Category: Examiner News

  • 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.

  • Local GOP committee snubs local hopeful

    County chairman says local endorsement is not essential BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer If former Millstone Mayor Evan Maltz hopes to run for the 12th District Assembly, he’ll have to do so without the blessing of the Millstone Township Republican County Executive Committee (RCEC). Last week, RCEC Chairman Roger Staib sent a letter to Monmouth…

  • Officials mull sewage treatment options

    Plans require changes to the wastewater management plan BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Township officials have until March to decide if a change in their wastewater management plan is necessary for the new school’s sewage treatment. Voters approved a $38.9 million plan to build a new middle school…

  • Auditions

    Marlboro Players is still looking to fill some roles in its April production of “Evita.” Specifically needed are children ages 8-13, strong singers, for the children’s ensemble. Also needed are men ages 18-50, strong singers, for featured ensemble. Also seeking an understudy for Evita, with one guaranteed performance — age 20-30, strong “belter” with E,…

  • New land-use regulations spark debate in Millstone

    Mayor says if problems arise, amendments can be made BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer MILLSTONE — A new set of guidelines regarding undersized lots has some residents concerned they could lose the ability to build what they originally could before the town changed its zoning. Officials had asked Planner Richard Coppola…

  • Pug walking

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Louise Froehlich and her pug friends, Oscar and Emmith, enjoy a stroll down Main Street in Allentown on Saturday morning.

  • Former assemblywoman to make new bid for seat

    Clare Farragher is one of several GOP hopefuls BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer Former state Assemblywoman Clare M. Farragher, of Freehold Borough, announced that she will seek the Republican nomination in a bid to regain the 12th District seat she held for 17 years before being defeated in November 2003. “I am the only one…

  • Laird legacy lives on at Colts Neck factory

    Company known for producing AppleJack marks 225th anniversary BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Karen Johnson, of Red Bank, explains her job on the bottling line at the Colts Neck plant of Laird & Company. COLTS NECK — In 1698 William Laird settled in Monmouth County, where he began…