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February 19, 2009
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Saving lives, one dog at a time
Roosevelt home to new animal rescue group
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer
Three southern belles need a new home. Dutchess, Calie and Annie, three dogs that the Roosevelt-based All 4 the Dogs Rescue saved from southern animal shelters that have euthanasia rates as high as 80 percent, are up for adoption. More...
Millstone's first school budget draft is over cap
Cuts proposed with more to come
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

Adraft of the 2009 budget for the school district was unveiled at the Feb. 9 Millstone Township Board of Education meeting. Board President Thomas Foley said there are still many unknowns, including whether state aid will be flat or decreased this year. More...

Pay at the pump
Borough starts charging fire company for water use
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

ALLENTOWN — For the first time in its history, Hope Fire Company received a water bill from the borough, making fire officials unhappy and frustrated. Fire company Chief Brad Carter and administrative officers Steve Gomba and Jeremy Wikoff, all Allentown residents, attended the Feb. 10 Boro... More...


U.F. and Allentown at odds over fire services
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

UPPER FREEHOLD — In all the time that Township Committeewoman Lori Horsnall Mount has been involved with the Hope Fire Company, she has never seen it billed for water use. Mount mentioned that she has worked with the fire company since the 1970s during the Feb. 5 Township Committee. More...


Grbelja seeks another term; Abilheira doesn't
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

MILLSTONE — Republican Nancy Grbelja will seek re-election, but Republican Elias Abilheira will not. Millstone Township's Republican County Executive Committee (RCEC) voted unanimously Feb. More...


Exhibition of rejects

For artists, the jurying experience can leave them and their work out in the cold and not visible to the larger exhibition going public. This year, for the first time the public will be able to view the works of artists who entered the Monmouth County Arts Council 2009 Juried Art Show and did not... More...


 Bulletin Board
•Millstone MOMS Club to meet March 12
The MOMS Club of Millstone Township will hold its next monthly meeting 10 a.m. March 12. The group will be discussing low- or no-cost monthly calendar activities for all age groups, ranging from newborns and up. Children are always welcome. More...
•Pastor to talk about experiences in Africa
•Women's group planning gift auction
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 Letters
•Roadsides should remain free of trash, debris
New Jersey is a beautiful state. It has hills, ocean, woods, trails, beaches and so much more to offer a wonderful lifestyle to residents and visitors alike. With so much beauty, it is sad indeed to witness New Jersey's lack of attention to keeping its roadsides and drainage ditches clear of tras... More...
•Some veterinary schools have no compassion
•Sen. Beck's column misleads, offers no solution to COAH issues
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 Editorials
•Be careful what you seek to improve upon
Iwonder what the mavens at the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) who came up with the latest round of affordable housing numbers are thinking today. Perhaps it is something on the order of, "We could not have come up with a more awful plan at this time in America's history if we tri... More...
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 Greg Bean's Column
•Even the best ideas can have unintended consequences
I've written before about the law of unintended consequences, that whole thing where a butterfly flaps its wings in South America, and that minor disturbance sets off a chain reaction that ultimately results in a tsunami in Borneo. More...
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 Schools
•A slippery success for the schools
Second annual Sno-Ball tourney raises over $5,000
Two inches of snow had local softball players slip-sliding into home plate Feb. 9. Although they hoped to play in the powdery white stuff last year, players in the first-ever Sno-Ball Softball Tournament didn't get a chance due to the unseasonably warm and dry winter. More...
•Millstone wonders if this will be the year
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 Sports
•Greater Mercer County Tournament champs
Millstone Middle School wrestlers finish stellar year
The Millstone Township Middle School wrestling team has finished its 2009 season as county champs. When featured in the Examiner earlier this year, the team was already well on its way to a stellar season. More...
•Racing to return to Wall Township
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