April 20, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

Boro proposes 7-cent municipal tax increase

Budget would increase fire dept.'s funds, decrease first aid money
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

The municipal budget would rise for the first time in five years if the Roosevelt Borough Council passes its proposed spending plan next month. More...

Verizon aims for franchise in Roosevelt

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

ROOSEVELT - Borough residents may be among the first in the state to have a choice when it comes to cable television service providers. More...

County set for battle against gypsy moths

Aerial spraying to target 873 acres in Millstone
BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent

MILLSTONE - Whoever said good things come in small packages never met a gypsy moth caterpillar. More...

Area residents help woman fight cancer

Hopkins Farm to hold benefit barrel race on May 7
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD - Some community members have banded together to see Irene Blanda through some tough times. More...

Millstone schedules Chess Fest

MILLSTONE - A township organization wants to use chess to strengthen children's minds. More...

Newborn filly needs a name

UPPER FREEHOLD - The owners of Bunny Lake would like help in choosing a name for her first foal. More...

Millstone to host popular music group

BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

MILLSTONE - A musical act coming to the township really is "the cat's pajamas." More...

Opinion

For the Record

An article in the April 13 edition of the Examiner titled "Plans pitched for U.F. More...

What's the evacuation plan? There is no plan

Coda
Greg Bean

About 20 years ago, it dawned on people in northern Massachusetts that if the Seabrook nuclear power plant near the border of that state and New Hampshire melted down, or if there were a bad hurricane or other disaster, people were pretty much S.O.L. More...

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Sports

BlueClaws finally get in the win column

The Lakewood BlueClaws were hoping that playing before a home crowd for the first time all season would provide the spark they had been missing through their first seven games. More...

Blues get Scannapieco his 600th victory

BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer

There was an extra spring in Bo Scannapieco's step after his Brookdale Community College (BCC) women's softball team swept a doubleheader Friday. More...

Sports Shorts

Freehold's Cailyn Hennessy, a sophomore at The Peddie School in Hightstown, hurled a no-hitter for Peddie's girls softball team in its 11-0 win over the Blair Academy. She struck out 10 and walked just one batter. More...

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Taft land in U.F. almost ready for development

Construction plan calls for just under 100 homes on 1-acre lots
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

The Upper Freehold Board of Health unanimously granted septic and historic pesticide approvals for a 96-lot subdivision at its April 11 meeting. More...

Photo

Alex Smith, 9, and his brother, Jack, 12, both of Millstone Township, enjoy rowing their canoe around the Assunpink Lake on the morning of April 15. More...

Millstone resident sends greetings from Africa

Peace Corps marks 45 years of service around the globe
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

'Dooni dooni," Lindsay Bonanno is making the world a better place to live in every day.Bonanno is a graduate of Allentown High School and Rutgers University in New Brunswick. More...

Boro considers using goats as lawn mowers

Under provisions of current contract, town pays $600 per mow
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

ROOSEVELT - Although the Borough Council unanimously voted to award a contract for landscape maintenance at its April 10 meeting, it is seriously considering using goats for the job. More...

Bairdsville history unfolds through home renovation

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

MILLSTONE - What was once the local post office is now the Piazza family home. More...

Smoking ban outside county buildings takes effect May 1

Smokers caught within 25 feet of some structures will have to pay $200
BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent

Armed with a tape measure, four library employees hovered last month outside the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan. More...

Little League to host annual blood drive

BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

ALLENTOWN - Local baseball players will dedicate their annual blood drive to the memory of the late Marci Silverblatt. More...

State agriculture dept. will make deer fencing available

New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Charles M. Kuperus has announced that a deer fencing program will be run cooperatively by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension. More...

Roosevelt gallery presents work of 'a man abstract'

BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

ROOSEVELT - The landscape of the mind constantly undergoes transformation and no local artist has explored those brain shifts more than Dan Hodgkinson. More...

Bulletin Board

Community Bulletin Board

Classes on small business, jewelry, flowers, boating

Millstone Community Education is offering the following classes and activities: More...

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Letters

Letters

Couple opposes animal hospital expansion

We read with much dismay the April 13 article in the Examiner titled "Animal hospital seeking to expand gains support." We are extremely opposed to the construction of a new 16,000-square-foot hospital facility adjacent to the current 4,000-square-fo More...

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Carl Carlson Mr. Carlson, 89, of Freehold, died April 9 at home. He was born in Lakewood and resided there before moving to Freehold more than 50 years ago. A former commercial fisherman, Mr. More...

Local business advances battle against blindness

BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

MILLSTONE - Aremus Industries wants people to see the truth behind the light. More...

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Business

Business Briefs

"Six Steps to a Better Business," a free workshop, will offer business owners advice on how to take control of their profits and cash flow, how to turn marketing into an investment rather than an expense, how to build a business that no longer compet More...

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