 site that contains the service station that has been abandoned for many years. The borough…

  • New Millstone ordinance receives legislative support

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The Township Committee shared center stage at its last meeting with New Jersey Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth/Mercer) and Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth/Mercer). Beck and Karcher attended the June 7 Township Committee meeting to announce their support for a township ordinance that will help residents…