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…

  • Locals wary after bear sighting in Upper Freehold

    Cook College professor gives advice on keeping homes and yards safe BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A Wygant Road resident spotted a bear on his land last week. Warren White was leading a horse out to a paddock the morning of June 19 when the mare “freaked out”…

  • Assistant U.S. attorney could become prosecutor

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer The state Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of acting Gov. Richard Codey’s nomination of Assistant U.S. Attorney Luis Valentin to become Monmouth County prosecutor. The committee’s vote came Monday. A vote by the full Senate is scheduled for June 30. If appointed, Valentin’s term as…

  • Appointment to school board causes concern

    Four Seasons residents said their candidate should have been chosen BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The filling of a vacancy on the Upper Freehold Regional District Board of Education has angered some residents of the Four Seasons adult community. By a vote of 6-3, Lisa Herzer was appointed to fill the position formerly held by…

  • Pheasants Forever group flocks together

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Representa-tives from the conservation group Pheasants Forever gave a presentation at the June 23 Township Committee meeting. Municipal Clerk Barbara Bascom invited the group to speak to the governing body because, with the township’s cluster zoning option, there will be large areas of…

  • School and dorm plans pitched in Roosevelt

    Institution would add about 150 students to the borough BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — A group has approached the borough with plans to convert the existing synagogue into a residential school. Residents can attend a meeting in the Roosevelt synagogue, Congregation Anshei Roosevelt, located at 20 Homestead Lane, tonight…