Category: Examiner News

  • Committee not keen on ‘drive-up’ restaurants

    UPPER FREEHOLD — The majority of the Township Committee agreed that allowing restaurants with drive-up windows in the highway development zone was not a good idea, but a final decision won’t come until Jan. 6, when the last business details of 2004 are ironed out. An ordinance to amend certain provisions of the principal and…

  • Pfefferkorn loses, new school wins in 2004

    $6M Little League lawsuit reaches into sixth year BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Last year was a contentious year in this community, and the eye of the storm seemed to be the Township Committee. Republican Nancy Grbelja was selected mayor by the Township Committee during its organizational meeting in…

  • Fire damages Route 33 restaurant

    No one injured in blaze at Peking Pavilion BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer KATHY BARATTA Firefighters spray water on the remains of the Peking Pavilion, Route 33, Manalapan, after a fire gutted the popular restaurant on Sunday afternoon. An investigation was continuing this week into the cause of a fire that…

  • Upper Freehold board redirects soil testing costs

    Chairman: Taxpayers were BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Developers will soon have more fees to pay for testing soil. Applicants will now pay the local Board of Health $40 per soil log test and $31.50 per day travel expenses to have those tests reviewed, according to a new…

  • New middle school approved by voters

    Upper Freehold Regional District officials reviewing alternate land deal BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Almost 40 percent of registered voters has approved a new middle school.“I think the need was demonstrated,” said Dr. Robert Connelly, superintendent of the Upper Freehold Regional School District. “We were convinced the plan was the best…

  • Animal rescue group offers holiday gift idea

    Kind Heart Rescue of Monmouth/Ocean is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization based in Cream Ridge. According to a press release, Kind Heart Rescue has been providing rescue for animals in need for more than 15 years. In addition to providing shelter for abandoned or abused animals, Kind Heart Rescue also provides solutions for dog or rabbit…

  • Park system sponsoring trip to NYC Ballet event

    The Monmouth County Park System is sponsoring a trip to the New York City Ballet’s “Double Feature” Feb. 20. The limited engagement, choreographed by Susan Stroman, pays tribute to the Broadway heritage of Lincoln Center with music by Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson. The bus will leave from Thompson Park, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, at…

  • Threatened hawk a threat to development progress

    DEP officials to decide if buffers must be changed BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Is a planned housing development jeopardizing the existence of an already threatened hawk, or is it the other way around? The possible presence of a threatened state bird species — a Cooper’s hawk —…

  • Auditions

    Eatontown Playhouse will hold auditions for “The Redemption of Fawler Mulrae,” a new drama by M. Lennon Perricone to be staged in March at the Eatontown Playhouse, Route 35, Eatontown.. There is an opening for the role of Canada Sheckoski, a poor, athletic youth from a rural environment. Actors ages 15-22 are welcome to audition.…