Category: Examiner News

  • Apropos plans have yet to manifest for Imlaystown

    Property owners in endangered village need septic issues resolved BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold UPPER FREEHOLD — Officials continue to discuss the future of Imlaystown. The township’s Board of Health Chairman Dr. S. Perrine Dey and Freehold Area Board of Health Officer Margaret Jahn met with representatives of the…

  • Parents urge board to rehire teacher

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Despite protest, a popular teacher may not return to the school district next year. About a dozen parents at the April 11 Board of Education meeting voiced their opposition to the board’s decision not to rehire Millstone Township elementary school teacher Matthew Palace. Palace,…

  • Family waits for cure for son’s rare disorder

    University of Minnesota scientists seek funding for continuing EB research BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Jake Liao, 2, was born with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a disease characterized by chronic and painful blistering inside and outside of the body. Above, he plays with his mother, Theresa Liao, on the…

  • Board member bids farewell

    After 16 years of service, Pat Coffey says governing body needs BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Board of Education members said a tearful goodbye to a colleague last week. The April 11 board meeting was the last for Patricia Coffey, who has served both the township and the regional…

  • Officials pave way for corner development

    Final approval depends on historical pesticide review and court decision BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — After three years of litigation between the township and developers, officials granted final approval for a 30-acre commercial subdivision at Cox’s Corner. The Planning Board gave the approval at its April 14 meeting…

  • Millstone Boy Scouts face ‘major disaster’

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOS BY DENNIS SYMONS Adam Duffy (l) and Joseph Meyer, of Boy Scout Troop 116, establish communications during a mass casualty exercise held at the YMCA camp in Millstone on April 9. MILLSTONE — A “tornado” recently tore a path of destruction in the township, causing…

  • Flaws found in proposed tree laws

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Planning Board has found problems with the Township Committee’s proposed tree ordinances. During its April 14 meeting, board members unanimously voted to send its review of the proposed tree ordinances to the committee. The board and its attorney, Frank Armenante, looked at…

  • Worldly Beauty becomes a mom

    JEFF GRANIT staff Jose Cervantez, a stallion handler, walks in the sunshine with Worldly Beauty and her firstborn, a foal, at Perretti Farms in Upper Freehold on April 12. UPPER FREEHOLD — It’s a girl! Worldly Beauty, a premier racing mare, gave birth to her first foal on April 5 at Perretti Farms in Cream…

  • Resident questions 2-cent municipal tax increase

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Residents had some questions for the Township Committee last week. During the committee’s April 7 meeting, residents wanted clarification about the 2005 municipal budget and the home assessment revaluation currently taking place in the township. Former Mayor Robert Abrams said that in the…