Category: Examiner News

  • Massage therapy eases life’s stresses

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Modern life is full of tension. For many people, massage is the answer to relief from stress, anxiety and aggravation. "Touch is a wonderfully powerful thing," said Connie Bialoblocki, who owns Cream Ridge Therapeutic Massage and Bodyworks Inc. on Burlington Path. "The benefits…

  • Proposed ordinance scrutinizes past land use

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Board of Health members introduced an ordinance at the April 13 meeting designed to streamline pesticide and soil sampling procedures for applications that come before the township Planning Board. The proposed ordinance would replace an ordinance that was adopted last July. The primary…

  • Retail complex sought in place of new houses

    Commercial zone recommended for Applegarth Rd. site BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Retail complex sought in place of new houses Commercial zone recommended for Applegarth Rd. site BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer Monroe Township officials are paving the way to allow a new shopping center in the southern end of town. The Planning Board recently recommended that the…

  • Blood donors sought for blood drive this weekend

    Young cancer patient is advocate for blood donations BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Fourteen-year-old Lindsey Tippett’s baptism by fire came on Sept. 11, 2001. That was the day she received her first blood transfusion, part of the treatment for Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. Doctors told Lindsey’s mother,…

  • Tobasco makes late decision to join race

    Howell councilmanrunning in GOP primary for freeholder BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Tobasco makes late decision to join race Howell councilman running in GOP primary for freeholder BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL — Republican Township Councilman Peter Tobasco has added his name to the list of candidates who are running in the June primary for…

  • Unity service promotes strength of minorities

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Solidarity has no color, nor does it have a religion, a specific occupation or a fancy address in an affluent neighborhood. Local ethnic leaders, members of the clergy and civil rights leaders proved that on Good Friday, April 9, when they stood…

  • Injured racehorse heads for Kentucky Derby

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer COURTESY OF HORSEPHOTOS MEDIA SERVICE Smarty Jones, who was treated at the New Jersey Equine Clinic in Millstone after a severe injury last year, is on his way to the Kentucky Derby. The 3-year-old won the Arkansas Derby earlier this month. MILLSTONE — He hasn’t yet…

  • Proposed school no ‘Rolls Royce’ plan

    No final sitefor proposedschool yet BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer No final site for proposed school yet BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Although school officials said Monday they have not selected a final site for the new school, the Upper Freehold Board of Education president said that she and the superintendent had an "amicable" meeting with the president…

  • Living fence on tap for Heritage Park

    BY EVAN NATELSONStaff Writer Living fence on tap for Heritage Park BY EVAN NATELSON Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Volunteers will start planting a living fence — a barrier of plants and shrubbery — around the borders of Heritage Park this week. "There was a concern about people not knowing where the entrance was, which allowed…