Category: Examiner News

  • Late-night intrusions bother borough residents

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — Some borough residents have complained about doorbells ringing in the wee hours of the morning and knocks on doors in the middle of the night. Several residents made such complaints at the Sept. 12 Borough Council meeting. At the Sept. 19 council meeting, Mayor…

  • Horse group announces 2005 Humanity Award

    The Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) announced Dec. 31 as the deadline for nominations for its 2005 Humanity Award. The award recognizes people who have demonstrated exceptional care and compassion for standardbred horses, according to Barbara J. Luna, SRF’s business manager. SRF will accept nominations for the award from members of the equine community nationwide, Luna…

  • Local Little Leagues team up help the less fortunate

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff The Allentown/Upper Freehold Little League collected sporting goods for Hurricane Katrina victims at Byron Johnson Park on Sept. 24. ALLENTOWN — Even rivals can come together for a good cause. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Little League teams from Allentown, Upper Freehold,…

  • Roosevelt officials plan to investigate yeshiva

    Petitioners allege school does not meet boro BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Roosevelt’s zoning officer will look into petitioners’ complaints that the Me’on Hatorah yeshiva is violating borough ordinances. Earlier this month, the yeshiva opened an Orthodox Jewish high school for boys at the synagogue on Homestead Lane, Congregation Anshei Roosevelt.…

  • Signs make roads safer for horses, riders

    BY JANE MEGGITT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers BY JANE MEGGITT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writers MILLSTONE — The township is the first in the state to put up signs aimed at slowing drivers down when they are passing horses. The Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township (HAMT) created a set of signs designed to protect horses…

  • Bombings won’t keep Redbirds from London

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — The Allentown High School Redbird Marching Band still plans to celebrate the new year in London. Earlier this year, Queen Elizabeth II sent the band an invitation to perform in the 2006 New Year’s Day Parade-London. But the bombings of London’s transit system in…

  • County will cut back on employee vehicles

    FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that county employees no longer will be permitted to use a county vehicle to commute to work. Only those employees who have after-hours public health and safety responsibilities will have an assigned vehicle. “In view of the current national crisis involving spiraling gasoline prices, we…

  • Registration begins for annual run

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The fourth annual Witches Hollow Run will take place on Oct. 30. The Millstone Township Booster Club will sponsor a 1-mile fun run and a 5K run, both of which will raise money to support student athletics in Millstone Township, according to Donna Levine,…

  • Population increase could burden boro infrastructure

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — The presence of a yeshiva, an Orthodox Jewish high school for boys, at the Homestead Lane synagogue has sharply divided residents. The yeshiva has not presented its short-term or long-term plans before the borough’s Planning Board. However, residents are concerned because yeshiva representatives have…