Category: Examiner News

  • Hearing on controversial kennel slated for Nov. 30

    Friend of applicant speaks out after flier circulates in Millstone BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Millstone An upcoming Millstone Township Zoning Board hearing has garnered a kennel owner some negative attention in recent weeks. Sharon Gaboff, who will go before the Zoning Board of Adjustment on Nov. 30 seeking a variance…

  • Photo books purr-fect for the holiday

    Kim Levin BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Top, Birdie strikes a pose in “Cattitude: The Feline Guide to Being Fabulous.” Above, Border with mittens is featured in “Hound for the Holidays.” At left, Little SIlver residents John O’Neill and Kim Levin (with Charlie) have collaborated on four books about cats and…

  • Vigil to help ease families’ grief

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — A local grief support organization will participate in a worldwide candlelight vigil on Dec. 11. Members of the Mercer Chapter of The Compassionate Friends (TCF) in Allentown will join thousands of people around the world in lighting candles in remembrance of families grieving the…

  • Millstoner honored as one of nation’s top Girl Scouts

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Lipica Shah wasn’t afraid to be herself, and now she’s nationally known for it. The Girl Scouts of the USA recognized Shah, an 18-year-old Millstone resident, as a 2005 Girl Scout Gold Award Young Woman of Distinction during the 50th annual, national Girl Scout…

  • Cleanup of arsenic at Cox’s Corner to begin

    Developers file tort claim against U.F. for utility costs BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A planned commercial center at Cox’s Corner that has hit various snags in the development process just got one step closer to construction. Preliminary approval was granted to the 11-lot subdivision on routes 524…

  • Alternative septic system use pondered in U.F.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold UPPER FREEHOLD — The Board of Health wants more time before it makes a decision on establishing a septic management ordinance for alternative systems. At the board’s Nov. 15 meeting, Freehold Area Board of Health Officer Margaret Jahn gave board members an overview of…

  • Millstone woman conveys the joys of volunteerism

    Registered nurse sees community service as a family tradition BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Millstone Township’s Laura Giffen, a nurse and mother of three children, volunteers her extra time serving the local Girl Scouts and her parish. In a sweet, soft-spoken voice, Laura Giffen tells how serving others…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Bunny Kniesler (l), of Upper Freehold, and Margaret Grappo, of Cream Ridge, get bears ready for a Villagers’ fundraiser at the First Aid Squad building in Allentown on Nov. 16.

  • Millstone resident cares for hundreds of area cats

    Feline friend spent over $10,000 last year in vet fees alone BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone Township resident Layne Sultana takes care of a cat colony in her hometown. She also volunteers to manage colonies in Manalapan and Freehold. As the midsize sport-utility vehicle pulls into the parking lot, cats…