Category: Examiner News

  • U.F. plans to purchase 295 acres of open space

    Officials appropriate $5.5 million to fund acquisition of land BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold has saved the Cream Ridge Golf Club (CRGC) from potential development. During a special meeting on Feb. 27, the Township Committee unanimously voted to appropriate $5.5 million to help the township acquire the golf course…

  • Official found not guilty

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Deputy Mayor William Miscoski has cleared his name in an alleged ethics violation. Miscoski announced at the March 2 Township Committee meeting that he had appealed an ethics violation finding and a $500 fine levied last year by the Local Finance Board. He…

  • Redbird Robotics named All-Star at 1st competition

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Allentown High School Redbird Robotics used this mechanical creation to compete at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton on March 2-4. ALLENTOWN – They went and saw and nearly conquered their first full-fledged robotics competition. After more than six weeks of building and developing their first…

  • First aid squad seeks volunteers for training

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — The borough’s first aid squad is looking for a few good men and women, ideally about 16 new crew members. The Allentown First Aid Squad covers Allentown, Upper Freehold, and the sections of I-195 and the New Jersey Turnpike in those towns. The squad…

  • Snowstorm conditions bother some

    U.F. residents complain workers were not given food or a place to rest BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Residents complained last week about the working conditions township employees experienced during last month’s snowstorm. The complaints at the Feb. 16 Township Committee meeting came in the wake of recent…

  • Millstone to beautify its ‘islands’

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — A trip to the “islands” last year didn’t prove to be so nice for Township Committeeman Steven Sico. At the Township Committee’s meeting on Feb. 15, Sico launched an initiative to beautify unkempt center islands in some of the township’s residential developments. “The issue…

  • Family plans to build pool in front yard

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — A Fillmore Drive couple will soon have the luxury of walking out the front door of their home to go swimming. At the Feb. 22 Zoning Board meeting, the board unanimously agreed to allow Robert and Betty Bailey to construct the pool in their…

  • Art sale bolsters Millstone Twp. community projects

    Women BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer At top, auctioneer “Spike” from Ross Galleries in Long Island auctions a piece of artwork at the Millstone Township Elementary School on Feb. 25. Bottom left, a guitar signed by Bruce Springsteen and other E Street Band members awaits auction. Bottom right, a metal Ferris…

  • Group pushes for people’s convention on tax reform

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A local man said he has a gut feeling property-tax reform will soon occur. Resident Cy Thannikary, who serves on Gov. Jon Corzine’s Property Tax Reform Transition Policy Group (PTRTPG), shared highlights of the group’s preliminary report with the Examiner last week. The…