Category: Examiner News

  • Local creates reality TV program about animals

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Clockwise from top left — Jody Caizza, a cast member of a proposed reality TV show called “Head to Tail,” feeds a wild squirrel a peanut. Sharon Scubelek (l-r), Caizza and Bonnie Rutkowski prepare for the filming of the show, which is…

  • Owners try to preserve golf course in U.F.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Development looms in the future of the Cream Ridge Golf Club (CRGC), but its owners say they are still trying to preserve the property. Deputy Mayor William Miscoski, whose family owns the property on Route 539 and Holmes Mill Road, said family members…

  • U.F. officials to get rid of unsightly signs

    Excessive real estate ads on corner of Ellisdale and New roads cause concern BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee has decided to enforce its ordinance regarding real estate signs after receiving complaints about ads near the Four Seasons development. Since Four Seasons is a private, gated…

  • Verizon joins Cingular at Rte. 526 site

    Planning Board allows company to add service and shed to property BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — There will soon be 12 new antennae on a local cell tower. The township’s Planning Board unanimously voted at its June 27 meeting to allow Verizon Wireless to add the antennae and…

  • Town planner reviews survey results in U.F.

    Members discuss town center, Imlaystown and development on Route 537 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Planning Board members got their first glimpse last week of the results of a survey they took about commercial development in the township. In explaining the results of the survey, Township Planner Mark…

  • Condemnation ruling draws mixed reaction

    Committeeman calls for Supreme Court judges BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone officials had strong reactions to the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that allows local governments to take private property on behalf of private developers. The June 23 decision on Kelo, et al., vs. the City of New London ruled that…

  • Nursery owner looks at land use

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Chet Halka stands on part of Halka Nurseries in Millstone Township on July 1. Chet Halka knows the lay of the land.So much so, that he continues to turn his knowledge into profit with Halka Nurseries, a family business that has…

  • Boro readies for festival

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — Rides, games and other amusements will soon be lighting up the borough. The third annual Freedom Fest will take place from July 18-23 at the Upper Freehold Regional School complex, located on Route 539, according to Cindy Duvin, the festival’s advertising coordinator. “This event,”…

  • Family farms can’t find sustenance in Millstone

    Local talks about town BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff A worker on Soon Hing Farm, located on Red Valley Road in Millstone, cuts up bok choy and places it into boxes on July 7. Farming in Millstone Township is slowly becoming an outdated land use. Resident and farmer…