Category: Examiner News

  • Billboards will go up along Route I-95

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Drivers who take Route I-95 will have new scenery to look at as they pass through the township. The Township Committee unanimously voted to adopt an ordinance on Feb. 16 to permit outdoor advertising signs along Interstate Route I-195. Mayor Elias Abilheira said the…

  • Millstone officials adopt law to stop pay-to-play

    Ordinance limits campaign donations from no-bid contractors BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Professionals seeking a no bid contract with Millstone Township will fall subject to new campaign contribution regulations. After almost three years of hot debate among officials and residents, the Township Committee unanimously voted to pass an ordinance Feb. 2…

  • Local pushes for open space now and always

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Pat Butch made sure her farm will remain open space, and now she’s helping others do the same. With the aid of the township’s Open Space Committee (OSC), Butch entered her 72-acre property on Prodelin Way, known as Bright Meadows Farm, into a Farmland…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Nick Bryson shows off the greenhouse section of his home, which he built himself using a method that wouldn’t require him to need an outside heating source.

  • Proposed land swap worries officials

    Potential access road could interfere with existing intersection BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The Planning Board wanted to know the broader implications of a potential minor subdivision at its Feb. 9 meeting. The Foo-Hsing Corp., which owns 150 landlocked acres off Disbrow Hill Road, wants to reconfigure its lot…

  • Millstone gets $425,000 for farmland preservation

    Five additional farms are in the process of receiving funding BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The township just preserved 220 more acres of land. Township Committee members commemorated the county’s release of $425,000 — its cost share for the preservation of local farms — with a ceremony held Feb.…

  • Proposed fire budget would raise taxes

    MILLSTONE — The township’s proposed fire budget would raise taxes for the average homeowner. Fire District No. 1 will hold its annual elections for two new commissioners and its proposed $1.1 million budget on Feb. 19, according to Frank Leonard, the township’s fire commissioner. Fire District No. 1 would have to raise $966,172, up from…

  • EPA hands down new storm-water regulations

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A former mayor helped township Planning Board members wet their feet in new storm-water regulations last week. At the board’s Feb. 10 meeting, John Mele, who now sits on the county’s Stormwater Technical Advisory Committee, told the board new federal storm-water management regulations…

  • 4-H members recognized for their achievements

    The 4-H Youth Development Program of Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension of Monmouth County recognized 4-H Horse Project members on Feb. 1 The 4-H members gained recognition for County Qualifying Shows, Horse Judging, Hippology, Horse Bowl, Mounted Drill Teams and Performance Teams and their dedication to 4-H, according to Ellen Williams, a 4-H agent. The…