Category: Examiner News

  • U.F. may need to build primary school

    Incoming 10th & 11th grades at AHS will have mandatorysummer reading By jane meggittStaff Writer U.F. may need to build primary school Incoming 10th & 11th grades at AHS will have mandatory summer reading By jane meggitt Staff Writer With work finally under way on the expansion of Allentown High School, Upper Freehold Regional School…

  • Working like a dog

    Working like a dog Mark Mulhollem of East Brunswick trains his golden retriever, Casey, to fetch fowl at the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area in Upper Freehold Saturday. Bella, a black Lab, gets ready to release the “catch.” David LoBuono of Monroe, a member of the Navesink River Hunting and Retrieving Club, signals his black Lab…

  • Local family helps keep first aid squad rolling

    Alvin Smith, 90, among founding members of local Allentown-U.F. group By jane meggittStaff Writer Alvin Smith, 90, Veronica Yankowski Alvin Smith, 90, is surrounded by three of his daughters, who all volunteer with the Allentown First Aid Squad, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. among founding members of local Allentown-U.F. group By jane…

  • Fort’s gate swung open to black scientists

    Army research facility once known as the By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Army research facility once known as the ‘Black Brain Center’ By gloria stravelli Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Having worked for years as an electrical engineer at Fort Monmouth, Thomas E. Daniels now works on behalf of the African-American Heritage Association of Monmouth County. Since…

  • Rt. 539 open after 6-day closure in Allentown

    By alison granitoStaff Writer Rt. 539 open after 6-day closure in Allentown By alison granito Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI The Route 539 bridge in Allentown is open again after being closed because of a sinkhole. ALLENTOWN — Traffic can once again travel freely down the length of Main Street. Six days after a sinkhole more…

  • No precedents for her legal challenge

    Monmouth Countyattorney remains on trail she blazed 70 years ago By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Monmouth County attorney remains on trail she blazed 70 years ago By gloria stravelli Staff Writer JEFFGRANIT More than seven decades into her legal career, Florence Forgotson, Red Bank, is still practicing. Nothing about the photograph of a young woman posing…

  • Matrix plans still draw residents’ outrage

    Committee also wants history of twp. properties before they are developed By jane meggittStaff Writer Committee also wants history of twp. properties before they are developed By jane meggitt Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Township residents voiced their dissatisfaction with the latest development in the 5-million-square-foot proposed warehouse complex in Washington Township on Upper Freehold’s…

  • Resident continues to press

    Resident continues to press for firearms ordinance Millstone mayor says measure ‘on the plate’ By alison granito Staff Writer One Millstone resident questioned whether a promise elected officials made to him last year has fallen by the wayside, or if his concerns have merely become a victim to the sometimes slow pace of government Len…

  • Increasing value of county aids effort to hold tax rate

    Monmouth freeholderspropose $392 millionspending plan for 2003 By dick metzgarStaff Writer Increasing value of county aids effort to hold tax rate Monmouth freeholders propose $392 million spending plan for 2003 By dick metzgar Staff Writer A familiar scenario continues with the Monmouth County budget in 2003, which was adopted by the county Board of Freeholders…