Category: Examiner News

  • Warehouse development faces opposition

    Board to continue hearing application on June 27 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Some Upper Freehold and Allentown residents have joined forces to try to stop warehouse development on Breza Road. Calling themselves the Concerned Citizens of Upper Freehold and Allentown (CCUFA), the group recently met at the Allentown library to discuss its objections to…

  • Freehold Twp. to welcome 111th annual horse show

    The 111th Monmouth County Horse Show will return to East Freehold Park, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, Aug. 16-20 and exhibitors will see a number of upgrades both in prize money and continued improvements to the facility. The show, first held in 1895, is one of the nation’s longest running and most prestigious horse shows, according…

  • Pfefferkorn to challenge incumbents in Millstone

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – A former township committeeman has announced his candidacy for a Township Committee seat. On June 12, John Pfefferkorn sent out a press release that he will run as an unaffiliated candidate in the November election. Pfefferkorn will seek one of two open three-year term…

  • Sharp-eyed officer arrests fugitive from Washington

    BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Police Officer George Burdge described it as one of the scariest experiences of his 16 years as a policeman and he quickly remembered what he had been preaching to younger officers over the years. The situation evolved during a motor vehicle stop on…

  • 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…

  • Roosevelt: A planned perspective

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – When he talks about the success of the Roosevelt community, it’s not all about religion and art. For Ralph Seligman, who has sat on the Planning Board as chairman for more than 30 years, the success of Roosevelt since its inception in 1936 has…