Category: Examiner News

  • RPS, state funding top board candidate issues

    If proposed budget passes, tax rate would amount to $3.31 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – During the April 18 Board of Education elections, voters will elect three members to the board and decide the fate of a proposed nearly $2.5 million budget. The proposed budget relies on a tax…

  • Twp. agrees to $1.3M fire budget

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Township officials recently helped alleviate fire taxes for the average homeowner by about $25. Because voters turned down the fire company’s proposed $1.3 million budget last month, the Township Committee had to review the spending plan and hold a public hearing on March 15.…

  • Local artist’s work turns the human body inside out

    Allentown resident has illustrated 20 medical books BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Medical Illustrator Elizabeth Roselius shows a drawing that she currently has on exhibit at the Allentown Library in Allentown. Elizabeth Roselius decided against going to medical school, but her work has influenced scores of physicians. A…

  • Roosevelt uncertain about fate of emergency services

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – The borough may need a major fundraising effort to save its emergency-service departments. At its March 20 committee meeting, the Borough Council discussed the needs of its fire department and first aid squad. Former Mayor Neil Marko, whom voters ousted in a recall election…

  • Family organizes 5K run in Millstone Township

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The Petrella family wants to help unite the community their son loved so much. In an effort to bring area residents together for a good cause, Brittany, 17, Corinne, 20, and parents Shirley and John Petrella Sr. have organized a 5K run throughout Millstone…

  • Millstone Twp. reviews $7.1M spending plan

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Township officials unveiled a 2006-07 municipal budget on Saturday morning that would amount to approximately $7.1 million. The Township Committee held a special meeting at 9 a.m. on March 25 for a preliminary review of its proposed 2006-07 municipal budget. According to William Antonides,…

  • Blaze levels barn, kills 24 horses

    Investigators believe electrical short caused early morning fire BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Twelve broodmares and their 12 babies perished in an early morning fire that swept through Perretti Farms in Upper Freehold on March 24. The horses, which succumbed to smoke inhalation, had a total worth of approximately $1.5 million,…

  • Jeff Ellentuck tapped to fill council seat

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – There’s a new but familiar face on the Borough Council. The Borough Council recently appointed Jeff Ellentuck to the council seat vacated by Beth Battel, who took over the mayoral position after she bested former Mayor Neil Marko in a recall election last month.…

  • Missing pups return safely home after long journey

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF DIANA MEGGITT Katie Meirs (l) and her sister Julie Meirs, of Upper Freehold, reunite with the three pups that escaped the family farm last week, but were soon recovered in Pennsylvania. UPPER FREEHOLD – Three little dogs went on one big adventure last…