Category: Examiner News

  • Horse Park to host 2006 ‘Jersey Fresh’ event

    Nancy Hutcheson, president of the Horse Park of New Jersey, Upper Freehold Township, announced that the “Jersey Fresh CCI/CCI” will be held May 31-June 4 at the Horse Park next year. This will be the fourth year for the CCI and the second year for the CCI at the Upper Freehold facility. Hutcheson also announced…

  • U.F. calls on residents to help design new park

    UPPER FREEHOLD — The township tentatively scheduled a design workshop for the new park at Wygant and Jonathan Holmes roads on Jan. 26. The Township Committee decided to hold a workshop after a committeeman said that members of the public need to know more about the conceptual plan for the 27-acre facility, known as the…

  • Benefit show shines light on problem of teen suicide

    Jody Joseph, a popular New Jersey music instructor and front person for the well known act Jody Joseph and the Average Joes, has teamed up again with the New Jersey Chapter of the Yellow Ribbon International Suicide Prevention Program for the second LIVE — Rock for Life benefit concerts. LIVE is an acronym for Live,…

  • Sex offenders barred from county facilities

    FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders adopted a resolution on Oct. 27 that bars convicted sexual offenders from using county facilities, which includes the Monmouth County Park System and the Monmouth County Library System. “As adults, parents and elected officials, we must do everything we can to protect our children from dangerous sexual…

  • Petition to recall mayor recirculates

    A special election on Feb. 7 would cost taxpayers $3,680 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Roosevelt residents filled a state Superior Court room on Oct. 27 to hear the fate of the recently circulated petition to recall the mayor. Judge Alexander Lehrer, sitting in the Monmouth County Court House’s Chancery Division…

  • New regulations could protect water quality

    Proposed ordinance aims to control yard waste, litter and sewage BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The township is reviewing new penalties for various kinds of pollution. During its Oct. 19 meeting, the Township Committee voted 3-0 to introduce an ordinance that would help the municipality better manage the cleanliness…

  • Millstone Township fire department adds recruits

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Attorney Joseph Youssouf swears in new firefighters Stephanie Carbin (l-r), Michael Maloney, Matt Wagner, Mark Mains, Ed Glover and Keith Buckalew at the Oct. 24 Board of Commissioners meeting in Millstone. MILLSTONE — The township now has 10 paid firefighters. Six new firefighters joined…

  • Another historic house faces the wrecking ball

    Owners will allow Historical Commission to search for records BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone MILLSTONE — A century-old house on the corner of Stagecoach and Rising Sun Tavern roads will be demolished to make way for a new home. At its Oct. 26 meeting, the Zoning Board unanimously decided to…

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    DENNIS SYMONS JR. Lacey Magee, 11, makes a splash in her bubble bath costume during the annual Halloween parade through Millstone Township on Sunday.