Category: Examiner News

  • Reps from two towns plan to discuss police coverage

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer MILLSTONE – A meeting is being planned that will bring together representatives of Englishtown and Millstone Township to discuss police coverage in Millstone. Englishtown Councilwoman Jayne Carr confirmed that officials from both towns will meet in the near future to discuss the possibility of having the…

  • Officials aim to shield eyes from development

    Ordinance requires developers to use buffers and screens BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Warehouses could be in the township’s future, but neighbors may not have to look at them. The Township Committee unanimously passed an ordinance at its May 18 meeting that requires developers to use buffers and…

  • Water issues mulled over in Roosevelt

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – The borough needs new fire hydrants. During the Borough Council’s May 15 meeting, Robert Silverstein, councilman and utilities chairman, said that some of Roosevelt’s fire hydrants are not up to code and the borough will therefore need new ones. According to Silverstein, Water/Sewer Operator…

  • Millstone’s Memorial Day parade set for May 29

    Millstone’s annual Memorial Day parade will be held May 29, starting at 10 a.m., rain or shine. The parade will begin at the Clarksburg post office on Route 524/Stagecoach Road (near Scooters Corner) and end at the Veterans Memorial next to the old Clarksburg School. Ample side-street parking will be available for the public at…

  • Boro concerned about possible boarding house

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah, a school for high school-aged boys of the Jewish Orthodox faith, operates out of the Homestead Lane synagogue in Roosevelt. ROOSEVELT – The yeshiva students’ use of a local residence has prompted questions from borough officials. During its May 15…

  • Community offers input into search

    Process of finding new superintendent could take up to 6 months BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – A search for the next superintendent of the Millstone township School District is well under way. Cathy Weber, of the New Jersey School Boards Association, conducted an informal meeting with residents regarding the…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Allentown resident Stephanie Shonk towel dries an airplane that the Monmouth Area Flying Club washed during its annual “Plane Wash,” at the Lakewood Airport on May 20.

  • Boro mulls possibility of having police force

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – The theft of a plant generated a discussion about the borough’s police coverage at the last Borough Council meeting. Resident Helen Hannigan told the Borough Council at its May 15 meeting that she had a treasured plant stolen from her yard on Mother’s Day.…

  • Officials press for total cleanup of school site

    Residents urged to speak up now about any issues with remediation plan BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Members of the Township Committee expressed outrage that construction of the new middle school will start before remediation of contamination at the school site begins. The township’s Board of Health voted…