Category: Examiner News

  • Maltz ends campaign for Assembly in 12th District

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Assembly candidate Evan Maltz suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 12th District Friday. Maltz, of Millstone, was opposing Jennifer Beck and Declan O’Scanlon in the June 7 primary. According to a May 6 press release, Maltz decided not to run against…

  • Hearing on Route 33 development scheduled

    The Village to include retail stores, restaurants, apartments and a hotel BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — A hearing on The Village at Manalapan commercial development application will take place on May 12. The Manalapan Planning Board will hold a public hearing at 8 p.m. in Manalapan’s municipal building on…

  • More houses could hurt horse breeder’s livelihood

    Upper Freehold Walnridge Farm has had many manifestations over the 175 years it has belonged to the Meirs family. The land, where cows once grazed and crops were raised, is located on Arneytown-Hornerstown Road and is now home to some of the finest standardbred breeding stock in the world. The 300-acre property is in the…

  • Millstone readies for its Memorial Day festivities

    MILLSTONE — The township’s annual Memorial Day parade will take place May 30. Sponsored by the Millstone Township Veterans Memorial Council, the event will begin at 10 a.m., rain or shine. The parade will start at the Clarksburg post office, Route 524/Stagecoach Road (near Scooters Corner) and end at the Veterans Memorial next to the…

  • Millstone’s $6.7 million budget passes in 4-2 vote

    Average homeowners can expect to pay $79 more in municipal taxes this year BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer The Millstone Township’s municipal tax rate just rose 2 cents.The Township Committee voted 4-2 in favor of passing a $6.7 million municipal spending plan and tax resolution during a public hearing held in…

  • Roosevelt officials revisit wastewater treatment issue

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — The Borough Council continues to mull the possibility of the borough accepting wastewater from outside sources for treatment at the local sewage plant. Officials reconstituted a proposed ordinance regarding the matter to incorporate comments that resident Jeff Ellentuck presented to the council. Mayor Neil…

  • Resident weighs in on development debate

    Bob Springhorn says U.F. should stay agricultural, residential and rural BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Even the average Joe has 2 cents to throw into the discussion about area development.Bob Springhorn, who is not active in local affairs, gets most of his information about Upper Freehold from local newspapers. While he…

  • Official discusses Upper Freehold’s build-out

    Analysis on remaining undeveloped acreage expected by year BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer A view of the Holmes Brothers hay and straw farm on Jonathan Holmes Road in Cream Ridge. The farm has been in their family since 1668. A Upper Freehold Township committeeman voiced his views on area development last…

  • Residents chip away at proposed tree ordinance

    Discussion regarding deforestation ordinances postponed until June 2 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — John Feeney had heart surgery on May 2, but that didn’t keep him from the May 5 Township Committee meeting. The Jonathan Holmes Road resident thought the public hearing on regulating tree cutting on private…