Category: Examiner News

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    Roosevelt Public School students created this banner under the guidance of art teacher Barbara Atwood as a submission for the recent Monmouth County Teen Arts Festival.

  • Synagogue schedules bond drive

    MILLSTONE – The Perrineville Jewish Center will host an Israel bond drive on June 11. The drive, which will take place at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on Route 33 in East Windsor, will honor two local families and educate those in attendance about investments to help the state of Israel, the according to…

  • Residents speak out about warehouse project in U.F.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Residents reacted to a proposed plan last week to build 1.8 million square feet of warehouse space in town. The Planning Board continued its public hearing May 11 on the Rockefeller Group’s plan to build three warehouses off Breza Road. The board will…

  • Pennington man pleads guilty in fatal U.F. crash

    Prosecutor says plea highlights drinking and driving consequences UPPER FREEHOLD – Richard Duffy, 35, pleaded guilty on May 15 to vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal car crash that took place in the township last year. As a result of the plea, Duffy, who most recently resided in Pennington, faces a sentence of five…

  • U.F. remains undecided about alternative septics

    Area Board of Health officer encourages use of new technologies BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Board of Health continued its discussion at its May 9 meeting on whether to allow community members to use alternative septic systems. The board does not expect to make a final decision…

  • BBB warns about scams in summer

    With warm weather approaching, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of New Jersey is warning homeowners to be on the lookout for home-improvement scams. This is the time of year when less-than-reputable or unqualified contractors breeze into town promising a variety of services at cut-rate prices. They may show up at your door, advertise in local…

  • Hearing on warehouse plan draws large crowd

    Officials review parking, traffic and landscaping of proposed project BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – A hearing on the Rockefeller Group’s application to build 1.8 million square feet of warehouse/office space off Breza Road continued on May 11. The Planning Board held the hearing in the Allentown High School…

  • Millstoners butt heads over municipal budget

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – A former township official has alleged that the current governing body has increased municipal operating expenses and masked the true municipal tax rate by using interest on money coming in from several different sources. Current township officials deny the claim former Committeeman John Pfefferkorn…

  • County Republicans search for new leader

    BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Monmouth County’s Republican Party is aggressively searching for a new official leader. Since Fredrick P. Niemann, the chairman of the Monmouth County Republican Party since June 2004, recently announced that he will not seek another term in that office, and Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley…