Tag: Millstone Township

  • Millstone Township Middle School students excited to perform ‘Footloose’

    Millstone Township Middle School students excited to perform ‘Footloose’

    MILLSTONE – After being forced to perform in a remote environment during the 2020-21 school year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the students of the Millstone Township Middle School are excited about returning to the stage for a performance of the musical “Footloose.” The musical will be performed at 7 p.m. March 4-5 in the…

  • Millstone Township planners approve application for funeral home

    Millstone Township planners approve application for funeral home

    MILLSTONE – An application that proposed a funeral home use in an existing building on Route 33 eastbound has been approved by the members of the Millstone Township Planning Board. Following a public hearing on Feb. 9, board members granted preliminary and final site plan approval to an application submitted by 515 State Route 33,…

  • Manalapan warehouse project granted extension of time

    Manalapan warehouse project granted extension of time

    MANALAPAN – A developer’s plan to construct two warehouses at the intersection of Route 33 east and Smithburg Road (Route 527) in Manalapan is taking longer to get underway than initially planned. The two buildings that are planned for the site will total almost 1 million square feet of space, according to plans for the…

  • Millstone Township schools will be mask-optional on March 7

    Millstone Township schools will be mask-optional on March 7

    MILLSTONE – When New Jersey’s mask mandate in schools and childcare centers is lifted by Gov. Phil Murphy on March 7, the Millstone Township K-8 School District’s administrators will make masks optional for all individuals in the district’s schools. Superintendent of Schools Christopher Huss informed the Examiner on Feb. 15 that masks will become optional…

  • Examiner News Briefs, Feb. 2

    Examiner News Briefs, Feb. 2

    An increase has been authorized by the Township Committee in a contract for the second phase of work at Millstone Park. On Jan. 19, committee members authorized a $51,550 increase in a contract that had been awarded to P.M. Construction Corp. for multipurpose field improvements at Millstone Park, a 186-acre recreation facility on Red Valley…

  • Millstone Township Middle School recognized as ‘School of Character’

    Millstone Township Middle School recognized as ‘School of Character’

    MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township Middle School has been recognized by an international network as a school with a dedicated focus on character development. In a press release dated Jan. 25, Character.org announced that the Millstone Township Middle School has been designated as a State School of Character for 2022. The middle school, which is…

  • Millstone Township officials take action to advance affordable housing

    Millstone Township officials take action to advance affordable housing

    MILLSTONE – The Township Committee in Millstone Township has provided support for a planned 98-unit development on Burnt Tavern Road that will assist the municipality in meeting its affordable housing obligation. On Jan. 19, committee members passed a resolution of need regarding a proposed housing development from the Affordable Housing Alliance (AHA), Neptune. Construction of…

  • Redbirds coming together heading into homestretch of campaign

    Redbirds coming together heading into homestretch of campaign

    The Allentown High School girls basketball team has seen its fair share of ups and downs so far during the 2021-22 campaign. The Redbirds carried a 5-5 record into a Jan. 24 game against Freehold Township High School and Coach Dana Wells and her players were in agreement that the team’s best basketball is still…

  • Local school boards return Bailey, Nolan to leadership positions

    Local school boards return Bailey, Nolan to leadership positions

    Two local school boards that serve Millstone Township, Allentown and Upper Freehold Township have reorganized for the new year. The Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 4. During the meeting, the winning candidates from the November 2021 election – incumbents Theodore Filis and Christine Reese, and…