Category: Examiner News

  • Upper Freehold comes to aid of Katrina victims

    Township to collect donations during event on Sept. 17 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee discussed how to handle municipal donations for Hurricane Katrina victims on Sept. 8. Township Clerk Barbara Bascom said the township will work with the Salvation Army, which has a list of…

  • Vandals wreck Byron Johnson Park in U.F.

    State police step up patrol and town tightens security BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Upper Freehold deputy mayor vowed that vandals who damaged facilities at Byron Johnson Park will be caught. At the Sept. 8 Township Committee meeting, Deputy Mayor William Miscoski said vandalism has been an ongoing problem at…

  • Escape from Katrina brings family to N.J.

    Family flees Louisiana, reaches Manalapan after harrowing trip BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer They traveled more than 1,400 miles just to get here and are thankful they arrived safely. But now they need a permanent place to live, jobs to pay for their expenses and a chance to rebuild their lives.…

  • Allentown resident’s medium is massage

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — For more than 14 years, Stephanie Lipnicki has promoted natural methods of maintaining a person’s well-being. Lipnicki, of Allentown, is a nationally certified massage therapist, licensed aesthetician and skin care specialist who has most recently dedicated herself to studying acupuncture and herbology, or the…

  • Borough joins community development program

    Town to add three more affordable housing units BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — The borough appointed its administrator as the representative to Monmouth County’s community development program. The council proposed a resolution to appoint Borough Administrator Robert Clark at the Sept. 6 agenda meeting, and voted to pass the…

  • Millstone makes new plans to pay off debt

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Township officials decided that the township should participate in a governmental loan program to organize its debt. The Township Council unanimously voted on Sept. 7 to adopt a resolution authorizing the township’s participation in the Monmouth County Improvement Authority’s (MCIA) Governmental Loan Program. The…

  • Millstoner uses sports footage to achieve stardom

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Aspiring filmmaker Mike Gaboff, 18, toys around with his digital video camera in the backyard of his house in Millstone. Mike Gaboff recently hit pay dirt. Dirt Star, a clothing company in Ridgeville, Ohio, recently decided to sponsor the 18-year-old Millstone Township resident’s extreme sports video…

  • Farming family sues for ‘true value’ of its land

    Lees claim Millstone officials offered to buy property, but never did BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — A Red Valley Road family recently served the township with a lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed with the Superior Court of New Jersey by Scott T. Tross, of the Newark-based law firm Herrick, Feinstein…

  • Area residents fume over high gas prices

    State inspectors find more than 100 violations in past week BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Gas prices posted at the Mobil gas station, located in downtown Allentown, on the Saturday afternoon of Labor Day weekend. Before Labor Day weekend, many area gas stations had long lines of vehicles…