Category: Examiner Opinion

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — The township will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. Some 720 students from the Millstone Township K-8 School District primary and elementary schools are expected to participate in the annual Earth Day poster contest, according to Lori Maher, who is the town’s Clean Communities coordinator.…

This letter is in regard to a new pilot program in Monmouth County that will revalue homes yearly for taxation purposes. There will be required inspections once every five years, then speculation about values based on the prices of sold properties. Everyone else will be taxed on those values instead of the real value of…

MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) raised nearly $20,000 from its final fundraising event of the 2014-15 school year, the third annual Casino Night. MTFEE is a nonprofit organization devoted to funding grants for items that nurture extraordinary educational experiences for every student in the Millstone Township K-8 School District and…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Raindrops gather on a car window at the Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold Township.

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — As a community, property owners in Millstone Township will pay less in taxes to support the operation of their local school district in 2015-16 than they are paying in 2014-15. The Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a tentative budget totaling $37.47 million to fund…

The CentraState Associated Auxiliaries will bring a culinary experience to the community with an event that will benefit the Student Health Awareness Center at the Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center and the Statesir Cancer Center programs at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. The event, scheduled for 6:30-9:30 p.m. April 20, will be held…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Monmouth County property owners will pay a total of $4.53 million more in taxes to support the operation of the county in 2015. The impact of that increase on an individual commercial or residential property owner has not yet been determined by county finance professionals. The Monmouth County Board…

The Monmouth County Division of Consumer Affairs recouped $2,081,845 on behalf of consumers in 2014, according to a press release from the county. Figures in the division’s year-end report show that while the number of cases handled by the division dropped by nearly 8 percent in 2014 — from 615 in 2013 to 564 in…

MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township PTSA and PTO will once again sponsor a scholarship program. The PTSA and PTO will each provide a $1,000 scholarship, according to a press release. The scholarship award will go to deserving high school senior(s) who reside in Millstone Township and have graduated from the Millstone Township Middle School. The…