Category: Examiner News

  • The top 10 Millstone Twp. stories of 2005

    Top issues have been strange and sensitive BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Covering topics such as a plane crash, a pet cemetery and an unidentified body, Millstone Township’s newspaper headlines over the past year read like a good tragic comedy. Here are what the Examiner considers Millstone’s top 10 stories of…

  • Departing committeeman offers officials some advice

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer David Horsnall For the first time in 12 years, David Horsnall will no longer be a Upper Freehold Township committeeman. Horsnall decided earlier this year not to run for a fifth term on the Township Committee. His tenure on the committee, from 1994 to 2006, coincided…

  • 2005: The year Upper Freehold planned for its future

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A month-to-month summary of all that happened in Upper Freehold last year reveals that most matters involved planning and development. Here’s a list of some of the most important stories from 2005. January For the first time in memory, the vote for mayor…

  • Small borough brings big year to a close

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — The past year has been called one of the most tumultuous in Roosevelt’s history. While the first few months of 2005 were relatively uneventful, the decision of the local synagogue to house a boys yeshiva, or an Orthodox Jewish high school, pitted neighbor against…

  • Hearing on animal shelter postponed

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The Zoning Board canceled a hearing last week on a controversial animal shelter. Sharon and Alan Gaboff are seeking a bulk and use variance to construct a 7,057-square-foot building on their property, which is on the corner of Route 524 and Ely Harmony Road.…

  • Nominations sought for NJVF ‘Hall of Fame’

    Nominations sought for NJVF ‘Hall of Fame’ The New Jersey Veterinary Foundation (NJVF), Springfield, is seeking nominations for its 11th annual “Hall of Fame.” The deadline for receiving nominations is Jan. 6. Nominations are sought in five categories: hero, for animals that have saved a life or prevented injury; companion, for animals that are an…

  • Seminar to address good government

    Monmouth County Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick’s annual seminar for local governmental officials will mark its 20th anniversary this month. All newly elected local officials are invited to attend. This free seminar, which is open to all government officials in Monmouth County, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 7 in the Advanced…

  • Committee denies member privilege to speak in U.F.

    Former mayors say governing body lacks courtesy BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Christmas spirit did not appear to be in the air at the Dec. 15 Upper Freehold Township Committee meeting. By a 3-to-1 vote, the committee decided to end the public session of the meeting and go into executive…

  • Local sure of Corzine’s ‘40-in-four’

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A township resident is optimistic that Gov.-elect Jon Corzine will fulfill his campaign promises for property tax reform. Cy Thannikary, a Republican, is a member of the Property Tax Policy Group created by Corzine. According to Thannikary, the bipartisan group has to come…