Category: Examiner News
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Resident questions zoning of land on Old York Road
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A local landowner thinks the township’s zoning officer bears a personal grudge against him for not allowing him to sell his land as commercial property. Zoning Officer Ronald Gafgen denies that he has a personal grudge against Woodrow Wilson “Butch” Dey III. He…
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Agress Road subdivision hearing begins in Millstone
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The hearing for an Agress Road couple’s application to subdivide their property into two lots will continue in September. At the Aug. 10 Planning Board meeting, attorney Kenneth Pape, who represents Michael and Beth Spooner, said a planner would be available to testify at…
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Gun at yeshiva protest angers boro residents
Mayor says synagogue members felt threatened BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — Mayor Neil Marko endured fierce questioning by residents at the Aug. 8 Borough Council meeting. Marko, who is the subject of a recall petition, has been criticized by many of his constituents for supporting Congregation Anshei Roosevelt’s plan…
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Tape of protest proves resident wrongly accused
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — A resident’s story about what happened at the yeshiva protest has been rewritten. Jay Goldman, a former member of Congregation Anshei Roosevelt and a borough resident for the past 18 years, talked to the Examiner about his experience July 28 at the Homestead Lane…
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Roosevelt recall of mayor moved to the back burner
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — A movement to recall Mayor Neil Marko stopped dead in its tracks last week. Borough Clerk Krystyna Olejnik said approximately 255 signatures on a petition to recall the mayor could not be certified because the first page of each section of the documentation did…
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Mosquito sample tests positive for encephalitis
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer EATONTOWN — Evidence of Eastern equine encephaltiis (EEE) mosquitoes has been detected in Monmouth County. On Aug. 10, officials from the N.J. Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) laboratory in Trenton notified the Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission (MCMEC) in Eatontown that one mosquito sample…
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Body found in Millstone in June still not identified
This gray Schwinn bicycle was found on the Sun Sing Farm in Millstone near an irrigation pond where police found a decomposing body of an unidentified man. The N.J. State Police are looking for help to identify the body of a dead man found this summer on a township farm. On June 19, a fisherman…
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Officials rethink family’s situation on Meirs Road
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A Meirs Road family won’t have to vacate the trailer they’re living in before construction on their house is completed. At the Aug. 4 meeting, the Township Committee reversed a decision made last month to not grant an extension to the Carter family…
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Dick Cheney presents award to U.F. woman
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney presents the Malcolm Baldrige Award to Deborah Cardello (l) and others during a Washington, D.C., ceremony July 20. UPPER FREEHOLD — A township resident recently received a national award from the vice president of the United States. Deborah Cardello, a chief…
