Category: Examiner News
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Residents petition against ball fields on Wygant Rd.
Development includes softball fields, tennis and basketball courts BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Wygant Road residents signed a petition expressing concern about Upper Freehold’s plan to put ball fields near their homes. The township purchased the Hudler tract at the corner of Wygant and Jonathan Holmes roads late last year. The…
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Millstone Township starts consolidating mail service
Incoming mail will go to Clarksburg and Perrineville offices BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer The U.S. Postal Service wants to consolidate all sections of Millstone Township into two ZIP codes. The U.S. Postal Service recently reviewed mail service to Millstone Township and found that current methods of delivery are “messy” and…
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Football legend to help Millstone’s ‘Baby Jake’
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — “Baby Jake” is getting a little help from a lot of new friends. Legendary Joe Klecko of the New York Jets will appear at Millstone Day from 2-4 p.m. on Sept. 18 to sign autographs and memorabilia to help raise funds for 2-year-old Millstone…
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Borough seeks to keep vandals out of cemetery
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Roosevelt ROOSEVELT — The borough may install a gate at the historic cemetery off Eleanor Lane to keep out trespassers. At the Aug. 15 committee meeting of Borough Council members, Councilman Jeff Hunt said there is an increasing amount of drug activity at the cemetery as…
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Board agrees with rezoning of middle school property
Village designation would allow package sewage treatment plant BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Allentown ALLENTOWN — The Board of Education agreed with the township’s plan to change the new middle school property’s land-use designation last week. During its Aug. 17 meeting, the board passed a resolution authorizing Upper Freehold Township Planner…
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Millstone won’t allow cemeteries on Route 33
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Officials banned cemeteries and crematories as a land use in certain areas of the township last week. Township Committee members voted 3-2 on Aug. 17 in favor of an ordinance that amends the township’s planned commercial development (PCD) zoning district regulations to clearly express…
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Yeshiva would service students across nation
Synagogue president says long-term plan includes dormitory BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — The controversy over the establishment of a boys’ yeshiva, an Orthodox Jewish high school, at the town synagogue continues to brew. At the Aug. 15 Borough Council meeting, resident Dolores Chasan read a statement from yeshiva representative…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Ben Nulman, 11, of Roosevelt, looks over the propelled rocket racer he constructed during Mad Science Camp held at the Roosevelt Public School on Aug. 23.
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Family speaks out about battle against babesiosis
Millstoner contracts first case in 2005 of rare disease caused by tick SCOTT PILLING staff Elaine and Ed Miller sit in the living room of their home in Millstone on Aug. 18, speaking about Ed’s recent bout with babesiosis, a disease caused by a tick bite. MILLSTONE — Ed Miller, 86, recounted his bout with…
