Category: Examiner News

  • Animal control service costs expected to rise

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Local municipalities with heavy animal control call loads would pay more for services this year under proposed interlocal fees. Upper Freehold Township, which provides animal control services to various towns in four counties, intends to raise its service fees later this year. Allentown,…

  • More homes planned for property off Nurko Road

    DEP must certify that lots are free of contamination BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Millstone Township Planning Board granted final approval for a seven-lot subdivision off Nurko Road. The board, which reorganized Jan. 11, also unanimously chose Mitchell Newman and Donna Haag to retain their posts as chairman and vice chairman, respectively. New members…

  • Emley’s Hill Road slated for 60-home development

    Planning Board re-elects Stern as chairman BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer After its reorganization, the Upper Freehold Planning Board gave final approval for a 60-unit subdivision on Emley’s Hill Road and Route 537. During its Jan. 12 meeting, the board unanimously re-elected Richard Stern as its chairman. Barry Wright was elected…

  • New animal clinic will open in U.F.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A clinic that caters to small, furry critters will soon open near Cox’s Corner. At its Jan. 12 meeting, the township’s Planning Board unanimously approved the creation of a veterinary clinic at 3 Imlaystown-Hightstown Road. Neighbors of the proposed clinic attended the meeting…

  • Board reviews Huneke Way subdivision plan

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — A township resident wants to divide 36 acres on Huneke Way into three lots. At its Jan. 11 meeting, the Planning Board unanimously agreed to place the subdivision application on its Feb. 8 agenda, with the condition that the township’s Environmental Commission review soil…

  • Board awaits developer’s word on Southern Farm

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff A 150-acre tract of land that runs alongside Route 571 and Nurko Road in Roosevelt still has a “For Sale” sign in front of it, despite Mohapac, N.Y., resident Richard Annunziata’s claim that he’s building his home and a horse farm there. ROOSEVELT…

  • Local student advances to next level of geography bee

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone Township Middle School teacher Robert Hoagland congratulates eighth-grader Jeff Legaspi for winning the school’s geography bee. MILLSTONE — What is the smallest country in Europe? Knowing that the answer to the question was Vatican City helped Jeff Legaspi, an eighth-grader at Millstone Township Middle School…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Shannon Gallagher trims Buddy’s hair during a dog-grooming clinic held on Jan. 15 at Angels in Fur, a dog-grooming business in Millstone Township. Buddy is a bichon frise, and Gallagher is the daughter of Angels in Fur owner Jane Gallagher.

  • Health department wants $40,000 more from U.F.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Freehold Area Health Department (FAHD), which provides various services to the township, wants a hefty pay increase for its 2006-07 interlocal agreement. However, even with the proposed increase, Upper Freehold Township would still not be paying its fair share, based on the…