Category: Examiner News
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Ordinance on facades discussed
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Officials discussed establishing an architectural review committee last week. Establishing an architectural review committee would help the township’s Economic Development Committee (EDC), the Planning Board and Township Planner Mark Remsa come up with a facade ordinance by the end of the year, said…
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Board mulls new school’s sewage options
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — At its March 23 meeting, the Board of Education voted to do soil tests for a wastewater treatment plant on the proposed middle school property. The board has a few options with regard to how it could provide wastewater treatment for the school, which…
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Another historic building demolished in Imlaystown
U.F. officials continue to discuss possibilities of preserving historic hamlet BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Another piece of historic Imlaystown no longer exists. Last year, the organization Preservation New Jersey designated Imlaystown as one of the 10 Most Endangered Historic Sites in the state. Even though a house on the main street…
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U.F. officials to postpone ethics reform
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee will wait to pass code-of-ethics and antinepotism ordinances. During the committee’s March 31 meeting, members disagreed on whether the township needed such ordinances. Committeeman David Horsnall said he still had the same opinion he did when the subject was brought…
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Expert speaks on long-term wastewater management
This is the final article in a series focusing on the area BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — John Mele outlined a forward thinking plan for the area’s septic issues this week. Mele, a former mayor of Upper Freehold who has worked in the wastewater field for more than…
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$28.8 million budget will go before voters
Spending plan for 2005-06 will rely on a total tax levy of $13 million BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education unanimously voted to pass the 2005-06 budget after a public hearing at the March 23 meeting. Voters will have the opportunity to decide…
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Student film festival to return for 2nd year
Organizers are still accepting entries for May 6 event BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer JACKSON — A pair of aspiring film directors will put on their second annual student film festival May 6. The event will take place from 6-9 p.m. in the auditorium of Jackson Memorial High School, Don Connor…
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Board holds hearing on controversial vet clinic
Center to feature a pool, surgical rooms, training and grooming areas BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The crowd overflowed the room and fanned out into the hallway last week, when Sharon Gaboff went before the Millstone Township Zoning Board. Gaboff appeared at the board’s March 23 meeting for a hearing on…
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Township historian tells her home’s tale
Millstone residence built by Revolutionary War veteran David Cook BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone Township Historian Joann Kelty admired the old farmhouse on Conover Road for years before she actually owned it. Kelty and her husband, Doug, would drive past it on their way to Showplace Farms, where they had…
